
List of Tables
4.1 Classification of clock synchronization algorithms . . . . . . . . . 62
4.2 Properties of deterministic clock synchronization algorithms . . . 63
4.3 Properties of probabilistic and statistical clock synchronization al-
gorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.1 SAFEbus terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
9.1 CRC—Hamming distance shortfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
11.1 Hierarchical structure of an Interface File System (IFS) address . . 258
11.2 Resource requirements and performance of time-triggered smart
transducer interface implementations . . . . . . .