NetClock timing solutions are an integral part of the NG9-1-1 infrastructure, enabling coordination and interoperability through synchronized timing services to all associated stakeholders.
NG9-1-1 uses an open architecture on a secure, managed IP network and gateways. NetClock time servers and master clocks have supported and maintained Public Safety networks for years. Employing a network time server in the PSAP (per NENA #04-002 standard) will become even more crucial to enable this coordination and interoperability between the primary components of the CPE (911 call taking equipment), IP Networks, and multiple Databases of NG9-1-1. Without synchronized timing standards, records and databases can build up out-of-sequence event logs that are difficult to analyze and respond accordingly. Coupled with the trend toward significantly more mobility cases, location data must also have an associative time stamp, and if accuracy is questionable, first responders can find their efforts increasingly compromised.
NetClock’s design incorporates the principles of NG9-1-1:
- Reliability: multi-channel GPS receiver; >100,000 hours MTBF
- Security: employs SSL, SSH, SNMPv3, IPsec
- Robustness: high-speed processor enabling several thousand timing requests per second
- Maintainability: precision oscillators for GPS backup, redundant systems
- Accuracy: millisecond NTP accuracy, delivers legally traceable time
- Scalability: field-upgradeable via FTP software enhancements, hierarchal stratum-level time servers
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