Simulations of a chain of telecom boundary clocks combined with synchronous ethernet for phase/time transfer

IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, ISPCS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 105-113

  Ouellette, Michel ^a   Garner, Geoff ^b   Jobert, Sébastien ^c  

^a Iometrix Inc   (United States)

^b HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

boundary clock; clock synchronization; IEEE1588; simulation; synchronous Ethernet; time error

Indexed keywords

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; IEEE1588; MOBILE SYSTEMS; REFERENCE MODELS; SIMULATION; TD-SCDMA; TELECOM; TELECOM NETWORKS; TRANSFER PHASE;

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; ETHERNET; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 82855171002     PISSN: 19490305     EISSN: 19490313     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPCS.2011.6070143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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