From broadcast lip-sync to robot control: See how TSN over 5G extends deterministic Ethernet into the wireless domain, solving the challenge of mobility in automation.

Lessons from Low-Latency Exchange Architect Dave Beattie When people talk about time synchronisation, they often jump straight to technology. NTP. PTP. White Rabbit. Nanoseconds. But according to Dave Beattie, Solutions Architect specialising in low-latency exchange infrastructure, that’s the wrong place to start. “Timing isn’t really about absolute accuracy,” Dave says. “It’s about agreement. Systems agreeing with each other matter far more than being perfectly aligned to UT

How Xona Pulsar and Iridium STL point to a future where “GNSS-like” sync works inside buildings Rooftop GNSS has been the default timing answer for decades because it works—when you can receive it. But private 5G and neutral host are growing fastest in places where GNSS is weakest: indoors, deep in urban cores, and in facilities with strict installation constraints. That’s why Low Earth Orbit (LEO) PNT is gaining attention: stronger signals, different geometry, and the promis

How to control jitter and asymmetry so baseband units can synchronise without local GNSS When engineers say “PTP is easy,” they’re usually describing one of two environments: A lab network, or A transport network built explicitly for telecom timing. Neutral host and private 5G rarely enjoy either luxury. You’re often timing over: Shared switching Mixed tenant traffic Variable utilisation “Good enough” Ethernet that was never designed for phase-grade distribution Yet the same

How neutral-host and private 5G networks achieve TDD-grade sync when GNSS isn’t practical Neutral host and private 5G deployments don’t fail because the radio is hard. They fail because the building is hard. Anyone who has delivered 5G inside a stadium, hospital, high-rise, shopping centre, or transit hub knows the pattern: radios go in quickly, fibre is available, switch ports are plentiful… and then timing becomes the blocker. Roof access is delayed for weeks. Landlord appr

“No roof access, no problem” timing for multi-operator 5G Sector:  Large venue neutral host (stadium)  Challenge:   GNSS antenna installation blocked by venue approvals and limited roof routes  Requirement:   Stable time/phase for multi-cell TDD operation (sub-microsecond-class alignment target) Starting position The neutral host operator had: An in-building fibre network is already provisioned Multiple radio zones with BBUs/O-DUs in secured comms rooms Strict venue rules aro

Designing timing resilience when GNSS is weak even near windows Sector:  Dense urban in-building neutral host (multi-tenant property)  Challenge:   GNSS multipath/attenuation made reception unreliable; roof route complex and slow  Forward-looking requirement:  Architecture ready to adopt indoor LEO PNT when available Starting position The building had: A shared comms room in the basement Risers and fibre to each floor’s radio zones Limited access to the roof and strict façade

An enterprise campus deployed private 5G without rooftop antennas on every building. Learn how centralized timing and engineered PTP over shared IT networks delivered reliable synchronization while avoiding “GNSS everywhere” costs.

With just over a month until the first lights go out and a new Formula 1 season begins, time is already running out. Every winter, teams race an invisible clock. Development deadlines close in, simulations must be signed off, correlation work must be trusted and operational systems must be ready to perform under pressure. But as the sport enters another season defined by razor-thin margins, a more fundamental question is becoming impossible to ignore: How precisely does a For

When broadcasting live sport, every millisecond matters. A single moment out of sync, commentary ahead of the action, crowd noise arriving too early, or video lagging behind, breaks immersion and frustrates viewers.

The Open Time Appliance was built to solve these exact challenges: delivering sub-microsecond precision, high availability, and scalability in real-world, multi-vendor environments. Coupled with PTP+Squared, it unlocks the flexibility and resilience that complex networks need to operate seamlessly.

Achieve sub-nanosecond time synchronisation with Timebeat’s White Rabbit End-to-End Ecosystem. Master clocks and ultra-dense nodes ensure deterministic, GNSS-resilient timing for finance, telecom, and defence.

Timebeat solves the observability challenge in distributed systems by providing a unified, real-time dashboard for managing time at scale. Eliminate sync blind spots, meet compliance (MiFID II, FINRA), and reduce operational risk with audit-ready, free-to-use software built for time-sensitive, regulated environments.

Whether you're bound by MiFID II, FINRA, or internal governance policies, having provable, tamper-proof, and accurate time logs is non-negotiable.

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