Adaptive hybrid clock discipline algorithm for the network time protocol

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 505-514

  Mills, David L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clock discipline algorithm; Computer network time synchronization; Feedback control loop; Oscillator error modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CLOCK DISCIPLINE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CLOCKS; NETWORK TIME PROTOCOLS (NTP);

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0032183211     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.731182     Document Type: Article

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