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==Welcome==
==Welcome==


:Welcome to the OCP Time Appliance Project wiki.
:Welcome to the OCP Time Appliances Project wiki.


:This Project is open to the public and we welcome all those who would like to be involved.
:This Project is open to the public and we welcome all those who would like to be involved.
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==Project Leadership==
==Project Leadership==
:- [mailto:ahmad.byagowi@ocproject.net Ahmad Byagowi] (Lead)
Co-leads:
:- [mailto:elad@mellanox.com Elad Wind] (Lead)
:- [mailto:ahmad.byagowi@ocproject.net Ahmad Byagowi] (Facebook)
:- [mailto:rajeev@opencompute.org Rajeev Sharma] (Interim IC Rep)
:- [mailto:elad@nvidia.com Elad Wind] (NVIDIA)
Interim IC Rep:
:- [mailto:rajeev@opencompute.org Rajeev Sharma] (OCP)


===Proposed Workstreams ===
===Proposed Workstreams ===
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! POC
! POC
! Meeting Schedule
! Meeting Schedule
|-
|-  
| Edge Grandmaster  
| Open Source Grandmaster
| Development of a grandmaster designed for edge systems.
| Development of an open source grandmaster for DC and Edge systems
| [mailto:dotanl@mellanox.com Dotan Levi]
| [mailto:leoleovich@fb.com Oleg Obleukhov] & <br> [mailto:dotanl@nvidia.com Dotan Levi]
| discussed during project call
| discussed during project call
|-
|-
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| Development of a profile tailored for data center needs
| Development of a profile tailored for data center needs
| [mailto:michelouellette@fb.com Michel Ouellette]
| [mailto:michelouellette@fb.com Michel Ouellette]
| discussed during project call
|-
| Open Source Grandmaster
| Development of an open source grandmaster
| [mailto:leoleovich@fb.com Oleg Obleukhov]
| discussed during project call
| discussed during project call
|-
|-
| Precision Time API
| Precision Time API
| Development of necessary APIs to disseminate the time error (error bound) and bring accurate time to the user space.
| Development of necessary APIs to disseminate the time error (error bound) and bring accurate time to the user space
| [mailto:gemicha@fb.com Georgi Chalakov]  
| [mailto:gemicha@fb.com Georgi Chalakov]  
| discussed during project call
| discussed during project call
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:- [https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/OCP-TAP TAP Mailing List]
:- [https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/OCP-TAP TAP Mailing List]
:- [http://opencompute.org/projects/projects-calendar/ OCP Projects Calendar]
:- [http://opencompute.org/projects/projects-calendar/ OCP Projects Calendar]
==Documents==
:- OCP Presentation Template - please contact [mailto:michael@opencompute.org Michael Schill] or [mailto:archna@opencompute.org Archna Haylock] for a copy
Release Candidates (RC) Docs
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Format
! Version
! Date
! Contributor
! Link
|-
| Open Source Grandmaster
| PDF
| v0.1
| Sep-02, 2020
| OCP TAP
| [https://github.com/opencomputeproject/Time-Appliance-Project/blob/master/Open-Grand-Master-Spec-Draft.pdf Download]
|-
|}


==TAP GitHub==
==TAP GitHub==
:- [https://github.com/opencomputeproject/Time-Appliance-Project Github Repo]
:- [https://github.com/opencomputeproject/Time-Appliance-Project Github Repo]
==TAP Google Drive==
:- [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EDE9Pj1eZj2sF7fUGOnVmwGTf4U6yonr?usp=sharing Google Drive Document Repository]


==Regular Project Calls==
==Regular Project Calls==
:- Wednesdays at 11am PST, starting on July 15th, 2020. Repeats every 2 wks following that. Please contact [mailto:kelvinchukwu@fb.com Kelvin Chukwu] to propose any agenda items.
:- Wednesdays at 11am PST, starting on July 15th, 2020. Repeats every 2 weeks following that
:- Please contact [mailto:kelvinchukwu@fb.com Kelvin Chukwu] to propose any agenda items
 
Join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/565185493                     


:-  Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/565185493                       
Dial in:                                
You can also dial in using your phone.                               
  United States (Toll Free): +1 877 309 2073                                         
  United States (Toll Free): +1 877 309 2073                                         
  United States:            +1 571 317-3129                                         
  United States:            +1 571 317-3129                                         
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==Recordings from Past Calls==
==Recordings from Past Calls==
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eo3Aya35c July 29th, 2020]
:- #7 - Timing card implementation - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIuazsKx7VY&feature=youtu.be October 7th, 2020]
:- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmMM0b38mIM July 15th, 2020]
:- #6 - Practical Use Cases of Synchronized Clocks - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh3JUzbz4I September 23rd, 2020]
:- #5 - PTP workstream goals and draft spec - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XJXEztSDl4 September 9th, 2020]
:- #4 - Open Grandmaster workstream goals and draft spec - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1IUOw0Q4k August 26th, 2020]
:- #3 - TAP Vision - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INEbH7Q_d1c August 12th, 2020]
:- #2 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eo3Aya35c July 29th, 2020]
:- #1 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmMM0b38mIM July 15th, 2020]


==Presentations & Videos==
==Presentations & Videos==
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WAUl4JVaakqCY8e7yZlQiz5j6NhMkHPb/view?usp=sharing OCP TAP - Vision]
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LC5Ld0r3U7us_jvmKeD_ZpBJaA7Kk0O4/view?usp=sharing TAP Presentation]
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LC5Ld0r3U7us_jvmKeD_ZpBJaA7Kk0O4/view?usp=sharing TAP Presentation]
:- [https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/OCP-TAP/attachment/2/0/nsdi18-geng.pdf Stanford Paper for Reference Only by Hesham]
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16EAy8Tl7SqosLlGSg5WKEA4nexWjUlAg/view?usp=sharing Impact of Oscillator Noise on PTP Time Error – Part 1]
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc5JdHdd2nchxbXNGm2XyBj-pXUkHk9N/view?usp=sharing Impact of Oscillator Noise on PTP Time Error – Part 2]
== References & External Links ==
:- [https://ocp-all.groups.io/g/OCP-TAP/attachment/2/0/nsdi18-geng.pdf Stanford Paper] for reference only, raised by Hesham
:- [https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/spanner-osdi2012.pdf Spanner Paper] for reference only, raised by Kelvin
:- [http://www.dainf.cefetpr.br/~tacla/SDII/PracticalUseOfClocks.pdf Practical Uses of Synchronized Clocks in Distributed Systems] for reference only, raised by Elad
:- [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.04269.pdf On Time Synchronization Issues in Time-Sensitive Networks with Regulators and Nonideal Clocks] for reference only, raised by Elad
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/11MFIk9WWJ-cmjj8uWifKQnefEKvdchZE/view?usp=sharing Accurate Network Clock Synchronization at Scale] for reference only, raised by Hesham
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dpuhsC3aPNpJHD-iw0xq4K0cDjEMGG4q/view?usp=sharing Exploiting a Natural Network Effect for Scalable, Fine-grained Clock Synchronization] for reference only, raised by Hesham
:- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OSdZfRiGYKSntjhorKdPtoP1ewQ_yKVW/view?usp=sharing SIMON: A Simple and Scalable Method for Sensing, Inference and Measurement in Data Center Networks] for reference only, raised by Hesham
:- [https://www.opencompute.org/blog/open-compute-project-foundation-issues-new-guidelines-for-inclusiveness New Guidelines for Inclusiveness] for reference only, raised by Michael

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Welcome

Welcome to the OCP Time Appliances Project wiki.
This Project is open to the public and we welcome all those who would like to be involved.
Time is a key element to get the highest efficiency in a distributed system. The performance of a distributed system depends on the synchronization of its elements. Several industries such as telecom, mobile, power, industrial, professional audio and video and many more have embraced the need for highly accurate and more importantly reliable distribution and synchronization of time and frequency across packet networks. Although the use case scenario for each of the industries is different, they all share one common thing and that is, time synchronization. Since there is a diverse need for time synchronization across different industries, driven from different use cases and applications, managing the needs of this industry chain becomes a challenge.

Time Appliances Project (TAP) aims to provide a platform to bring together, discuss, standardize and share technologies and solutions across industries with the datacenter applications and datacenter network infrastructure as the main interest. The project aims to bring together the community of datacenter operators, application developers, and equipment and semiconductor companies together to enable datacenter time-sensitive applications such as consistency in distributed systems, edge computing, AR/VR and IoT. These applications will greatly benefit from high accuracy, reliable, and scalable distribution and synchronization of time.

IEEE 1588 Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) and other synchronization methods have been adopted by various industries to maximize the efficiency of various distributed system use cases. Each use case scenario comes with a set of requirements and configurations. These configurations are collected as a ‘PTP profile’. Time appliances project aims to support the development of a PTP profile for datacenter applications and datacenter network infrastructure. The profile will cover time-sensitive applications over OCP-compliant and PTP-aware networking infrastructure such as network switches, network clocks, network interface cards, timing modules & connectors, etc. Additionally, the profile will address various requirements for high accuracy and reliable distribution and synchronization of time, such as expected performance, networking, software API, data models, deployment and telemetry. The project also aims at openness and interoperability through the use of open-source PTP software implementations for timing appliances.

Datacenter applications are the primary target of time appliances project. In addition, the project extends to related topics on time synchronization in academia, research and other industries. The time appliances project brings together the community and will be highly collaborative through technical meetings and collaboration with other OCP Projects including the Networking, Storage, Server, and Telco Projects.

Disclaimer: Please do not submit any confidential information to the Project Community. All presentation materials, proposals, meeting minutes and/or supporting documents are published by OCP and are open to the public in accordance to OCP's Bylaws and IP Policy. This can be found on the OCP OCP Policies page. If you have any questions please contact OCP.

Project Leadership

Co-leads:

- Ahmad Byagowi (Facebook)
- Elad Wind (NVIDIA)

Interim IC Rep:

- Rajeev Sharma (OCP)

Proposed Workstreams

Project Objective POC Meeting Schedule
Open Source Grandmaster Development of an open source grandmaster for DC and Edge systems Oleg Obleukhov &
Dotan Levi
discussed during project call
DC Profile Development of a profile tailored for data center needs Michel Ouellette discussed during project call
Precision Time API Development of necessary APIs to disseminate the time error (error bound) and bring accurate time to the user space Georgi Chalakov discussed during project call
Overall Project meeting coordinator Kelvin Chukwu please send all inquiries to Kelvin

Get Involved

- TAP Mailing List
- OCP Projects Calendar

Documents

- OCP Presentation Template - please contact Michael Schill or Archna Haylock for a copy

Release Candidates (RC) Docs

Name Format Version Date Contributor Link
Open Source Grandmaster PDF v0.1 Sep-02, 2020 OCP TAP Download

TAP GitHub

- Github Repo

TAP Google Drive

- Google Drive Document Repository

Regular Project Calls

- Wednesdays at 11am PST, starting on July 15th, 2020. Repeats every 2 weeks following that
- Please contact Kelvin Chukwu to propose any agenda items

Join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/565185493                       

Dial in:

United States (Toll Free): +1 877 309 2073                                        
United States:             +1 571 317-3129                                        
Access Code:                565-185-493

Recordings from Past Calls

- #7 - Timing card implementation - October 7th, 2020
- #6 - Practical Use Cases of Synchronized Clocks - September 23rd, 2020
- #5 - PTP workstream goals and draft spec - September 9th, 2020
- #4 - Open Grandmaster workstream goals and draft spec - August 26th, 2020
- #3 - TAP Vision - August 12th, 2020
- #2 - July 29th, 2020
- #1 - July 15th, 2020

Presentations & Videos

- OCP TAP - Vision
- TAP Presentation
- Impact of Oscillator Noise on PTP Time Error – Part 1
- Impact of Oscillator Noise on PTP Time Error – Part 2

References & External Links

- Stanford Paper for reference only, raised by Hesham
- Spanner Paper for reference only, raised by Kelvin
- Practical Uses of Synchronized Clocks in Distributed Systems for reference only, raised by Elad
- On Time Synchronization Issues in Time-Sensitive Networks with Regulators and Nonideal Clocks for reference only, raised by Elad
- Accurate Network Clock Synchronization at Scale for reference only, raised by Hesham
- Exploiting a Natural Network Effect for Scalable, Fine-grained Clock Synchronization for reference only, raised by Hesham
- SIMON: A Simple and Scalable Method for Sensing, Inference and Measurement in Data Center Networks for reference only, raised by Hesham
- New Guidelines for Inclusiveness for reference only, raised by Michael