METAS New Time Scale Generation System - A Progress Report

Abstract

Up to now, UTC (CH) has been defined as a paper time scale which is computed for a single epoch every day: UTC 00:00. In 2006, we have started to phase in the hardware for a new system, still under development, which should allow us to define UTC (CH) as a real time scale generated by a master clock, i.e. a time scale defined for all epochs. The new system should preserve the advantages of the original system while improving reliability, availability, and compatibility with other UTC (k)'s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474255

Entities

People

  • Christian Schlunegger
  • Gregor Dudle
  • Laurent-guy Bernier

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atomic Beam Masers
  • Atomic Clocks
  • Calibration
  • Clocks
  • Comparators
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electronic Mail
  • Intervals
  • Low Temperature
  • Masers
  • Measurement
  • Phase
  • Phase Measurement
  • Steering
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.