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Synchronization of industrial network is critical to proper operation of factory automation and industrial control system. Improper synchronization may cause catastrophic failure in plat operation. The industrial networks consist of Industrial Ethernet and Fieldbus communications technologies. No single communication technology of Industrial Ethernet and Fieldbus provides complete solutions for industrial operation and hence, an industrial network may compose of multiple of these communications technologies. Each of these technologies also implements two key elements of network communications: deterministic network and real-time control. As for real-time control, synchronization of clock may vary depending upon underlying protocol(s) in use in the industrial network. Some of these technologies use proprietary time synchronization mechanisms while others use standard base technology such as PTP for precision time synchronization.
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Chowdhury, D.D. (2021). Synchronization for Industrial Networks. In: NextGen Network Synchronization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71179-5_12
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