Widening the Coverage of Reference Broadcast Infrastructure Synchronization in Wi-Fi Networks

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Auteurs principaux: Cena, Gianluca, Chiavassa, Pietro, Formis, Gabriele, Scanzio, Stefano
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author Cena, Gianluca
Chiavassa, Pietro
Formis, Gabriele
Scanzio, Stefano
author_facet Cena, Gianluca
Chiavassa, Pietro
Formis, Gabriele
Scanzio, Stefano
contents Precise clock synchronization protocols are increasingly used to ensure that all the nodes in a network share the very same time base. They enable several mechanisms aimed at improving determinism at both the application and communication levels, which makes them highly relevant to industrial environments. Reference Broadcast Infrastructure Synchronization (RBIS) is a solution specifically conceived for Wi-Fi that exploits existing beacons and can run on commercial devices. In this paper, an evolution of RBIS is presented, we call DOMINO, whose coverage area is much larger than the single Wi-Fi infrastructure network, potentially including the whole plant. In particular, wireless stations that can see more than one access point at the same time behave as boundary clocks and propagate the reference time across overlapping networks.
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spellingShingle Widening the Coverage of Reference Broadcast Infrastructure Synchronization in Wi-Fi Networks
Cena, Gianluca
Chiavassa, Pietro
Formis, Gabriele
Scanzio, Stefano
Networking and Internet Architecture
Precise clock synchronization protocols are increasingly used to ensure that all the nodes in a network share the very same time base. They enable several mechanisms aimed at improving determinism at both the application and communication levels, which makes them highly relevant to industrial environments. Reference Broadcast Infrastructure Synchronization (RBIS) is a solution specifically conceived for Wi-Fi that exploits existing beacons and can run on commercial devices. In this paper, an evolution of RBIS is presented, we call DOMINO, whose coverage area is much larger than the single Wi-Fi infrastructure network, potentially including the whole plant. In particular, wireless stations that can see more than one access point at the same time behave as boundary clocks and propagate the reference time across overlapping networks.
title Widening the Coverage of Reference Broadcast Infrastructure Synchronization in Wi-Fi Networks
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02454