unruh wrote:
But then there is the comments about one way timing ( the server sends out the signals, and then sometime the computers send out two way signals so as to estimate the trip time. What is the purpose of the one way signals? You certainly have zero estimate of the delay on that that particular signal.
This is obviously from their experimental support of the Ethernet hw time sync protocol, since that protocol is based on having _many_ time sync packets, usually 1 to 16 pr second.
These packets can then be broadcast on the local LAN, supporting lots of lab gear simultaneously, while each piece of client gear sends a two-way request every few seconds in order to determine the current propagation delay.
This protocol can also use single or dual-packet operation, where the dual-packet setup uses the second packet to transmit the actual sending time of the first packet in the pair.
Cell tower base stations use this protocol to achieve low ppb frequency offsets, in order to handle tower-to-tower handover at speed. (You need ~20 PPB frequency precision to perform a handover of a cell phone that's on a high-speed (250-300 km/h) train.)
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