Protocols and time transfer

PTPIEEE 1588

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Address: Brusselsesteenweg 715, Gentbrugge, 9050, BE
Telephone: +32 9 230 54 00
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Also: Precision Time Protocol

PTP, standardised as IEEE 1588, synchronises clocks over Ethernet with much higher accuracy than NTP: down to nanoseconds with hardware time stamping.

A grandmaster distributes the time; boundary and transparent clocks in the switches compensate for network delay. Applications: broadcast, telecom, industrial automation and power grids.

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