Description
TimeProvider 4100 is a gateway clock, a new class of synchronization product that accepts multiple inputs from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), and 1588 PTP and E1/T1 digital transmission links, and distributes timing flows to multiple endpoints such as base stations. A gateway clock benefits from multiple layers of protection leveraging other assets in the core of the network.
TimeProvider 4100 is a best-in-class 1588 grandmaster complemented by extensive port fan-out for PTP, Network Time Protocol (NTP), SyncE, and legacy building integrated timing supplies (BITS). With multiple ports for current, legacy, and future networks that can be connected to multiple base stations for 4G and 5G deployments, the device offers customers a cost-effective solution that can be easily adapted for a wide variety of use cases.
Features:
- IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster
- GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo)—QZSS ready, SBAS support
- Primary reference time clock (PRTC)
- Oscillator options—mini OCXO, OCXO, and Rubidium (Rb)
- IPv6/IPv4 on all ports
- Standard base unit with 8 Ethernet ports, 4 E1/T1 ports, 1 craft port, 2 × 1PPS/ToD ports, 2 × 1PPS/10 MHz ports
- Optional internal expansion module with 16 E1/T1 ports for a total of 20 E1/T1 outputs per unit
- Support for multiple IEEE 1588v2 profiles per unit
- Support for PTP master, client, probe, and NTPv4
- High performance: 512 PTP unicast clients at 128 PPS and 20,000 NTP requests/second
- Fully supports ITU-T profiles for phase synchronization: G.8275.1 and G.8275.2
- Fully supports ITU-T profiles for frequency synchronization: G.8265.1, Telecom 2008
- Other industry profiles: Default
- APTS with patented automatic asymmetry compensation (AAC) support
- Monitoring and measurement capabilities
- TimePictra® synchronization management system support
BENEFITS
- Sync solution for the mobile edge: 4G/LTE, cRAN, 5G
- Flexibility to leverage legacy and new investments
- Mitigates impact of backhaul noise, packet delay variation, and asymmetry
- Preserves current MPLS network engineering
