Timing adjustment for distributed network architecture

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a first computing device to be configured for:

• detecting a loss of a connection to a first source of timing information that the first computing device and a second computing device use to maintain synchronization with a first clock of the first computing device and a second clock of the second computing device;
• receiving a second source of timing information from the second computing device, the second source of timing information also being transmitted to a third computing device;
• using the second source of timing information to determine a first timestamp;
• determining a second timestamp from the first clock;
• and
• using the first timestamp and the second timestamp to adjust a rate of the first clock, wherein the first clock is used to transmit the second source of timing information from the second computing device to the third computing device.

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a first computing device, a loss of a connection to a first source of timing information that the first computing device and a second computing device use to maintain synchronization with a first clock of the first computing device and a second clock of the second computing device;
• sending, by the first computing device, a second source of timing information to the second computing device to be transmitted to a third computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device, a response from the third computing device, the response including the second source of timing information;
• using, by the first computing device, the second source of timing information to determine a first timestamp;
• determining, by the first computing device, a second timestamp from the first clock;
• using, by the first computing device, the first timestamp and the second timestamp to adjust a rate of the first clock, wherein the first clock is used to transmit the second source of timing information from the first computing device to the third computing device.