Precision Time Protocol The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol used to synchronize clocks throughout a computer network. On a local area network, it achieves clock accuracy in the sub-microsecond range, making it suitable for measurement and control systems. ...

(PTP) is a widely adopted protocol for delivery of precise time over a

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. A complete PTP system includes PTP functionality in

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and

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. PTP may be implemented in hardware,

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or a combination of both. PTP is implemented in

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s and in PTP-aware

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. PTP implementations may have the ability to serve as a source of time for the network, a ''grandmaster'', or operate as a ''slave'' and receive time and synchronize to the grandmaster. Some implementations are able to operate as either master or slave.

Routers and switches

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Quarra 1 Gbps PTP Ethernet Switch *

Quarra PTP 10 Gbps Ethernet Switch * ACRA Control, Limited (now

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) airborne switches *

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(now

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) 7210 Service Access Switch * Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Service Aggregation Router * Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router * Allen-Bradley Stratix 5400, 5410, 5700, 8000 Managed Switches * Arista 7050X/X2/X3 Series Switches * Arista 7060X/X2 Series Switches * Arista 7150 Series Switches * Arista 7280E/R/R2 Series Switches * Arista 7500E/R/R2 Series Switches * Aruba 2930M Series Switches (with WC.16.04 software release) * Aruba CX 6300 M series * Aruba CX 8360 * BitStream Hyperion 300/402/500 Series Switches *Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch *Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4100-ON Series SwitchesDELL EMC NETWORKING S4100-ON
/ref> *Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200-ON Series Switches *Cisco 7600 Router *Cisco ASR 903 Router *Cisco ASR 9000 Router *Cisco Catalyst 9300 Switch *Cisco CGS 2520 Switch *Cisco Industrial Ethernet 3000 Series Switches *Cisco Industrial Ethernet 5000 Series Switches *Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches *Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches *Cisco Nexus 7000 router *Cisco Nexus 9000 router *Connect Tech Inc. Xtreme/10G Managed Ethernet Switch/Router *Crystal Instruments IEEE 1588 Spider-HUB Industrial Ethernet Switch *Ericsson Router 6000 series *Extreme Networks E4G-200 router *Extreme Networks E4G-400 router *Fibrolan Falcon-R Class xHaul Switche/Grandmaster *Fibrolan Falcon-M Class Switches/Routers *Fibrolan Falcon-MTS Grandmaster *Fibrolan uFalcon-S Switch series *Fibrolan uFalcon-ST Switch series *GarrettCom 10KT Industrial Managed 1588v2 Switch *GarrettCom 12KX Industrial Managed 1588v2 Ethernet Switch *HBM Rugged Ethernet PTPv2 Switch with PoE: SomatXR EX23-R *Hirschmann MACH1040 19" Industrial Ethernet Switches with IEEE 1588v2 support *Hirschmann MICE Modular Industrial Ethernet Rail Switch Modules with IEEE 1588v2 support *IBM RackSwitch G8264 and IBM RackSwitch G8316 *iS5 Communications Raptor Switch *Juniper Networks MX Universal Edge Routers *Juniper Networks QFX *Kyland SICOM3028GPT series *Kyland SICOM3000A series *Kyland Ruby3A *Mellanox SN2100 / SN2700 (Spectrum silicon) switches with MLNX-OS/ONYX (in GA since 3.6.5011) for PTP IEEE-1588 (SMPTE ST2059-2 profile) or with Cumulus Linux (from version 3.6) with the ptp4l Linux package. *Moxa PowerTrans series (PT-7728-PTP) and EDS-500 and EDS-600 series switches *Oregano Systems syn1588 Gbit Switch *Planet Technology USA, some IGS switches (e.g. IGS-20040MT) *Red Lion N-Tron Series NT24k All-Gigabit Managed Industrial Ethernet Switches *Ruggedcom IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions including RSG2488, RSG2288, RX1000 and RS416 *Seven Solutions White Rabbit Precise PTP Switch *Siemens SCALANCE X-300 and XR-300 Industrial Managed Ethernet Switch with 1588 support (all X308-2M, all XR-324-12M, all XR324-4M, all X302-7EEC and X307-2EEC) *Teletronics Technology Corporation airborne switches *TSN Systems - TSN Automotive Switch Q50.

Stand-alone solutions

* Antenna-integrated OTMC 100 PTP grandmaster clock from OMICRON Lab *AVN-GMCS IEEE1588 PTP Grandmaster Clock with GPS Receiver from Sonifex *Calnex Solutions provides a number of IEEE 1588v2 test products for field and factory use including Paragon-X, Paragon-100G and Sentinel *EKOSync 1588A and 1588B IEEE 1588v2 PTP/NTP GPS clocks from EKOSinerji *FSMLabs 1GBps Pocket GrandMaster IEEE 1588v2 PTP/NTP GPS clocks from FSMLabs *FSMLabs 10GBps Enterprise GrandMaster IEEE 1588v2 PTP/NTP GPS clocks from FSMLabs *IEEE 1588 PTP GPS Grandmaster Clock from Optimal Technologies *IEEE 1588 PTP M68 production module from Qulsar (formerly Conemtech) *IEEE 1588 PTP P6x Sub-System board from Qulsar (formerly Conemtech) *IEEE 1588 PTP PCIe add in cards from Korusys *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from FEI-Zyfer, Inc. *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Fibrolan *IEEE 1588 PTP solutions from

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*IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Oscilloquartz SA *IEEE 1588 PTP testers and monitoring solutions from Albedo Telecom *IEEE 1588 PTP Time Converter TICRO 100 from OMICRON Lab *IEEE 1588 solutions from Meinberg *IEEE 1588v2 PTP GPS Master & Slave clocks from Masterclock *IEEE 1588v2 PTP GPS Master & Slave clocks from Tekron *IEEE 1588v2 PTP GPS Smartgrid clocks from Tekron *IPITEK MSP-1588 *syn1588 VIP single chip solution from Oregano Systems *TSN Systems TSN Box 3.0 - Hardware Interface for Automotive and Industrial TSN Test & Measurement Applications. *White Rabbit LEN from Seven Solutions *White Rabbit ZEN Time Provider from Seven Solutions *White Rabbit Cute-WR-DP from SyncTechnology *White Rabbit Mini-WR from SyncTechnology *IEEE 1588 PTP solutions from Mobatime (belongs to the Moser-Baer Group) *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from PolyNet

Software

* Domain Time II PTPv2 server and client for Windows and Linux from Greyware Automation Products, Inc. *IEEE 1588 Hoptroff Time Suite Enterprise from Hoptroff Smart Timing , Built on the Zero Trust model and encrypted to maximum standards to ensure resilient cybersecurity, delivered via dedicated optic fibre connection , MiFID II, CAT FINRA NMS compliance , * IEEE 1588 Protocol Software from HMS Industrial Networks (formerly IXXAT Automation GmbH). * IEEE 1588 PTP 2002/2008 Master Stack Software from Real-Time Systems GmbH. * IEEE 1588 PTP Stack, XR7 PTP, from TTTech Flexibilis Oy * IEEE 1588 Stack from Civica Ltd. *Microsoft Windows Server 2019 *Microsoft Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) * ''Openptp'' from Flexibilis Oy is GPL licensed open source implementation of the IEEE 1588-2008 (Version 2) PTP specification. *PTP Track Hound, free tool from Meinberg to record, visualize and analyze PTP network traffic * PPSi, a multi-platform ptp implementation developed by

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. * PTPd and its derivatives * syn1588 PTP Stack from Oregano Systems: A portable implementation of the complete IEEE1588-2008 standard with special features like Boundary Clock support, Unicast operation, IPv6 support and security enhancements. * ''The Linux PTP Project'' – an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces (API) offered by the Linux kernel. *Timebeat - PTP synchronisation platform and monitoring solution. * TimeKeeper PTP server and client from FSMLabs, Inc. * ''TSEP Chronos'': IEEE 1588 PTP 2008 Stack for Windows, Linux, and RTX64(IntervalZero) from Technical Software Engineering Plazotta. * TsEX module of the NeEX platform - IEEE1588 compliant PTP stack by emagine *UMAN PTP Stack - 802.1AS (gPTP), Automotive PTP 1.5.

Silicon

*8-Input, 14-Output, Dual DPLL Timing IC with IEEE 1588 Clock from

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*IEEE 1588 PTP Grandmaster Controller from Qulsar (formerly Conemtech) *IEEE 1588 PTP Ethernet Switching Solutions from

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*IEEE 1588 PTP Synchronization Solutions from Zarlink Semiconductor *IEEE 1588 PTP Synchronization Solutions from Semtech Corporation *IEEE 1588 Clock and 10/100/1000Mbit/s Packet Timestamper from

*IEEE 1588 PTP Synchronization of Network Communications Equipment from

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*BroadPTP in network equipment using

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silicon.

Other

*IEEE 1588 PTP 1Gb Ethernet Layer 2 Switch IP Core from Flexibilis Oy *IEEE 1588 PTP Compliance from

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in the Open Hardware Repository. *IEEE 1588 PTP Embedded Timing Appliance from Black Brook Design *IEEE 1588 PTP Hoptroff Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS®) from Hoptroff Smart Timing *IEEE 1588 PTP IP Core from IXXAT Automation GmbH *IEEE 1588 PTP IP Core from

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*IEEE 1588 PTP IP Cores for

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FPGAs from System-on-Chip engineering *IEEE 1588 PTP IP Cores from Optimal Technologies *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions for industrial Ethernet networking and computing from Moxa *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from ELPROMA and

*IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from EndRun Technologies *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from InES ZHAW *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Meinberg Funkuhren *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from

*IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from NetTimeLogic GmbH *IEEE 1588 PTP / White Rabbit Solutions from OPNT B.V. *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Oregano Systems *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from

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*IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Qulsar (formerly Conemtech) *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Orolia (formerly Spectracom) *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Time & Frequency Solutions *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions from Trimble.Inc *IEEE 1588 PTP Synchronization Solutions from

*IEEE 1588-2008 Management Tool from IXXAT Automation GmbH *IEEE 1588 PTP Solutions fro
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References

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