Synchronizing 5G Mobile Networks

Chapter 9

PTP Deployment Considerations

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

• Deployment and usage: Covers the specifics of sourcing timing signals and carrying them across a packet network for both the frequency and phase/time use cases. For the case of frequency, it covers using both PTP and non-PTP methods and points out the appropriate solution to use in different scenarios. For the phase/time scenario, it explains a range of issues that one must consider, including capabilities of the network.

• Factors impacting timing performance: Covers the issues that must be dealt with to produce an accurate and robust solution. This includes the timing performance of the PTP clocks and the influence of packet delay variation (PDV) and asymmetry ...