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Accurate time synchronization for bio-loggers is crucial for understanding animal behavior. This study introduces automated onboard methods using GPS, WiFi, and proximity messages, achieving sub-second accuracy without post-processing, enhancing ecological data quality.

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  • Biologging technology
  • Data acquisition and analysis

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  • Time-synchronised data from bio-loggers is vital for analyzing complex animal behaviors, group dynamics, and responses to environmental changes.
  • AI-driven behavior classification necessitates precise time synchronization between recording systems, a challenge not adequately addressed by current post-processing methods.
  • Existing solutions for time synchronization in bio-logging are manual, complex, and often fail to achieve sub-second accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and optimize automated onboard time (re)synchronization methods for bio-loggers.
  • To quantify time errors using a novel error model and achieve accurate time annotations without post-processing.
  • To provide recommendations for projects requiring high time synchrony based on performance analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of an error model to quantify time synchronization errors in bio-loggers.
  • Optimization of three wireless methods: GPS, WiFi, and proximity messages for automated onboard time resynchronization.
  • Integration of optimized methods with a state-of-the-art real-time clock for accurate time annotations.

Main Results:

  • Stationary tests demonstrated low-power synchronization with median time accuracies of 2.72 ms (GPS) and 0.43 ms (WiFi) relative to UTC.
  • Wireless proximity messages achieved relative median time accuracies of 5 ms between tags.
  • A case study on 99 Egyptian fruit bats achieved a median relative time accuracy of 40 ms between tags over 10 days, with permanent UTC accuracies of ≤185 ms guaranteed in 95% of cases with daily resynchronization.

Conclusions:

  • The developed combinable methods quantify and autonomously correct time errors on bio-loggers, facilitating sub-second comparisons of multi-individual and cross-device data.
  • Automated resynchronization enables long-term, sub-second accurate timestamps, even for lifetime animal studies.
  • The methods significantly enhance ecological data quality, leading to improved scientific conclusions.