摘要 |
A network management system (10) and method in a telecommunications network for selectively accessing a plurality of synchronization sources (11-15) of varying levels of accuracy, availability, and cost, and for enabling individual subscribers to select which synchronization source they utilize for each service application. Alternatively, the network management system (10) may dynamically provide each subscriber with the least expensive synchronization source having the required level of accuracy for the subscriber's selected application. |