| Abstract
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The Precise Time Protocol defined in the I … The Precise Time Protocol defined in the IEEE 1588 standard
is widely used to synchronize clocks, with a high degree of precision.
The current needs of time synchronization in Smart Grids are satisfied
with multiple GPS based clocks located around the network. This solution,
however, is not cost efficient and if any of these GPS clocks is
successfully attacked, a part of the network can be rendered unusable.
This paper investigates a way of adding fault tolerance capabilities to the
PTP protocol to address attacks aiming to interfere with the GPS based
clock service. It is shown that the solution manages to detect anomalous
clock behaviors and recover from them. Furthermore, the solution is able
to deal with multiple GPS clock failures, as long as some correct time
source is still available. me correct time
source is still available.
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