Effects of topology and mobility in bio-inspired synchronization of mobile ad hoc networks

Aponte, Gabriel Alberto Puerta; Aguirre, Edgar Alirio; Alzate, Marco A.

doi:10.1109/latincom.2010.5640976

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“…Synchronization performance was then analyzed according to the number of nodes and optimized according to the tradeoff of the energy efficiency and convergence rate [21]. A technique for synchronizing the timing of separate networks was suggested by using the positions and mobility of the nodes in mobile ad hoc networks [22]. A distributed frequency synchronization technique using a bioinspired algorithm was suggested to solve the problem of multiple frequency offsets in mesh networks wherein multiple nodes have different carrier frequencies [23].…”

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“…Unlike these methods, nature-inspired time synchronization methods [19][20][21][22][23][24] can achieve synchronization in a distributed and efficient manner regardless of the number of nodes in a large-scale network. Table 1 summarizes the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of the conventional synchronization methods and those of the nature-inspired synchronization methods.…”

Section: Comparisons Between Nature-inspired and Conventionalmentioning

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Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Synchronization in Nature for Future Mobile Communication Systems

Choi

Lee

2017

Mobile Information Systems

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In dynamic and complex natural environments, a number of individuals such as fireflies, flocks of birds, schools of fish, and pacemaker cells show various synchronization phenomena, with the purpose of achieving their certain goals in an efficient and distributed manner. So far, there has been considerable research attention on the working principles behind synchronization phenomena in nature and, as a result, various models and theoretical investigation have been developed to apply synchronization principles to various mobile communication systems. In this article, we present an exploration of synchronization phenomena in nature. Some representative models on synchronization are investigated and its working principles are analyzed. In addition, we survey some key applications inspired by synchronization principles for the future mobile communication systems. The characteristics and limitations of the applications inspired by synchronization in nature are evaluated in the context of the use of nature-inspired technologies. Finally, we provide the discussion of further research challenges for developing the advanced application of natural synchronization phenomena in the future mobile communication systems.

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Section: Distributed Time Synchronizationmentioning

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Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Synchronization in Nature for Future Mobile Communication Systems

Choi

Lee

2017

Mobile Information Systems

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“…However, when oscillators are mobile, this assumption can be relaxed a little bit. Puerta et al (2010) showed that mobility could not only contribute to faster convergence of a time synchronization process, but also enable oscillators that did not form a connected graph to become synchronized. Namely, when oscillators in the system do not form a connected graph, there are groups of oscillators that are mutually partly connected, but not connected with other groups of oscillators.…”

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Survey on synchronization mechanisms in machine-to-machine systems

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Nymoen

2015

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

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“…However, the results only hold for dense wireless networks with a large number of nodes. Besides forming dense clusters, the synchronization process is also proven to be accelerated by increasing node mobility in a mobile ad hoc network [57].…”

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On Swarm Intelligence Inspired Self-Organized Networking: Its Bionic Mechanisms, Designing Principles and Optimization Approaches

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Long

Wang

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IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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Inspired by swarm intelligence observed in social species, the artificial self-organized networking (SON) systems are expected to exhibit some intelligent features (e.g., flexibility, robustness, decentralized control, and self-evolution, etc.) that may have made social species so successful in the biosphere. Self-organized networks with swarm intelligence as one possible solution have attracted a lot of attention from both academia and industry. In this paper, we survey different aspects of bioinspired mechanisms and examine various algorithms that have been applied to artificial SON systems. The existing well-known bio-inspired algorithms such as pulse-coupled oscillators (PCO)based synchronization, ant-and/or bee-inspired cooperation and division of labor, immune systems inspired network security and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)-based multipath routing have been surveyed and compared. The main contributions of this survey include 1) providing principles and optimization approaches of variant bio-inspired algorithms, 2) surveying and comparing critical SON issues from the perspective of physicallayer, Media Access Control (MAC)-layer and network-layer operations, and 3) discussing advantages, drawbacks, and further design challenges of variant algorithms, and then identifying their new directions and applications. In consideration of the development trends of communications networks (e.g., largescale, heterogeneity, spectrum scarcity, etc.), some open research issues, including SON designing tradeoffs, Self-X capabilities in the 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced systems, cognitive machine-tomachine (M2M) self-optimization, cross-layer design, resource scheduling, and power control, etc., are also discussed in this survey.

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Effects of topology and mobility in bio-inspired synchronization of mobile ad hoc networks

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Synchronization in Nature for Future Mobile Communication Systems

Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Synchronization in Nature for Future Mobile Communication Systems

Survey on synchronization mechanisms in machine-to-machine systems

On Swarm Intelligence Inspired Self-Organized Networking: Its Bionic Mechanisms, Designing Principles and Optimization Approaches

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