Re: [Linuxptp-users] Question about delay estimation and offset

[Richard C. <ric...@gm...>]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 01:54:05PM +0200, Víctor Vázquez Rodríguez wrote:

> We are doing some research based on ptp4l and I noticed that it
> doesn’t perform delay estimation and offset estimation on the same
> cycle. That is, the client updates only the estimated delay when it
> receives a DELAY_RESP and then updates the offset estimation (and
> corrects the clock) when receiving next cycle’s SYNC message. Is
> there a specific reasoning behind this implementation decision?

This is specified in IEEE 1588.

Thanks,
Richard