Integrating External and Internal Clock Synchronization

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-171

  Fetzer, Christof ^a   Cristian, Flaviu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

External Clock Synchronization; Internal Clock Synchronization; Lower Bounds; Optimal External Clock Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIMING CIRCUITS;

EXTERNAL CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; INTERNAL CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031103295     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007905917490     Document Type: Article

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