Realize a Frequency Stability Measurement System With PTP

The Precision Time synchronization Protocol (PTP) is designed to synchronize real-time clocks in the nodes of a distributed network system. In this paper, a frequency stability measurement system is examined. The key components of the proposed frequency stability measurement system are the receiver...

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Published inIEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 1563 - 1567
Main Authors Wang, Te-Kwei, Chang, Fan-Ren, Lin, Shinn-Yan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2013
Subjects
Clocks
Computers
Frequency measurement
IEEE 1588
Oscillators
p1588
Ports (Computers)
Precision Time Protocol daemon (PTPd)
Printers
receiver module
Synchronization
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Summary:The Precision Time synchronization Protocol (PTP) is designed to synchronize real-time clocks in the nodes of a distributed network system. In this paper, a frequency stability measurement system is examined. The key components of the proposed frequency stability measurement system are the receiver module and the printer port of a desktop computer. Sinusoidal signals generated by the measured oscillator are fed into the desktop computer via the self-designed receiver module and the printer port. From our results we find that the frequency stability measurement system can 1) obtain submicrosecond level time measurements and 2) accurately measure signals frequency stability.
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2013.2253977