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Evaluation of Time Synchronization over Mobile Ad hoc Networks

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  1. Telecommunications and Information Technology Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL33174, USA

    Xiwei Zhao

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  1. Electrical Engineering, University of Toledo, Ohio, 43606, U.S.A.

    S. Kami Makki

  2. Dept. Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, West 31st Street 10, Chicago, 60616, U.S.A.

    Xiang-Yang Li

  3. Telecommunications &, Florida International University, Miami, 33174, U.S.A.

    Niki Pissinou

  4. Telecommunications &, Florida International University, Miami, 33174, U.S.A.

    Shamila Makki

  5. Telecommunications &, Florida International University, Miami, 33174, U.S.A.

    Masoumeh Karimi

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    Kia Makki

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Zhao, X., Ganapathy, V., Pissinou, N., Makki, K. (2008). Evaluation of Time Synchronization over Mobile Ad hoc Networks. In: Makki, S., Li, XY., Pissinou, N., Makki, S., Karimi, M., Makki, K. (eds) Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77320-9_11

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