A network receiver for a network using distributed clock synchronization and a method of adjusting a frequency of an internal clock of the network receiver

A network receiver for a network using distributed clock synchronization, the network receiver comprising

• an input for receiving a input signal from the network, the input signal representing a series of bits;
• an internal clock 06, CLK) for generating a clock signal, the internal clock being configured to receive a frequency adjustment signal for adjusting a frequency of the clock signal;
• a clock bit comparator configured to compare a length of a first time period lapsed while receiving at least five consecutive bits of the input signal with a length of an internal clock time interval being a sub-interval of the clock signal and representing the same number of bits as a number of bits of the first time period and the clock bit comparator being configured to generate a difference signal indicating a difference between the lengths of the first time period and the internal clock time interval;
• an adjustment signal generator configured to receive the difference signal and configured to generate the frequency adjustment signal for controlling the frequency of the clock signal towards a frequency which reduces the difference between the lengths of the first time period and the internal clock time interval.