Abstract
The sections in this article are
- 1 Clock Signals and Their Timing Relationships
- 2 Network Synchronization Strategies
- 3 Characterization and Modeling of Clocks
- 4 Technology of Clocks
- 5 Clocks in Digital Telecommunications Networks
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