[ntp:questions] Re: HowTo calibrate system clock frequency using NTP

Daniel Kabs daniel.kabs at gmx.de
Mon Feb 6 10:15:32 UTC 2006


Hello Professor Mills,

I have a lot of respect for the delicate and sophisticated NTP 
internals. Actually too much respect to get in touch with them.

Rather I'm using NTP as a tool. A tool that measures (or helps me to 
measure) the system clock's frequency error.

Cheers
Daniel



David L. Mills wrote:
> Daniel,
> 
> The frequency measurement uses the feedback loop described in detail on 
> the architecture and clock discipline briefings on the NTP project page 
> linked via www.ntp.org. A simple average is not good enough as it does 
> not account for the heavy-tail effects due to the random-walk character 
> of the clock oscillator frequency.




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