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Transparent clockTC

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A transparent clock measures how long a PTP message stays inside the switch and adds that time to the message's correction field. The receiver uses it to correct for the switch delay.

Unlike a boundary clock, a transparent clock is not itself a master, but passes the time on 'transparently'.

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