The provision of a system-wide global time base with a good precision and suficient accuracy is a fundamental prerequisite for the design of a multicluster distributed real-time system. In this paper we investigate the issues of clock synchronization in a multicluster system, where every node can have a different oscillator. Based on the parameter of a typical automotive distributed system we show that a precision and accuracy in the psecond range is achievable without undue effort.
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