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It runs on Unix-like operating systems (including Linux and macOS) and is released under the GNU GPL v2. [4] It is the default NTP client and server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, [5] [6] and available in many Linux distributions. [7] [8] [9] Support for Network Time Security (NTS) was added in version 4.0. [10]
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use.
The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol for clock synchronization throughout a computer network with relatively high precision and therefore potentially high accuracy. In a local area network (LAN), accuracy can be sub-microsecond – making it suitable for measurement and control systems. [ 1 ]
Clock synchronization is a topic in computer science and engineering that aims to coordinate otherwise independent clocks.Even when initially set accurately, real clocks will differ after some amount of time due to clock drift, caused by clocks counting time at slightly different rates.
The Linux PTP Project – an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces (API) offered by the Linux kernel. [94]
In contrast to standard Ethernet according to IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet bridging according to IEEE 802.1Q, time is very important in TSN networks.For real-time communication with hard, non-negotiable time boundaries for end-to-end transmission latencies, all devices in this network need to have a common time reference and therefore, need to synchronize their clocks among each other.
Timing synchronization is achieved by stations periodically exchanging timing information through beacon frames. In (intra) BSS, the AP sends the TSF information in the beacons. In Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS, ad-hoc), each station competes to send the beacon.
North American Time Synchronization Sources Time Signal Time Provided Accuracy Source Signal Format Hardware Requirements Linux/Unix Software Windows Software GPS: UTC(USNO) 1575.42 MHz: NMEA 0183 sentences, 1PPS signal.