Journal of Applied Sciences1812-56541812-5662Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jas.2014.1101.1113Al-MekhlafiZeyad GhalebHanapiZurina MohdOthmanMohamed ZukarnainZuriati AhmadSalehAhmed M. Shamsan1120141411Recent advances in the areas of Micro-electrical Mechanical
Systems (MEMS) spurred the interest of researchers in Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs). These networks are made up of sensor nodes which have the capability
to sense, process and transmit gathered data of an environmental phenomenon
of interest. Such synchronization is vital for the proper coordination of the
power cycles for energy conservation. Here, a large presence of fireflies employ
the principle of pulse coupled oscillators for the emission of light flashes
for the attraction of mating partners. With respect to WSNs, the nodes are generally
unable to afford packet transmission and reception simultaneously, thus preventing
complete network synchronization. This study presents a literature overview
concerning the energy efficient on aspect of clock synchronization in a wireless
sensor network. In addition, the idea of data transmission based on synchronization
can be ensured through the optimization of energy usage periodic data capturing
in the wireless sensor network. This study serves as a useful source on clock
synchronization to assist WSN researchers and novices to gain a better understanding
of the energy efficient on aspect of clock synchronization in a wireless sensor
network and to promote effective designs and systems that address this problem.]]>Abdel-Ghaffar, H.S.,20025016521661Bala, S.,20092009Bekmezci, I. and F. Alagoz,20095729747Bovy, C.J., H.T. Mertodimedjo, H. Uijterwaal, P. van Mieghem and G. Hooghiemstra,20022002Carter, B. and R. Ragade,20062006Choudhury, R.R. and N.H. Vaidya,20042004pp: 283292Choudhury, R.R., X. Yang, R. Ramanathan and N.H. Vaidya,20022002pp: 5970Chu, W., C.J. Colbourn and V.R. Syrotiuk,200612681690Dai, H. and R. Han,20048125139Degesys, J., I. Rose, A. Patel and R. Nagpal,20072007pp: 1120Dutta, R., S. Gupta and M.K. Das,20124158162EkbataniFard, G. and R. Monsefi,201219121Elson, J., L. Girod and D. Estrin,20022002pp: 147163Ganeriwal, S., R. Kumar and M.B. Srivastava,20032003pp: 138149Ganeriwal, S., C. Popper, S. Capkun and M.B. Srivastava,20082008Hall, D.L. and J. Llinas,199785623Hanapi, Z.M., M. Ismail and K. Jumari,20092494500Heidarian, F., J. Schmaltz and F. Vaandrager,201241387105Wang, H., K. Lu and X.H. Lin,20081241245Jacobsen, R.H., Q. Zhang and T.S. Toftegaard,20111141374151Ingram, D.M.E., P. Schaub and D.A. Campbell,20126111731180Jain, V. and D.P. Agrawal,20062006pp: 14Jain, V., A. Gupta and D.P. Agrawal,200819489502Peng, J., L. Zhang, D. Mclernon and J. Wei,20102010pp: 937940Karapistoli, E., I. Gragopoulos, I. Tsetsinas and F.N. Pavlidou,200953961972Karl, H. and A. Willig,2007Kassouf, M., L. Dupont, J. Beland and A. Fadlallah,201324476485Kielpinski, D., C. Monroe and D.J. Wineland,2002417709711Korakis, T., G. Jakllari and L. Tassiulas,20032003pp: 98107Korakis, T., G. Jakllari and L. Tassiulas,20087145155Kosanovic, M.R. and M.K. Stojcev,20112011pp: 623629Kusy, B., P. Dutta, P. Levis, M. Maroti, A. Ledeczi and D. Culler,20061239251Lemmens, B., K. Steenhaut, P. Ruckebusch, I. Moerman and A. Nowe,20122012pp: 15Leon-Garcia, A.,1994Pages: 616Pages: 616Saleh, A.M.S., B.M. Ali, M.F.A. Rasid and A. Ismail,2012121130711333Madden, S., R. Szewcyk, M.J. Franklin and D. Culler,20022002pp: 4958Maggs, M.K., S.G. O'Keefe and D.V. Thiel,20121222692277Maroti, M., B. Kusy, G. Simon and A. Ledeczi,20042004pp: 3949Mei, L.,20102010Mills, D.,19921992Mills, D.,19921992Mills, D.L.,19851985Moinzadeh, P., K. Mechitov, R. Shiftehfar, T. Abdelzaher, G. Agha and B.F. Spencer,20122012pp: 380388Moon, S.B., P. Skelly and D. Towsley,19991999pp: 227234Noh, K.L., E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe,2008733183322Olariu, C., J. Fitzpatrick, P. Perry and L. Murphy,20122012pp: 884888Phung, K.H., B. Lemmens, M. Mihaylov, L. Tran and K. Steenhaut,20132013Pottie, G.J. and W.J. Kaiser,2000435158Papoulis, A.,19913rd Edn.,Pages: 666Pages: 666Racherla, G. and S. Radhakrishnan,20122012Ramirez, S., W. Cepeda, B. Taylor, W. Camilo and L.J. Aguilar,20123617Reis, J. and N.B. Carvalho,20132013pp: 151153Schmid, T., R. Shea, Z. Charbiwala, J. Friedman, M.B. Srivastava and Y.H. Cho,20102010Senouci, M.R., A. Mellouk, H. Senouci and A. Aissani,20123513171328Sharma, G., S. Bala, A.K. Verma and T. Singh,20101215Sivrikaya, F. and B. Yener,2004184550Skog, I. and P. Handel,20105823512362Stojcev, M.K., L.R. Golubovic and T.R. Nikolic,201124183208Sundararaman, B., U. Buy and A.D. Kshemkalyani,20053281323Takata, M., M. Bandai and T. Watanabe,20062006pp: 40894095Takata, M., K. Nagashima and T. Watanabe,20042004pp: 41824186Taniguchi, Y., G. Hasegawa and H. Nakano,20138389397Taniguchi, Y., N. Wakamiya and M. Murata,200722432Tripathi, A.K., A. Agarwal and Y. Singh,20102010pp: 297-302pp: 297-302Tyrrell, A. and G. Auer,20072007pp: 222226Van Greunen, J. and J. Rabaey,20032003pp: 1119Waltz, E.L. and J. Llinas,1990Pages: 464Pages: 464Wu, J., L. Jiao and R. Ding,201235221233Wu, Y.C., Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin,201128124138Yuan, W., S.V. Krishnamurthy and S.K. Tripathi,20032003pp: 221225