Synchronizing asynchronous bounded delay networks
C.-T. Chou, Israel Cidon, Indhumathi Gopal, Shmuel Zaks · IEEE Transactions on Communications · 1990
An efficient way to synchronize an asynchronous network with a bounded delay message delivery is presented. Two types of synchronization algorithm are presented. Both types require an initializing phase that costs mod E mod messages (where mod E mod is the number of links). The first requires an additional bit in every message and increases the time complexity by a factor of 2. The second does not require any additional bits but increases the time complexity by a factor of 3. How to overcome differences in nodal timer rates is explained.>