The Case for Cross Disciplinary Research on Time Aware Applications, Computers and Communication Systems (TAACCS)

Published

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Marc A. Weiss, J C. Eidson, Charles Barry, L Goldin, Bob Iannucci, Edward Lee, Kevin Stanton

Abstract

A new economy built on the massive growth of endpoints on the internet will require precise and verifiable timing in ways that current systems do not support. Applications, computers and communications systems have been developed with modules and layers that optimize data processing but degrade accurate timing. State-of-the-art systems now use timing only as a performance metric. Correctness of timing as a metric cannot currently be designed into systems independent of hardware and/or software implementations. To enable the massive growth predicted, accurate timing needs cross-disciplinary research to be integrated into these existing systems. This paper reviews the state of the art in six crucial areas central to the use of timing signals in these systems. Each area is shown to have critical issues requiring accuracy or integrity levels of timing, that need research contributions from a range of disciplines to solve.

Citation

NIST Time and Frequency

Pub Weblink

http://tf.nist.gov

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Websites

Keywords

Clocks, Discrete event systems, Distributed control, Internet of Everything (IoE), Internet of Things(IoT), Ordering, PTIDES, Real-time systems, Simultaneity, Synchronization, Timestamps

Citation

Weiss, M. , Eidson, J. , Barry, C. , Goldin, L. , Iannucci, B. , Lee, E. and Stanton, K. (2013), The Case for Cross Disciplinary Research on Time Aware Applications, Computers and Communication Systems (TAACCS), NIST Time and Frequency, [online], http://tf.nist.gov (Accessed October 8, 2025)