Synchronization in Digital Communications Networks

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 1019-1028

  Kartaschoff, Peter ^a  

^a Swiss FIT Research and Development Laboratory ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, TIMING; MULTIPLEXING;

CLOCK SIGNALS; MASTER-SLAVE HIERARCHY;

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026186537     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.84979     Document Type: Article

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