Endlessly Circulating Messages in IEEE 1588-2008 Systems

David Broman, Patricia Derler, Ankush Desai, John C. Eidson, and Sanjit A. Seshia. Endlessly Circulating Messages in IEEE 1588-2008 Systems. In Proceedings of the 8th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication (ISPCS), September 2014.

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Abstract

This paper studies conditions where messages endlessly circulate in a system of IEEE 1588-2008 clocks. The study is based on two independent analysis techniques. One uses a discrete event simulation environment for describing the operation of the best master clock (BMC) algorithm in IEEE 1588-2008. The second uses a model checking tool. We discuss several cases illustrating conditions under which circulating messages occur and the effectiveness of measures to squelch these messages. This paper demonstrates that one or more of the squelching mechanisms must be implemented.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{broman-ispcs14,
  author    = {David Broman and Patricia Derler and Ankush Desai and John C. Eidson and Sanjit A. Seshia},
  title     = {Endlessly Circulating Messages in IEEE 1588-2008 Systems},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication (ISPCS)},
 month = "September",
 year = {2014},
  abstract={This paper studies conditions where messages endlessly 
circulate in a system of IEEE 1588-2008 clocks. The study is 
based on two independent analysis techniques. One uses a discrete 
event simulation environment for describing the operation of the 
best master clock (BMC) algorithm in IEEE 1588-2008. The 
second uses a model checking tool. We discuss several cases 
illustrating conditions under which circulating messages occur 
and the effectiveness of measures to squelch these messages. 
This paper demonstrates that one or more of the squelching 
mechanisms must be implemented.},
}