A Network Timing Concept for Switzerland

Peter Kartaschoff, Pierre André Probst and Paul Vörös

Abstract: Studies on network timing started in Switzerland in 1974, preparing the future conversion to digital transmission and switching, stimulated by the development of integrated electronics. First generation equipment was specified and developed in 1975/76, when early international standards recommending 10-11 long term stability were drafted. Further work led to the present network timing concept in which the network is divided into 3 regions, each cesium-controlled in a preselected master-slave mode with 4 levels of hierarchy. All major (2nd order) nodes are served by triple-redundant, microprocessor-controlled precision crystal oscillators. The third order level is constituted by the digital switching centers.
Published in: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting
December 3 - 5, 1985
DuPont Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
Pages: 287 - 302
Cite this article: Kartaschoff, Peter, Probst, Pierre André, Vörös, Paul, "A Network Timing Concept for Switzerland," Proceedings of the 17th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1985, pp. 287-302.
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