The 5G Transparent Clock: Synchronization Errors in Integrated 5G-TSN Industrial Networks

Deterministic communication across integrated wired and wireless networks is currently one of the big topics in research and standardization. 5G and TSN integration efforts are at the forefront of enabling the convergence of wired and wireless networks for Industry 4.0.In this paper, we investigate how synchronization and syntonization errors affect the achievable end-to-end time synchronization accuracy in integrated 5G and TSN networks. We specifically focus on the impact of the 5G System modeling a TSN transparent clock according to 3GPP Release 17.