1. Scalable, High Speed Time Synchronization (D012)
New ideas
Dynamic peer discovery using engineered multicast schemes
Automatic, authenticated peer selection for ubiquitous distributed protocols
Multiple overlapping hierarchical subtree organization for redundancy and diversity
Maximize service performance relative to crafted metric and constraints S1 S2 S1 S1 S2 S1 S2 * * S2 S2 S2
Clients
Clients S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 * * * S2 S2 S2
Clients
* to buddy (S2)
Impact
Minimize dependence on prior configuration data
Avoid intricate case-by-case analysis of failure/fallback/recovery scenarios
Provide automatic reconfiguration in case of network reconfiguration or failure
Schedule (third year)
Test and refine NTP autokey authentication scheme
Test and refine NTP autoconfigure scheme
Complete NTPv4 beta test and deploy
University of Delaware: David L. Mills
17-Jan-19