Network Timing

Network timing (hereinafter shortly referred as SyncNet) is a network method of slip overcoming which is based on the maintaining high accuracy and stability in the network. Essentially, it is a forced method of maintaining a roughly equal mean frequency with a limited phase offset (Biriukov, Triska, Advances in information and communication technologies. Processing and control in information and communication systems. Springer, New York, 2019). SyncNet is widely used both in legacy TDM-based networks and in modern packet-based networks. The presented guidelines, examples, and case studies are mainly based on the “classic” SyncNet solutions designed for legacy TDM-based networks. Being well standardized and worked out in practice, these solutions do not lose relevance today, serving as a basis for developing timing solutions for new-generation packet networks.