Experimental characterization of uncertainty sources in a software-only synchronization system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1512-1521

  Ferrari, Paolo ^a   Flammini, Alessandra ^a   Rinaldi, Stefano ^a   Bondavalli, Andrea ^b   Brancati, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

IEEE 1588; PTPd (PTP daemon); synchronization; synchronization uncertainty; timestamping

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; IEEE 1588; PTPD (PTP DAEMON); SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; SYNCHRONIZATION UNCERTAINTIES; TIMESTAMPING; UNCERTAINTY CONTRIBUTIONS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84859798617     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2180974     Document Type: Article

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