Optimal synchronization of local clocks by GPS 1PPS signals using predictive FIR filters

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1833-1840

  Arceo Miquel, Luis ^a   Shmaliy, Yuriy S ^a,b   Ibarra Manzano, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RADIO ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Allan deviation; Global Positioning System (GPS) based clock synchronization; Precision time protocol (PTP) variance; Predictive finite impulse response (FIR) filter; Time interval error (TIE)

Indexed keywords

ALLAN DEVIATION; CLOCK ERRORS; CLOCK MODEL; CRYSTAL CLOCKS; FILTER OUTPUT; FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTER; HIGH EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL SYNCHRONIZATION; PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL (PTP) VARIANCE; PREDICTIVE FINITE-IMPULSE-RESPONSE (FIR) FILTER; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM; TIME INTERVAL ERROR (TIE); TIME-INTERVAL ERRORS; TIMING SIGNALS;

ERRORS; FIR FILTERS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; OPTIMIZATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 66549100703     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2013654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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