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White Papers: Accurate Time is Essential for Video Surveillance Applications |
Accurate Time is Essential for Video Surveillance ApplicationsAs video surveillance hardware becomes IP-based, systems are able to take advantage of the network to improve efficiency and performance. Time synchronization, in which all the clocks in cameras, recording equipment, and computers have the same time, is simple to implement on the network. It utilizes a standard protocol and a network appliance known as a time server. What’s more, the time server can be legally traceable to a time authority. The result is low-cost investment protection for the video system deployment. |
pdf - 229 KB Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
White Papers: Simplifying the Path Alignment of Microwave Communication Systems |
Simplifying the Path Alignment of Microwave Communication SystemsWherever microwave links exist, the path between antennas has always required accurate antenna alignment. This process requires highly trained tower crews to physically align the antennas as well as ground technicians and sophisticated, expensive, and complex test equipment to monitor the results. The process of optimizing the transmission path of microwave communication systems is about to undergo a significant development in process, simplification and cost benefit without compromising performance or accuracy. The process can now be accomplished with the use of the Pendulum (formerly XL Microwave) Path Align-R Microwave Antenna Path Alignment Test Sets. Tower installation crews can now perform the entire alignment process themselves, up the tower, at the antenna, without the need of additional ground technicians, equipment, or indeed, even the waveguides or radios installed. By Fernando Torrelio, is President and Chief Engineer of Aurora Genesis Communications Inc., a microwave, cellular, PCS, & LMDS engineering, maintenance, installation, and testing company supporting the technical requirements of the wireless communications industry. |
pdf - 132 KB Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
White Papers: Cost-effective Synchronization for Digital Broadcast |
Cost-effective Synchronization for Digital BroadcastIn Europe, Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, broadcasters are looking to the DVB-T2 standard to upgrade from analog transmission, their current DVB-T implementation, or as a supplemental network. Similarly, in South America, ISDB-T is being implemented. These and other standards rely more and more on single frequency networks (SFN) to efficiently utilize wireless frequency spectrum. SFNs require synchronization so for each instant of time, every transmission station is broadcasting the same digital data at the same exact frequency. |
pdf - 739 KB Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
White Papers: Smart Rubidium Clock Technology White Paper |
Smart Rubidium Clock Technology White PaperPatented Smart SRO Rubidium SynClock+ with Industry'S First SmarTiming+ Technology Inside |
pdf - 857 KB Friday, September 7, 2012 |
White Papers: A Master Clock Approach to Distributing Precision Time and Frequency |
A Master Clock Approach to Distributing Precision Time and FrequencyTraditional time and frequency distribution is defined by splitting and amplifying a signal to as many devices as needed. The distribution amplifier became a mainstay in precision time and frequency systems. Today there is greater access to precision timing considering more clocks in space transmitting global navigation signals and more network connectivity able to maintain higher levels of timing accuracy. A new generation of master clocks is capable of leveraging these trends while offering flexibility to generate the signal types and quantities wherever needed. Distribution amplifiers can still be an important “brick” in the system to meet needs for redundancy, reliability and cost-efficiency. This white paper describes the issue of providing precise time and frequency signals of the type and quantity needed by the application using commercial-off-the-shelf devices from Spectracom. |
pdf - 652 KB Friday, January 31, 2014 |
White Papers: What Time is it? It’s a Matter of Trust |
What Time is it? It’s a Matter of TrustThose in the business of measuring time are familiar with the saying, “If you have one clock, you know what time it is. If you have two, well…”. Time synchronization is the ability for all clocks to have the same time. But what time is it? If your time synchronization deployment uses time from the internet, your organization may be at risk. Official time provided by a GPS-based network appliance is a time source that you can trust. |
pdf - 399 KB Friday, September 5, 2014 |
White Papers: Time for Data Centers to Consider Time as a Service |
Time for Data Centers to Consider Time as a ServiceIf you are in the data center business, you’re faced with a long list of customer demands as businesses and entire industries move operations to the cloud. But you’re also facing an increasingly competitive landscape where offering the best service and greatest value is paramount. Balancing what you can offer customers and at what cost can be complicated, to say the least. An often overlooked service offering, one which provides a large value to customers at a low cost to providers, is Time as a Service (TaaS). |
pdf - 472 KB Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
White Papers: Synchronized Time Improves Healthcare |
Synchronized Time Improves HealthcareAs the healthcare industry embraces technology to improve patient care and reduce costs, integrating disparate systems is critical for maximizing performance. Something as simple as a common basis for time-keeping can make a difference in records accuracy, device and system interoperability, security, regulatory compliance, and overall efficiency of operations. As technology implementations are network centric, time-keeping in software and hardware can be easily synchronized to the official worldwide time standard. |
pdf - 664 KB Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
White Papers: Internet Time White Paper |
Internet Time White PaperThe traceability of time synchronization: This document briefly discusses the differences between a time source from within the network compared to outside the network with considerations for traceability for a network deployment of network time protocol (NTP). |
pdf - 255 KB Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
White Papers: Wanted: Reliable PNT for Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Wanted: Reliable PNT for Intelligent Transportation SystemsA key feature of the concept of the connected car is accurate Positioning, Navigation and Timing technology. These must be more reliable and accurate than ever before, and they must co-exist with a multitude of other types of sensors and the computational loads associated with them. This white paper explores the trends relative to the big-picutre of intelligent transportation systems. |
pdf - 3 MB Friday, November 4, 2016 |
White Papers: White Paper - Making Military PNT Systems Resilient Against Threats: Recent Advances |
White Paper - Making Military PNT Systems Resilient Against Threats: Recent AdvancesThis white paper discusses alternative signals that are suitable for low size, weight, and power (SWAP) assured PNT devices. |
RPNT White Paper Friday, October 20, 2017 |
White Papers: MiFID II Clock Sync Requirements Checklist |
MiFID II Clock Sync Requirements ChecklistIn January 2018, MiFID II RTS 25 compliance began, including five requirements for timing synchronization. Use this detailed checklist to make sure that you’re aware of the key considerations, your timing chain is ready and you're fully compliant. |
MiFID II Checklist Friday, January 19, 2018 |
White Papers: Time Synchronization: Time is at the Heart of the MiFID Regulation |
Time Synchronization: Time is at the Heart of the MiFID RegulationNew regulations from MiFID II in Europe to the Consolidated Audit Trail in the US mandate that reportable events must be timestamped to much more accurate levels than ever before and that regulated organizations must have a clear understanding of time for all information they are required to report. Europe’s MiFID II, in particular — which came into force on January 3, 2018 — is far more prescriptive with regards to timestamping, as defined by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) within RTS 25. |
White Paper Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
White Papers: A Holistic Approach to Trusted, Resilient PNT |
A Holistic Approach to Trusted, Resilient PNTPositioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services are indispensable, and providing trusted, resilient PNT solutions requires us to look beyond individual systems and methodologies to focus upon the user. An architecture that can meet this demand must include multiple systems with diverse technologies so that any single threat or source of disruption can be mitigated. This document discusses how signaling technologies such as GNSS, eLoran and STL are the complementary components of this architecture. |
pdf - 583 KB Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
White Papers: The Advent of Tightly Synchronized Clocks in Distributed Systems |
The Advent of Tightly Synchronized Clocks in Distributed SystemsThe last decade has brought a paradigm shift in computing systems from single processor devices — whose performance plateaued — to distributed computing systems. In distributed systems, nodes execute concurrently with limited information about what the other nodes are executing at the moment. A key component of distributed coordination is the enforcement of consistent views at all nodes for the ordering of significant events. To this end, events are "timestamped" with logical counters or — increasingly lately — with tightly-synchronized physical time. |
White Paper Friday, May 11, 2018 |
White Papers: Making Time Sensitive Networks Resilient Against Threats White Paper |
Making Time Sensitive Networks Resilient Against Threats White PaperToday's time sensitive networks rely on available and accurate positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) signals to provide leaders with the information required to make timely and effective decisions. The proliferation of GNSS-degrading and denying devices across state and non-state actors put this critical information capability in jeopardy. Learn how a combination of alternative PNT signals with traditional GNSS references makes PNT applications resilient against jamming and spoofing. |
White Paper Friday, May 11, 2018 |
White Papers: The Importance of Low Phase Noise in Mobile Applications |
The Importance of Low Phase Noise in Mobile ApplicationsCommunications and intelligence-collection functions, traditionally associated with fixed sites and large platforms, are being pushed to tactical vehicles and sophisticated Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs). This results in more C5ISR systems being installed on mobile platforms. Whether in the air, on land, or at sea, these vehicles will impart shocks and vibrations to their electronics, sometimes severely. In high vibration environments, the system designer must account for induced phase noise which can drastically affect overall performance. This white paper discusses the challenges of keeping low noise signals pure in any environment. |
The Importance of Low Phase Noise in Mobile Applications Wednesday, August 22, 2018 |
White Papers: Mitigating an NTP Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack |
Mitigating an NTP Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) AttackNetwork time service is not something many businesses think about as a key component of their critical infrastructures. In fact, it is often overlooked entirely, and in error. As a result, the network architect or engineer often defaults to an easy alternative: using a server or network switch as the source of the network clock and synchronizing these sources to Internet time servers using Network Time Protocol (NTP). This white paper discusses the risks of, and alternative solutions to, "NTP Over the Internet." |
Mitigating an NTP Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack Wednesday, August 29, 2018 |
White Papers: The Importance of Testing to Detect GNSS Vulnerabilities in Intelligent Transportation Systems |
The Importance of Testing to Detect GNSS Vulnerabilities in Intelligent Transportation SystemsFor more than a decade, GPS has been at the core of the navigation systems used in all types of road vehicles, train systems and marine transport vehicles. As industry moves from standalone navigation systems to the advanced multi-sensor systems used in intelligent transportation systems (ITS), GPS signals remain a key component of these systems. The development of autonomous vehicles for road, rail and water demands a comprehensive and repeatable test plan for GNSS. This white paper discusses and outlines testing methods for GNSS performance and vulnerabilities. |
White Paper Friday, October 26, 2018 |
White Papers: Practical Guide to GADSS Autonomous Distress Tracking Implementation |
Practical Guide to GADSS Autonomous Distress Tracking ImplementationThe Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT) mandate is part of the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) initiative launched by ICAO after several accidents where downed aircraft could not be located at all, or only after long and expensive search efforts. While most airlines have already complied with the normal tracking mandate due by the end of 2018, the ADT requirement for January 2021 is approaching fast. It is designed to improve the location of aircraft in the critical phase, when the aircraft is in distress, anywhere in the world. |
GADSS White Paper Monday, December 3, 2018 |
White Papers: What is a GPS Simulator? |
What is a GPS Simulator?As GPS receivers are built into more mission-critical devices for difficult application environments, and designed with the emerging capabilities of a multitude of GNSS constellations and augmentation systems, developers and manufacturers need better ways to guarantee performance. That’s where a GPS simulator comes in. |
pdf - 99 KB Monday, December 31, 2018 |
White Papers: Leap Second Readiness Tips |
Leap Second Readiness TipsIf you manage a time-sensitive network, you'll want to consider how a leap second event will effect your applications. We offer these tips to help you be prepared. |
pdf - 224 KB Monday, December 31, 2018 |
White Papers: GNSS Enhances Timing Applications |
GNSS Enhances Timing ApplicationsTypically, applications for timing use GPS as a precise, traceable, high availability, and free source of synchronization. But GPS is not the only satellite in the sky. More and more Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are being developed and deployed. This white paper describes the trend to multi-GNSS using the example of the Russian GLONASS system as a complement to GPS. |
pdf - 433 KB Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |