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Computer network time synchronization : the Network Time Protocol on Earth and in space /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, David L.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Network Time Protocol (Computer network protocol)
Synchronous data transmission systems.
Computer networks > Management.
Synchronization.
Protocole NTP (Protocole de réseaux d'ordinateurs)
Transmission synchrone.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Gestion.
Synchronisation.
Computer networks > Management
Synchronization
Synchronous data transmission systems
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Basic concepts
  • 2. How NTP works
  • 3. In the belly of the beast
  • 4. Clock discipline algorithm
  • 5. NTP system engineering and configuration
  • 6. NTP performance in the Internet
  • 7. Primary servers and reference clocks
  • 8. Kernel timekeeping support
  • 9. Cryptographic authentication
  • 10. Identity schemes
  • 11. Analysis of errors
  • 12. Modeling and analysis of computer clocks
  • 13. Metrology and chronometry of the NTP timescale
  • 14. NTP reference implementation
  • 15. Precision system clock architecture
  • 16. NTP interleaved modes
  • 17. Time transfer for space data links
  • 18. Time transfer for deep-space missions
  • 19. Technical history of NTP.