IRIG-B Time Signal Distribution Over Geostationary Satellites

Senol Gulgonul, Mesut Gokten, Thomas Meinerz, Erdem Demircioglu, and Nedim Sozbir

Abstract:	A time dissemination system which distributes time signals over a geostationary satellite has been developed. The developed system utilizes IRIG-B format for time distribution and achieves accuracy figures better than 1 ms over Turkey. Time information in IRIG-B is inserted into the audio channel of digital TV. IRIG-B delay correction hardware is developed to correct the time difference between the time signal received from the satellite and the reference atomic clock on the ground. A standard DVB-S receiver and satellite antenna is sufficient to decode the time signal, omitting the use of any special equipment for the end user.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 44th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting November 26 - 29, 2012 Hyatt Regency Reston Town Center Reston, Virginia
Pages:	391 - 398
Cite this article:	Gulgonul, Senol, Gokten, Mesut, Meinerz, Thomas, Demircioglu, Erdem, Sozbir, Nedim, "IRIG-B Time Signal Distribution Over Geostationary Satellites," Proceedings of the 44th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Reston, Virginia, November 2012, pp. 391-398.
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