Meinberg is extending its timing platform with an in-development method for PTP clocks to verify the integrity and authenticity of timing messages. The feature will be demonstrated in meinbergOS and the PTP Track Hound analysis tool rather than presented as a finished shipping release.
Two new IMS LANTIME modules address resilience at the hardware layer. IMS-HEM100 places a rubidium oscillator in a single IMS slot and is claimed to maintain nanosecond-level holdover for several hours if GNSS reception is lost or intentionally disconnected.
IMS-PSX201 combines NTP, PTP and Synchronous Ethernet with two independent network interfaces. That allows one module to operate as a self-contained boundary clock, reducing the number of separate timing appliances needed at an IP production edge.
Authenticated timing could help detect manipulated messages, while better holdover can limit disruption from antenna or satellite-reference failure. Meinberg has not published the authentication mechanism, standards alignment, key-management model or release schedule, and its performance under attack remains untested.
