Revisiting 30 years of the Network Time Protocol

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Abstract

Since the inception of the Internet and WWW, providing the time among multiple nodes on the Internet has been one of the most critical challenges. David Mills is the pioneer to provide time on the Internet, inventing the Network Time Protocol (NTP), and synchronizing the clocks in computer systems. Now, the NTP is predominantly used on the Internet and WWW. In this paper, we revisit the NTP, and present the overview of the NTP. In particular, we highlight the advanced research effort, the SpaceNTP, to synchronize the clocks among assets and entities in space. The SpaceNTP designed for space environments will be the fundamental medium and enabling block to provide the future web services in space.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWWW 2024 Companion - Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages1107-1110
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798400701726
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 May 2024
Event33rd Companion of the ACM World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2023 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 13 May 202417 May 2024

Publication series

NameWWW 2024 Companion - Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference

Conference

Conference33rd Companion of the ACM World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2023
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period13/05/2417/05/24

Keywords

  • InterPlanetary Internet
  • Network Time Protocol
  • Space Internet
  • Space Network Time Protocol

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