Time to measure the Pi

Peter Membrey; Darryl Veitch; Kow Chuen Chang

doi:10.1145/2987443.2987476

Time to measure the Pi

Peter Membrey, Darryl Veitch, Kow Chuen Chang

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

The Raspberry Pi platform is increasingly being used for network measurement due to its low cost, ease of de-ployment, and ability to run Linux. Timestamps are a critical part of measurement data, yet the suitability of the Pi for timing has not been established. We use ref-erence hardware to characterize the Pi's STC hardware counter, and to evaluate its performance when paired with a low cost yet powerful GPS 'hat'. We find that the platform can support timing adequate for most mea-surement purposes, but with some caveats.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IMC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	327-334
Number of pages	8
Volume	14-16-November-2016
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450345262
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2987443.2987476
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2016
Event	2016 ACM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC 2016 - Santa Monica, United States Duration: 14 Nov 2016 → 16 Nov 2016

Conference

Conference	2016 ACM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Monica
Period	14/11/16 → 16/11/16

Keywords

Clock synchronization
GPS hat
Internet of Thing
Network measurement
PPS
Raspberry Pi

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Software
Computer Networks and Communications

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IMC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Internet Measurement Conference. Vol. 14-16-November-2016 Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 327-334.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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