TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers0 pages
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TCA8000 and
TCA8500
Timing Servers
Product Overview
Juniper Networks TCA8000 and
TCA8500 Timing Servers are 19-inch
rack-mountable Primary Reference
Source (PRS) and Primary Reference
Clock (PRC) that provide superior time
stamping accuracy and redundant
configurability. The TCA8000 and
Product Description
Juniper Networks® TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers are primary reference
sources that provide highly accurate timing that is critical for mobile networks. Based on
IEEE1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol (PTP), these servers provide time distribution
across IP and legacy infrastructures to numerous timing clients. These appliances
implement hardware based time stamping to provide wirespeed PTP with unparalleled
accuracy, while decreasing vulnerability to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
The TCA8000 line of timing servers use GPS and a local oscillator to deliver Stratum 1
timing reference and exceptional holdover.
TCA8500 accept a GPS signal from
Because they are an integrated platform, the TCA8000 line replaces previous generations
a variety of manufacturers’ antennas,
of equipment at a lower total cost of ownership. The network timing distribution
and provide antenna power via an
capabilities of the TCA8000 line reduces the need for expensive Cesium timing elements
attached radio frequency (RF) cable.
in the network. The TCA8500 has a Rubidium internal oscillator for standalone or central
These servers accept a timing signal
office deployments. TCA8000 and TCA8500 appliances represent industry firsts such as
from timing sources such as GPS, or
ITU Stratum clocking over IP networks and IP-based redundancy.
BITS. The TCA8000 and TCA8500
provide superior hardware-based time
Features and Benefits
stamping accuracy and redundant
Features
congurability.
•t Hardware-based time stamps
•t 100 Mbps wire speed PTP processing
•t Variety of antenna voltage outputs
•t Integrated web server
•t Telnet, SNMP, and MIB support
•t 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interfaces
•t OCXO or Rubidium oscillator options
Benets
•t Ease of use
•t Lower OpEx
•t Reuse of existing antenna
•t Nanosecond timestamp accuracy
•t Storage backup and scheduling
•t Impervious to DoS attacks
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