Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Part 1AS: Timing and synchronization for time-sensitive applications in bridged local area networks

This document specifies protocols, procedures, and managed objects used to ensure that the synchronization requirements are met for time-sensitive applications, such as audio, video, and time-sensitive control, across networks, for example, IEEE 802 and similar media. This includes the maintenance of synchronized time during normal operation and following addition, removal, or failure of network components and network reconfiguration. It specifies the use of IEEE 1588™ specifications where applicable in the context of IEEE Std 802.1Q™-2018.1 Synchronization to an externally provided timing signal [e.g., a recognized timing standard such as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or International Atomic Time (TAI)] is not part of this standard but is not precluded.

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INTERNATIONAL IS O/IEC/
STANDARD IEEE
8802-1AS
Second edition
2021-11
Information technology —
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems — Local
and metropolitan area networks —
Part 1AS:
Timing and synchronization for time-
sensitive applications in bridged local
area networks
Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange
d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains —
Partie 1AS: Temporisation et synchronisation pour les applications
sensibles au temps des réseaux locaux pontés
Reference number
ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AS:2021(E)
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Abstract: Protocols, procedures, and managed objects for the transport of timing over local are a
networks are defined in this standard. It includes the transport of synchronized time, the selection
of the timing source (i.e., best master), and the indication of the occurrence and magnitude of
timing impairments (i.e., phase and frequency discontinuities).
Keywords: best master, frequency offset, Grandmaster Clock, Grandmaster PTP Instance,
PTP End Instance, PTP Relay Instance, IEEE 802.1AS™, phase offset, synchronization,
syntonization, time-aware system
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Glenn Parsons, Chair
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János Farkas, Chair, Time-Sensitive Networking Task Group
Craig Gunther, Vice Chair, Time-Sensitive Networking Task Group
Geoffrey Garner, Editor
Stephan Kehrer, MIB Editor
Astrit Ademaj Michael Karl Jessy Rouyer
Ralf Assmann Randy Kelsey
Atsushi Sato
Jens Bierschenk Hajime Koto Frank Schewe
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Christophe Mangin
Paul Bottorff Maik Seewald
Radhakrishna Canchi Scott Mansfield Johannes Specht
Feng Chen Kenichi Maruhashi Marius Stanica
Weiying Cheng David McCall Guenter Steindl
Paul Congdon Larry McMillan Karim Traore
Rodney Cummings Tero Mustala Xinyuan Wang
Josef Dorr Roy Myers Tongtong Wang
Hiroki Nakano
Hesham Elbakoury Hao Wang
Thomas Enzinger Bob Noseworthy Karl Weber
Donald Fedyk Tomoki Ohsawa Brian Weis
Hiroshi Ohue
Norman Finn Ludwig Winkel
Marina Gutierrez Donald Pannell Jordon Woods
Stephen Haddock Michael Potts Takahiro Yamaura
Mark Hantel Dieter Proell Nader Zein
Marc Holness Wei Qiu William Zhao
Satoko Itaya Karen Randall Helge Zinner
Yoshihiro Ito Maximilian Riegel Harald Zweck
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Rodney Cummings
Thomas Alexander Stephen Haddock
Amelia Andersdotter William Dickerson Mark Hantel
Carol Ansley Michael Dood Marco Hernandez
Butch Anton János Farkas Werner Hoelzl
Stefan Aust Norman Finn Woojung Huh
Michael Fischer C. Huntley
Philip Beaumont
Gordon Bechtel John Fletcher Noriyuki Ikeuchi
Harry Bims Avraham Freedman Atsushi Ito
Christian Boiger Matthias Fritsche Raj Jain
Kenneth Bow Yukihiro Fujimoto SangKwon Jeong
Nancy Bravin Geoffrey Garner Lokesh Kabra
Vern Brethour Devon Gayle Manabu Kagami
Dietmar Bruckner Mietek Glinkowski Innocent Kamwa
Demetrio Bucaneg Zhigang Gong Piotr Karocki
Ashley Butterworth David Goodall Stephan Kehrer
William Byrd Ethan Grossman Stuart Kerry
Paul Cardinal Randall Groves Evgeny Khorov
Juan Carreon Stephen Guendert Yongbum Kim
David Chalupsky Michael Gundlach Patrick Kinney
Thomas Kurihara
David Chen Craig Gunther
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Chung-Yiu Lam Michael Newman Veselin Skendzic
Robert Landman Nick S. A. Nikjoo Manikantan Srinivasan
Hyeong Ho Lee Paul Nikolich Kevin Stanton
John Lemon Satoshi Obara Thomas Starai
James Lepp Robert O’Hara Walter Struppler
Daniel Levesque David Olsen David Thompson
Glenn Parsons
Jon Lewis Payam Torab
Michael Lynch Bansi Patel Mark-Rene Uchida
John Mackay Arumugam Paventhan James Van De Ligt
Bruce Mackie Walter Pienciak Dmitri Varsanofiev
Nicolai Malykh Clinton Powell George Vlantis
Vinayagam Mariappan R. K. Rannow Khurram Waheed
Roger Marks Alon Regev Lisa Ward
Arthur Marris Denis Reilly Stephen Webb
Maximilian Riegel
Jeffery Masters Karl Weber
Stephen McCann Robert Robinson Hung-Yu Wei
Brett McClellan Silvana Rodrigues Scott Willy
Sven Meier Jessy Rouyer Ludwig Winkel
Richard Mellitz Richard Roy Andreas Wolf
Michael Montemurro Peter Saunderson Yu Yuan
Matthew Mora Frank Schewe Oren Yuen
Bruce Muschlitz Michael Seaman Nader Zein
When the IEEE SA Standards Board approved this standard on 30 January 2020, it had the following
membership:
Gary Hoffman, Chair
Vacant Position, Vice Chair
Jean-Philippe Faure, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Ted Burse Howard Li Dorothy Stanley
J. Travis Griffith Dong Liu Mehmet Ulema
Grace Gu Kevin Lu Lei Wang
Guido R. Hiertz Paul Nikolich Sha Wei
Joseph L. Koepfinger* Damir Novosel Philip B. Winston
John D. Kulick Jon Walter Rosdahl Daidi Zhong
David J. Law Jingyi Zhou
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.1AS-2020, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks—Timing and Synchronization for Time-Sensitive Applications.
This standard contains state-of-the-art material. The area covered by this standard is undergoing evolution.
Revisions are anticipated within the next few years to clarify existing material, to correct possible errors, and
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Contents
1. Overview. 17
1.1 Scope. 17
1.2 Purpose. 17
2. Normative references. 18
3. Definitions . 20
4. Acronyms and abbreviations . 23
5. Conformance. 26
5.1 Requirements terminology.26
5.2 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS). 26
5.3 Time-aware system requirements . 26
5.4 PTP Instance requirements and options. 26
5.5 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for full-duplex IEEE 802.3 links . 28
5.6 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for IEEE Std 802.11-2016 . 29
5.7 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for IEEE 802.3 EPON . 29
5.8 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for coordinated shared 
network (CSN). 29
6. Conventions . 30
6.1 General. 30
6.2 Service specification method and notation . 30
6.3 Lexical form syntax . 30
6.4 Data types and on-the-wire formats. 30
7. Time-synchronization model for a packet network .35
7.1 General. 35
7.2 Architecture of a time-aware network . 35
7.3 Time synchronization . 42
7.4 PTP Instance architecture . 45
7.5 Differences between gPTP (IEEE Std 802.1AS) and PTP (IEEE Std 1588-2019) . 46
8. IEEE 802.1AS concepts and terminology . 48
8.1 gPTP domain. 48
8.2 Timescale . 48
8.3 Link asymmetry . 50
8.4 Messages. 51
8.5 Ports . 53
8.6 PTP Instance characterization.54
9. Application interfaces . 59
9.1 Overview of the interfaces. 59
9.2 ClockSourceTime interface . 60
9.3 ClockTargetEventCapture interface . 60
9.4 ClockTargetTriggerGenerate interface . 61
9.5 ClockTargetClockGenerator interface. 63
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9.6 ClockTargetPhaseDiscontinuity interface . 64
10. Media-independent layer specification. 65
10.1 Overview. 65
10.2 Time-synchronization state machines. 67
10.3 Best master clock selection, external port configuration, and announce interval setting 
state machines . 98
10.4 State machines related to signaling gPTP capability . 135
10.5 Message attributes. 142
10.6 Message formats . 143
10.7 Protocol timing characterization. 156
11. Media-dependent layer specification for full-duplex point-to-point links. 160
11.1 Overview. 160
11.2 State machines for MD entity specific to full-duplex point-to-point links.
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IEEE Std 802.1AS™-2020
(Revision of IEEE Std 802.1AS-2011)
IEEE Standard for 
Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—
Timing and Synchronization for
Time-Sensitive Applications
Developed by the
LAN/MAN Standards Committee 
of the 
IEEE Computer Society
Approved 30 January 2020
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Abstract: Protocols, procedures, and managed objects for the transport of timing over local are a
networks are defined in this standard. It includes the transport of synchronized time, the selection
of the timing source (i.e., best master), and the indication of the occurrence and magnitude of
timing impairments (i.e., phase and frequency discontinuities).
Keywords: best master, frequency offset, Grandmaster Clock, Grandmaster PTP Instance,
PTP End Instance, PTP Relay Instance, IEEE 802.1AS™, phase offset, synchronization,
syntonization, time-aware system
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Participants
At the time this revision was submitted to the IEEE SA Standards Board for approval, the IEEE 802.1
Working Group had the following membership:
Glenn Parsons, Chair
John Messenger, Vice Chair
János Farkas, Chair, Time-Sensitive Networking Task Group
Craig Gunther, Vice Chair, Time-Sensitive Networking Task Group
Geoffrey Garner, Editor
Stephan Kehrer, MIB Editor
Astrit Ademaj Michael Karl Jessy Rouyer
Ralf Assmann Randy Kelsey
Atsushi Sato
Jens Bierschenk Hajime Koto Frank Schewe
Christian Boiger James Lawlis Michael Seaman
Christophe Mangin
Paul Bottorff Maik Seewald
Radhakrishna Canchi Scott Mansfield Johannes Specht
Feng Chen Kenichi Maruhashi Marius Stanica
Weiying Cheng David McCall Guenter Steindl
Paul Congdon Larry McMillan Karim Traore
Rodney Cummings Tero Mustala Xinyuan Wang
Josef Dorr Roy Myers Tongtong Wang
Hiroki Nakano
Hesham Elbakoury Hao Wang
Thomas Enzinger Bob Noseworthy Karl Weber
Donald Fedyk Tomoki Ohsawa Brian Weis
Hiroshi Ohue
Norman Finn Ludwig Winkel
Marina Gutierrez Donald Pannell Jordon Woods
Stephen Haddock Michael Potts Takahiro Yamaura
Mark Hantel Dieter Proell Nader Zein
Marc Holness Wei Qiu William Zhao
Satoko Itaya Karen Randall Helge Zinner
Yoshihiro Ito Maximilian Riegel Harald Zweck
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approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Robert Aiello Charles Cook Marina Gutierrez
Rodney Cummings
Thomas Alexander Stephen Haddock
Amelia Andersdotter William Dickerson Mark Hantel
Carol Ansley Michael Dood Marco Hernandez
Butch Anton János Farkas Werner Hoelzl
Stefan Aust Norman Finn Woojung Huh
Michael Fischer C. Huntley
Philip Beaumont
Gordon Bechtel John Fletcher Noriyuki Ikeuchi
Harry Bims Avraham Freedman Atsushi Ito
Christian Boiger Matthias Fritsche Raj Jain
Kenneth Bow Yukihiro Fujimoto SangKwon Jeong
Nancy Bravin Geoffrey Garner Lokesh Kabra
Vern Brethour Devon Gayle Manabu Kagami
Dietmar Bruckner Mietek Glinkowski Innocent Kamwa
Demetrio Bucaneg Zhigang Gong Piotr Karocki
Ashley Butterworth David Goodall Stephan Kehrer
William Byrd Ethan Grossman Stuart Kerry
Paul Cardinal Randall Groves Evgeny Khorov
Juan Carreon Stephen Guendert Yongbum Kim
David Chalupsky Michael Gundlach Patrick Kinney
Thomas Kurihara
David Chen Craig Gunther
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Chung-Yiu Lam Michael Newman Veselin Skendzic
Robert Landman Nick S. A. Nikjoo Manikantan Srinivasan
Hyeong Ho Lee Paul Nikolich Kevin Stanton
John Lemon Satoshi Obara Thomas Starai
James Lepp Robert O’Hara Walter Struppler
Daniel Levesque David Olsen David Thompson
Glenn Parsons
Jon Lewis Payam Torab
Michael Lynch Bansi Patel Mark-Rene Uchida
John Mackay Arumugam Paventhan James Van De Ligt
Bruce Mackie Walter Pienciak Dmitri Varsanofiev
Nicolai Malykh Clinton Powell George Vlantis
Vinayagam Mariappan R. K. Rannow Khurram Waheed
Roger Marks Alon Regev Lisa Ward
Arthur Marris Denis Reilly Stephen Webb
Maximilian Riegel
Jeffery Masters Karl Weber
Stephen McCann Robert Robinson Hung-Yu Wei
Brett McClellan Silvana Rodrigues Scott Willy
Sven Meier Jessy Rouyer Ludwig Winkel
Richard Mellitz Richard Roy Andreas Wolf
Michael Montemurro Peter Saunderson Yu Yuan
Matthew Mora Frank Schewe Oren Yuen
Bruce Muschlitz Michael Seaman Nader Zein
When the IEEE SA Standards Board approved this standard on 30 January 2020, it had the following
membership:
Gary Hoffman, Chair
Vacant Position, Vice Chair
Jean-Philippe Faure, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Ted Burse Howard Li Dorothy Stanley
J. Travis Griffith Dong Liu Mehmet Ulema
Grace Gu Kevin Lu Lei Wang
Guido R. Hiertz Paul Nikolich Sha Wei
Joseph L. Koepfinger* Damir Novosel Philip B. Winston
John D. Kulick Jon Walter Rosdahl Daidi Zhong
David J. Law Jingyi Zhou
*Member Emeritus
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.1AS-2020, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks—Timing and Synchronization for Time-Sensitive Applications.
This standard contains state-of-the-art material. The area covered by this standard is undergoing evolution.
Revisions are anticipated within the next few years to clarify existing material, to correct possible errors, and
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Contents
1. Overview. 17
1.1 Scope. 17
1.2 Purpose. 17
2. Normative references. 18
3. Definitions . 20
4. Acronyms and abbreviations . 23
5. Conformance. 26
5.1 Requirements terminology.26
5.2 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS). 26
5.3 Time-aware system requirements . 26
5.4 PTP Instance requirements and options. 26
5.5 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for full-duplex IEEE 802.3 links . 28
5.6 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for IEEE Std 802.11-2016 . 29
5.7 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for IEEE 802.3 EPON . 29
5.8 MAC-specific timing and synchronization methods for coordinated shared 
network (CSN). 29
6. Conventions . 30
6.1 General. 30
6.2 Service specification method and notation . 30
6.3 Lexical form syntax . 30
6.4 Data types and on-the-wire formats. 30
7. Time-synchronization model for a packet network .35
7.1 General. 35
7.2 Architecture of a time-aware network . 35
7.3 Time synchronization . 42
7.4 PTP Instance architecture . 45
7.5 Differences between gPTP (IEEE Std 802.1AS) and PTP (IEEE Std 1588-2019) . 46
8. IEEE 802.1AS concepts and terminology . 48
8.1 gPTP domain. 48
8.2 Timescale . 48
8.3 Link asymmetry . 50
8.4 Messages. 51
8.5 Ports . 53
8.6 PTP Instance characterization.54
9. Application interfaces . 59
9.1 Overview of the interfaces. 59
9.2 ClockSourceTime interface . 60
9.3 ClockTargetEventCapture interface . 60
9.4 ClockTargetTriggerGenerate interface . 61
9.5 ClockTargetClockGenerator interface. 63
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9.6 ClockTargetPhaseDiscontinuity interface . 64
10. Media-independent layer specification. 65
10.1 Overview. 65
10.2 Time-synchronization state machines. 67
10.3 Best master clock selection, external port configuration, and announce interval setting 
state machines .
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