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Network time synchronisation using a determination of network element transit times
Network time synchronisation using a determination of network element transit times
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机译:使用确定网络元素传输时间的网络时间同步
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By equipping receiving devices in a network with syncbronizable clocks it is possible to periodically send an "impulse" signal that is received by all of the clocks at the same (or relatively the same) instant of time. The accuracy of the impulse clock need not be high, only that its signal reach all the clocks approximately at the same time. In one embodiment, a transmitting device, upon receipt of the synchronizing impulse signal, sends a packet of data bearing the sending device's epoch time-stamp to a receiving device. The data packet makes its way through the network element to the receiving device and the time-stamp is used by the receiving device to calculate the difference between the epoch time of the receiver and the epoch time of the sender. Effectively, this procedure removes the unknown network element transit times from the equation and allows the devices to operate in a synchronized manner.
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