M. Tech. Electrical Engineering. / High-speed transmission network requires adequate synchronization planning for quality of service. Based on ITU-T synchronization network guidelines, this dissertation proposes a Synchronous Digital Hierachy (SDH) synchronization model catering for loop of synchronization and robust to communications links faults. From candidate schemes for providing synchronization information, we have adopted the master-slave strategy. Heuristics have been developed to assist in the allocation of primary and back-up reference clocks. The contribution lies in the systematic selection of master node placement, the distribution of the reference clock from master node to all slave nodes using shortest path and the allocation of system redundancy by means of clock priority table for each nodal clock. To cater for clock stability and accuracy, the use of atomic clock (Cesium, Rubidium) as frequency standard, in long term basis, has proven that clock s characteristics namely stability and accuracy may be controlled in the midst of jitter/wander. Fiber optics transmission medium has proven to be adequate for optimal clock dissemination with very trivial frequency deviation from the nominal positional instant, traceable to Primary Reference Clock.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000238 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Mpele, Jeremy Rodrigue. |
| Contributors | Djouani, K. (Karim), Noel, Guillaume Pierre Alexandre. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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| Rights | ©2010 Tshwane University of Technology |
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