This page provides references to freely available material and books relevant for users and implementers of the IEEE 1588 standard. It is meant for new-comers as well as people having already experience with PTP.
The following article is recommended as a starting point for new-comers:
- IEEE 1588-2019 Evolves to Better Serve its Wide Variety of Applications (IEEE 1588 Outreach subcommittee, 2020)
Tutorials / Presentations
- IEEE 1588 Version 2 (Geoffrey Garner, 2008)
- Time Synchronization Over Networks, IEEE 1588 and Applications (John Eidson, 2015)
- Tutorial on sdoId values (IEEE SA, 2018)
- The New High Accuracy Default PTP Profile in the IEEE 1588 Draft Revision (Maciej Lipinski, 2019)
- Technical blog on IEEE 1588 (including IEEE 1588-2019)
- Tutorial on 1588 from IEC 62439-3
White Papers / Articles / Documents
- IEEE 1588-2019 Enhances Network Connectivity with Precision Time Protocol (Rodney Cummings & Doug Arnold, Beyond Standards, 2020)
- IEEE 1588-2019 Evolves to Better Serve its Wide Variety of Applications (IEEE 1588 Outreach subcommittee, 2020)
- IEEE 1588-2019 changes (P1588 WG, 2020) – highlights of changes between 2019 and 2008 edition of the IEEE 1588 standard
- PTP Background and Overview (Jeff Laird, 2012)
Conferences
There are a number of conferences, symposiums, workshops at which IEEE 1588 and its applications are discussed. Here is a non-exhaustive list of such events:
- ISPCS – International IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication
- ITFS – The International Timing and Sync Forum
- WSTS- Workshop on Synchronization and Timing Systems
- PTTI – The Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications
Books
- Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588 in Telecoms: Next Generation Synchronization Networks (Wiley, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-848-21443-9)
- Measurement, Control, and Communication Using IEEE 1588 (Springer, 2006, 978-1-84628-250-8)