[zeromq-dev] Precision Timestamping

[Pieter Hintjens]

Hi Ilya,

Interesting ideas. We have some 0MQ applications that need accurate
timestamping, coincidentally for AV bridging.

What APIs are available for working with PTP?

-Pieter

On Sunday, September 4, 2011, Ilya Dmitrichenko wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have just started reading on 0MQ, and it appears it is just the
> right thing I had been looking for.
>
> One of interesting questions that springs to mind is whether it could
> be integrated with another
> quite particular technology - PTP (IEEE 1588). For those who haven't
> heard of PTP, it basically
> timestamps network packets on the PHY layer, and it is of great use in
> various applications such
> as industrial control and time sensitive streaming (it also plays a
> significant role in upcoming AVB
> standard from IETF (Audio/Video Bridging).
>
> It would be interesting to here how packet timestamps obtained from
> PTP could be utilised in 0MQ
> and whether it will require modification of the core code or one could
> glue inside of application code.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ilya
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