Design of Clock Synchronization Algorithm in Networked Control Systems

Abstract:

The key point of the existing Ethernet test and measurement is that the method needs to achieve precision clock synchronization between different terminals. In this paper, an improved method was proposed with consideration of the time drift and propagation delay, expressing master-slave synchronization as a linear relationship and inducting the line of least squares fitting algorithm that traded as linear matrix form. The precision time protocol (PTP) was also analyzed in this paper. The experiment results show that the synchronization accuracy reaches sub-microsecond grade, which is the same as the PTP.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 263-266)
• Pages: 1376-1381
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.263-266.1376
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Yi Liu, Hai Ying Yang
• Keywords: Clock Synchronization Algorithm, Networked Control System (NCS), Time Drift

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