Total NTP and PTP for engineers

Description

This course looks at timing and synchronization as
provided by NTP and PTP. Hands on sessions primarily
involve using Wireshark to analyse the protocols.

What will you learn

NTP and PTP training course details

Anyone using NTP or PTP but particularly relevant for
those in the broadcast industry.

TCP/IP foundation for engineers

1 day

Clock drift. Timing and synchronization.
Importance in computing. Importance in
broadcasting.

NTP versions, v0 to v4. Architecture. The
intersection algorithm. Accuracy. Clock strata,
Stratum 0, 1, 2 and 3. Protocol modes.
Hands on NTP configuration

NTP packet header. Timestamps. Variables in
the header. Clock synchronization algorithm.
SNTP. The Windows Time service.
Hands on
Wireshark and NTP analysis.

PTP v2, IEEE 1588. Architecture. Accuracy.
Synchronization with PTP. Offset and delay.

Hands on Analysing PTP packet flows.

Ordinary clocks, boundary clocks, masters and
grandmasters. PTP specific switch types.
Hardware time stamping. SMPTE ST2059-2.
PTP packet header. PTP domains. Best master
clock algorithm.
Hands on More Wireshark and
PTP.