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I had a query in PTP Transparent Clock(TC), Please consider the below picture for my question.

I will try to express my question with the help of a real world example

Say, two places Place_A <-----|Toll_Plaza|------> Place_B

Assume time taken to travel from Place_A to Place_B is x minutes (which includes the time taken at Toll_Plaza).

Just imagine the same thing happening with the Transparent clock in PTP Synchronization, a TC just calculates the residence taken at a device and modifies the correction field and forwards the packet to the other device.

It anyways time taken will be same irrespective of TC existence from a Peer to Peer.

How come it helps in having right accuracy? What is the real purpose in introducing a TC in IEEE 1588v2?

Any explanation will be helpful and welcome. Thanks in Advance !!!

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  • Adding another question : Is there any way to know just by seeing the packet capture, the clock which it is configured for? – user60007 Jan 8 '20 at 6:38
  • I would assume that other clock types won't have the same message IDs as transparent clocks. The transit time is calculated by the corresponding messages: The measured transit time of a SYNC message is added to the correction field of the corresponding FOLLOW_UP message. The measured transit time of a DELAY_REQUEST message is added to the correction field of the corresponding DELAY_RESPONSE message. – Bobby Voychine Jan 8 '20 at 12:31
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PTP with Transparent Clock is used to synchronize the clock of a network client with a server (similar to NTP). However, PTP is mainly used in LANs, with much higher precision than NTP (usually 10's of microseconds to 10's of nanoseconds).

The protocol has two dependencies:

  • UDP: Typically, PTP uses UDP as its transport protocol (although other transport protocols are possible). The well known UDP ports for PTP traffic are 319 (Event Message) and 320 (General Message).

  • Ethernet: Starting with IEEE1588 Version2, a native Layer2 Ethernet implementation was designed. PTP can use Ethernet as its transport protocol. The well known Ethernet type for PTP traffic is 0x88F7.

Example Traffic:

Sync Message

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Follow-up Message:

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Delay Request Message

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Delay Response Message

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