22-10-2012, 05:46 PM
The First Two-Way Time Transfer Link Between Asia and Europe
ABSTRACT
By establishing the TL (Taiwan)-VSL (the Netherlands) link, the feasibility of using Two-Way Satellite Time and
Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) method for routine comparison between Asia and Europe has been demonstrated. This
experiment has been undertaken, once or twice per week, over a period of more than 8 months. Although the elevation from
VSL was only 4.9 degrees, the performance of this link is still good. The RMS value of the difference between TWSTFT and
GPS Common-View (GPS CV) results is about 3.1 ns. The develnopment, results, and conclusions about this link are
illustrated in this paper.