Table of Contents

 1     Scope  
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere 
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation  
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms 
 5     Conventions 
 6     Network reference model
 7     Network limits 
        7.1     Network limits at reference point A  
        7.2     Network limits at reference point B  
        7.3     Network limits at reference point C  
        7.4     Network limit at reference point D  
        7.5     Network limit at reference point E 
Appendix I – Clock models for noise accumulation simulations    
        I.1     T-BC models for noise accumulation simulations 
        I.2     End-to-end TC models for noise accumulation simulations 
Appendix II – HRMs used to derive the network limits    
       II.1     HRM composed of T-BCs 
                  II.1.1     HRM without physical layer frequency support from the network 
                  II.1.2     HRM with physical layer frequency support from the network 
                  II.1.3     HRM for cluster-based synchronization  
       II.2     HRM composed of T-BCs and T-TCs 
                  II.2.1     HRM with physical layer frequency support from the network 
Appendix III – Network limits considerations    
      III.1     Measurement of network limits in case of deployment case 1 
Appendix IV – Constant and dynamic time error and error accumulation    
       IV.1     Introduction  
       IV.2     Components of time error 
       IV.3     Accumulation of time error in a chain of clocks 
Appendix V – Example of design options    
        V.1     Network limits 
        V.2     Components of time error budgets 
        V.3     Failure scenarios 
        V.4     Time error budget allocation  
        V.5     Operator options 
        V.6     Further details 
Appendix VI – Mitigation of time error due to synchronous Ethernet transients    
Appendix VII – Maximum relative time error    
Appendix VIII – Models for budgeting in a chain of microwave devices    
Appendix IX – Models for Budgeting in a chain of xPON or xDSL devices