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IEEE 1588, built on the classical two-way message exchange scheme, is a popular clock synchronization protocol for packet-switched networks. Due to the presence of random queuing delays in a packet-switched network, the joint recovery of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-26 Anantha K. Karthik , Rick S. Blum

To mitigate spoofing attacks targeting global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers, one promising method is to rely on alternative time sources, such as network-based synchronization, in order to detect clock offset discrepancies…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-23 M. Spanghero , P. Papadimitratos

Precise clock synchronization is an important requirement for distributed and networked industrial use cases. As more and more use cases contain mobile devices, clock synchronization has to be performed over wireless communication links. As…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-14 M. Gundall , H. D. Schotten

Time synchronization is essential for industrial IoT and Industry 4.0/5.0 applications, but achieving high synchronization accuracy in Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-5G networks is challenging due to jitter and asymmetric delays. 3GPP TS…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Julia Caleya-Sanchez , Pablo Muñoz , Jorge Sánchez-Garrido , Emilio Florentín , Felix Delgado-Ferro , Pablo Rodriguez-Martin , Pablo Ameigeiras

The critical role that Network Time Protocol (NTP) plays in the Internet led to multiple efforts to secure it against time-shifting attacks. A recent proposal for enhancing the security of NTP with Chronos against on-path attackers seems…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Philipp Jeitner , Haya Shulman , Michael Waidner

In this paper we propose Time Synchronized One-Time-Password scheme to provide secure wake up authentication. The main constraint of wireless sensor networks is their limited power resource that prevents us from using radio transmission…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-02-08 Anastasios Kavoukis , Salem Aljareh

5G and beyond cellular systems embrace the disaggregation of Radio Access Network (RAN) components, exemplified by the evolution of the fronthaul (FH) connection between cellular baseband and radio unit equipment. Crucially, synchronization…

Industrial control systems present numerous challenges from the communication systems perspective: clock synchronization, deterministic behavior, low latency, high reliability, flexibility, and scalability. These challenges are mostly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Inaki Val , Oscar Seijo , Raul Torrego , Armando Astarloa

In the above letter, Chin and Chen proposed an IEEE 1588 clock synchronization method based on dual slave clocks, where they claim that multiple unknown parameters --- i.e., clock offset, clock skew, and master-to-slave delay --- can be…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-02 Kyeong Soo Kim

Synchronizing clocks on Internet of Things (IoT) devices is important for applications such as monitoring and real time control. In this paper, we describe a system for clock synchronization in IoT devices that is designed to be scalable,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-06-08 Sathiya Kumaran Mani , Ramakrishnan Durairajan , Paul Barford , Joel Sommers

This paper addresses the problem of clock skew and offset estimation for the IEEE 1588 precision time protocol. Built on the classical two-way message exchange scheme, IEEE 1588 is a prominent synchronization protocol for packet switched…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-26 Anantha K. Karthik , Rick S. Blum

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) aims to extend the IEEE 802.1Q Ethernet standard with real-time and time-aware capabilities. Each device's transmission of time-critical frames is done according to a so-called Gate Control List (GCL)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-05 Mohammadreza Barzegaran , Niklas Reusch , Luxi Zhao , Silviu S. Craciunas , Paul Pop

Flow reshaping is used in time-sensitive networks (as in the context of IEEE TSN and IETF Detnet) in order to reduce burstiness inside the network and to support the computation of guaranteed latency bounds. This is performed using per-flow…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Ludovic Thomas , Jean-Yves Le Boudec

Two-way fiber-optic time transfer is a promising precise time synchronization technique with sub-nanosecond accuracy. However, asymmetric delay attack is a serious threat which cannot be prevent by any encryption method. In this paper, a…

This paper examines synchronization of computer clocks connected via a data network and proposes a skewless algorithm to synchronize them. Unlike existing solutions, which either estimate and compensate the frequency difference (skew) among…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-21 Enrique Mallada , Xiaoqiao Meng , Michel Hack , Li Zhang , Ao Tang

Achieving consistent time across devices in distributed systems often involves exchanging timestamped messages over a network. Precise time synchronization is crucial for applications such as cellular networks, industrial automation, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Yash Deshpande , Quirin Vogel , Laura Becker , Kaan Aykurt , Wolfgang Kellerer

The IEEE 802.1 time-sensitive networking (TSN) standards aim at improving the real-time capabilities of standard Ethernet. TSN is widely recognized as the long-term replacement of proprietary technologies for industrial control systems.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Haochuan Shi , Adnan Aijaz , Nan Jiang

Accurate time synchronization is essential for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, where multiple distributed nodes must share a common time base for coordinated sensing and data fusion. However, conventional synchronization approaches suffer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ziyao Zhou , Tiancheng Cao , Chen Shen , Jiaqi Zhang , Yuting Liu , Hen-Wei Huang

The uprising interest in multi-agent based networked system, and the numerous number of applications in the distributed control of the smart grid leads us to address the problem of time synchronization in the smart grid. Utility companies…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Imtiaz Parvez , Arif I. Sarwat , Jonathan Pinto , Zakaria Parvez , Mohammad Aqib Khandaker

Despite the critical role of timing infrastructure in enabling essential services, from public key infrastructure and smart grids to autonomous navigation and high-frequency trading, modern timing stacks remain highly vulnerable to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Adeel Nasrullah , Fatima M. Anwar