Paper Info
Title
Implementation of a PTP Bridge to Extend IEEE 1588 to Zigbee Networks
Abstract
In distributed environments, the coordination of distributed entities and events requires time synchronization. Precision time synchronization supports a variety of extensions of applications. The IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) provides a standard method to synchronize devices in a network with sub-microsecond precision. This paper includes the design and implementation of a PTP bridge to extend IEEE 1588 over Ethernet to Zigbee networks. To achieve precision between both networks, we analyze the characteristics of both networks with the aim of minimizing the differences and error factors. In addition, this paper presents the experiments and performance evaluation of time synchronization using a PTP bridge between Zigbee networks via Ethernet. The results show that time synchronization using the PTP bridge can result in a deviation as low as 300 nanoseconds from the time reference.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/CIT.2010.440
CIT
Keywords
Field
DocType
precision time,protocols,ethernet,precision time synchronization,telecommunication standards,zigbee network,ptp,sub-microsecond precision,precision time protocol,standard method,error factor,ptp bridge,time synchronization,zigbee networks,time reference,performance evaluation,local area networks,ieee 1588,extend ieee,synchronisation,synchronization,distributed environment,transceivers
Synchronization,Transceiver,Computer science,Time synchronization,Precision Time Protocol,Computer network,Real-time computing,Ethernet,Local area network,Embedded system
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-7547-6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hyuntae Cho18814.10
Youngwoo Jin2162.03
Jusik Heo300.34
Yunju Baek415623.54