Poster abstract: C-sync: the resilient time synchronization protocol

Nitin Shivaraman, Patrick Schuster, Saravanan Ramanathan, Arvind Easwaran, Sebastian Steinhorst

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Abstract

Time synchronization is paramount for communication in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Existing synchronization protocols in the IoT are designed to be accurate, energy-efficient and scalable with absolute trust on the time source(s). If a byzantine node becomes a time source, it can cause synchronization errors with false time, leading to system mal-functions or network crashes. In this paper, we introduce C-Sync: a clustering time synchronization protocol for decentralized IoT networks that incorporates resilience against byzantine nodes. We show that C-sync achieves a worst-case synchronization accuracy of a few tens of microseconds (μs).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages333-334
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728154978
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2020
Event19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN 2020 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 21 Apr 202024 Apr 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN 2020

Conference

Conference19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN 2020
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period21/04/2024/04/20

Keywords

  • Byzantine Faults
  • Fault detection
  • IoT
  • Time synchronization

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