Desynchronizing Networks Using Phase Resetting

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how phase resetting can be used to achieve desynchronization in pulse-coupled oscillator networks, with potential applications in neurological disorder treatment and communication systems.

Contribution

It introduces a method for desynchronizing networks using phase resetting across various architectures and coupling types, expanding understanding of emergent desynchronization phenomena.

Findings

Desynchronization achieved in diverse network architectures

Effective with symmetric and asymmetric oscillator frequencies

Works with instantaneous and delayed coupling

Abstract

Understanding complex systems which exhibit desynchronization as an emergent property should have important implications, particularly in treating neurological disorders and designing efficient communication networks. Here were demonstrate how, using a system similar to the pulse coupling used to model firefly interactions, phase desynchronization can be achieved in pulse coupled oscillator systems, for a variety of network architectures, with symmetric and non symmetric internal oscillator frequencies and with both instantaneous and time delayed coupling.