Distributed beamforming, coupled with effective frequency synchronization, represents a paradigm shift in the performance and reliability of wireless sensor networks. This approach harnesses the ...

Measurement and automation systems involving multiple devices often require accurate timing in order to facilitate event synchronization and data correlation. For example, an industrial automation ...

Time-triggered QoS enhancements for Ethernet satisfy requirements of backplane and backbone applications in aerospace, automotive, energy production and industrial ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

Time-triggered fieldbuses, such as Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP) and FlexRay communication protocol, have the potential to solve many systems integration and concurrent engineering issues in the ...

Over the past few months, and especially in our update on Class B instruments in the September 2008 issue “The Killer Bs Are Coming,” we have been reporting on the advantages of the IEEE 1588 ...