How Do Synchronous Ethernet And Precision Time Protocol Work?
by Per Lembre, Director of Product Marketing, Xelerated
With new mobile devices and applications being introduced every day, service providers are scrambling to keep up with demand: but how? In deciding how to best prepare mobile networks to accommodate growing bandwidth and application use, service providers and network equipment vendors alike must take a number of factors into consideration: one important one being synchronization.
To illustrate the importance of synchronization in Ethernet design, this TechNote will review two different methods. First, we will examine synchronization at the physical layer (Synchronous Ethernet), followed by a review of the packet layer synchronization method (PTP).
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