Claesson, V. and Lönn, H. and Suri, Neeraj (2001) Efficient TDMA synchronization for distributed embedded systems. In: Proceedings 20th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems :. IEEE, pp. 198-201. ISBN 0769513662
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A desired attribute in safety critical embedded real-time systems is a system time/event synchronization capability on which predictable communication can be established. Focusing on bus-based communication protocols in TDMA environments, we present a novel, efficient, and low-cost synchronization approach with bounded start-up time. This approach utilizes information about each node's unique message lengths to achieve synchronization. The protocol avoids start-up collisions by postponing retries after a collision. We also present a resynchronization strategy that incorporates recovering nodes into synchronization.