Commit 54bb341f authored by Maciej Lipinski's avatar Maciej Lipinski

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\section{Introduction}
White Rabbit (WR) \cite{biblio:whiteRabbit} is a new technology that provides sub-nanosecond
White Rabbit (WR) \cite{biblio:whiteRabbit} is an innovative technology that provides sub-nanosecond
accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronization as well as deterministic and
reliable data delivery for large distributed systems.
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is a Bridged Local Area Network (IEEE 802.1Q) that uses Ethernet
(IEEE 802.3) to interconnect network elements and
Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE 1588) to synchronize
them. A WR network consists of WR switches and WR nodes
them. A WR network consists of switches and nodes
that implement WR enhancements:
\begin{enumerate}
\item \textbf{Synchronization with sub-ns accuracy and picoseconds precision} between all
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a purposely customized and open design of the WR switch, described in
\cite{biblio:MaciekPhD}.
\end{enumerate}
Studies \cite{biblio:MaciekPhD}\cite{biblio:CesarPhD}\cite{biblio:JosePhD} has shown
Studies \cite{biblio:MaciekPhD}\cite{biblio:CesarPhD}\cite{biblio:JosePhD} have shown
that both of the above enhancements can be further extended to operate in a highly reliable
manner ensuring at most a single failure per year for a network of 2000 WR nodes.
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cRIO \cite{biblio:crio} and
PXI \cite{biblio:spexi}.
All of these boards are open and commercially available \cite{biblio:WRcompanies}.
Morover, more and more companies integrate WR into their proprietary products,
More and more companies also integrate WR into their proprietary products,
\cite{biblio:STRUCK}\cite{biblio:sundance}\cite{biblio:spdevices}.
Such a variety of WR nodes facilitates
implementations of WR applications described in the following sections.
realization of WR applications described in the following sections.
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The input trigger can be either a pulse or an analogue signal exceeding a treshold.
Once the trigger occurs, the information about the trigger (e.g. ID), along with
the timestamp, is sent over the WR network to other WR nodes, usually as a broadcast.
The deterministic characteristics of the WR network allows to determine the
The deterministic characteristics of the WR network allows to calculate the
upper-bound latency for the message to reach all the WR nodes.
In order to make sure that all the "interested" nodes act upon the trigger
simultaneously, the delay between the input trigger and the time of execution
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