Packet selection technique for clock recovery over packet networks

Zdenek Chaloupka, Nayef Alsindi, James Aweya

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Abstract

The primary challenge in the design of a clock recovery system for packet networks is to deal with Packet Delay Variations (PDVs) - that is, the variation of the packet transit delays introduced by queuing process in Network Elements (NEs) such as switches and routers. In order to obtain clean signal from recovered clock various techniques are employed to mitigate the effect of the PDVs. One of such mechanisms, referred to as Packet Selection Algorithm (PSA), reduces recovered clock noise variance by filtering incoming timing packets in such a way that only packets complying with predefined selection criteria are passed to the clock recovery algorithm. Since it is a non-trivial task to find optimal PSA criteria analytically using output variance minimization, this paper introduces a probabilistic approach for the PSA optimality analysis. Based on this probabilistic analysis a new packet selection technique is proposed, which outperforms prior art when compared in simulation by means of Time Deviation (TDEV) standardized metric.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationISPCS 2014 - Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication2014 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages108-111
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479926985
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Nov 2014
Event2014 8th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication, ISPCS 2014 - Austin, United States
Duration: 22 Sep 201426 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameISPCS 2014 - Proceedings: 2014 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication

Conference

Conference2014 8th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication, ISPCS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period22/09/1426/09/14

Keywords

  • clock recovery
  • frequency synchronization
  • packet delay variation
  • packet selection

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