Mills: Internet time synchronization and the Network Time Protocol

What changed

Described NTP synchronization architecture, algorithms, and measured operation.

Scientific scope

The record is Mills's sole-author 1991 journal paper. It does not absorb later NTP versions, security extensions, every clock-synchronization algorithm or operational claims outside the reported network.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Mills's sole-author 1991 journal paper. It does not absorb later NTP versions, security extensions, every clock-synchronization algorithm or operational claims outside the reported network.

Contributors

• David L. Mills · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Columbia-hosted Mills NTP paper

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