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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * ****************************************************************************/ /** * @file Timesync.cpp * timesync implementation. * * @author Mohammed Kabir */ #include "Timesync.hpp" #include void Timesync::update(const uint64_t now_us, const int64_t remote_timestamp_ns, const int64_t originate_timestamp_ns) { // Message originating from this system, compute time offset from it if (remote_timestamp_ns > 0) { // Calculate time offset between this system and the remote system, assuming RTT for // the timesync packet is roughly equal both ways. int64_t offset_us = (int64_t)((originate_timestamp_ns / 1000ULL) + now_us - (remote_timestamp_ns / 1000ULL) * 2) / 2 ; // Calculate the round trip time (RTT) it took the timesync packet to bounce back to us from remote system uint64_t rtt_us = now_us - (originate_timestamp_ns / 1000ULL); // Calculate the difference of this sample from the current estimate uint64_t deviation = llabs((int64_t)_time_offset - offset_us); if (rtt_us < MAX_RTT_SAMPLE) { // Only use samples with low RTT if (sync_converged() && (deviation > MAX_DEVIATION_SAMPLE)) { // Increment the counter if we have a good estimate and are getting samples far from the estimate _high_deviation_count++; // We reset the filter if we received 5 consecutive samples which violate our present estimate. // This is most likely due to a time jump on the offboard system. if (_high_deviation_count > MAX_CONSECUTIVE_HIGH_DEVIATION) { PX4_DEBUG("time jump detected. Resetting time synchroniser."); // Reset the filter reset_filter(); } } else { // Filter gain scheduling if (!sync_converged()) { // Interpolate with a sigmoid function double progress = (double)_sequence / (double)CONVERGENCE_WINDOW; double p = 1.0 - exp(0.5 * (1.0 - 1.0 / (1.0 - progress))); _filter_alpha = p * ALPHA_GAIN_FINAL + (1.0 - p) * ALPHA_GAIN_INITIAL; _filter_beta = p * BETA_GAIN_FINAL + (1.0 - p) * BETA_GAIN_INITIAL; } else { _filter_alpha = ALPHA_GAIN_FINAL; _filter_beta = BETA_GAIN_FINAL; } // Perform filter update add_sample(offset_us); // Increment sequence counter after filter update _sequence++; // Reset high deviation count after filter update _high_deviation_count = 0; // Reset high RTT count after filter update _high_rtt_count = 0; } } else { // Increment counter if round trip time is too high for accurate timesync _high_rtt_count++; if (_high_rtt_count == MAX_CONSECUTIVE_HIGH_RTT) { PX4_DEBUG("RTT too high for timesync: %llu ms", rtt_us / 1000ULL); } } // Publish status message timesync_status_s tsync_status{}; tsync_status.source_protocol = _source; tsync_status.remote_timestamp = remote_timestamp_ns / 1000ULL; tsync_status.observed_offset = offset_us; tsync_status.estimated_offset = (int64_t)_time_offset; tsync_status.round_trip_time = rtt_us; tsync_status.timestamp = hrt_absolute_time(); _timesync_status_pub.publish(tsync_status); } } uint64_t Timesync::sync_stamp(uint64_t usec) { // Only return synchronised stamp if we have converged to a good value if (sync_converged()) { return usec + (int64_t)_time_offset; } else { return hrt_absolute_time(); } } void Timesync::add_sample(int64_t offset_us) { // Online exponential smoothing filter. The derivative of the estimate is also // estimated in order to produce an estimate without steady state lag: // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_smoothing#Double_exponential_smoothing double time_offset_prev = _time_offset; if (_sequence == 0) { // First offset sample _time_offset = offset_us; } else { // Update the clock offset estimate _time_offset = _filter_alpha * offset_us + (1.0 - _filter_alpha) * (_time_offset + _time_skew); // Update the clock skew estimate _time_skew = _filter_beta * (_time_offset - time_offset_prev) + (1.0 - _filter_beta) * _time_skew; } } void Timesync::reset_filter() { // Do a full reset of all statistics and parameters _sequence = 0; _time_offset = 0.0; _time_skew = 0.0; _filter_alpha = ALPHA_GAIN_INITIAL; _filter_beta = BETA_GAIN_INITIAL; _high_deviation_count = 0; _high_rtt_count = 0; }