The invention relates to the technical field of time frequency transmission, in particular to a PTP and SDH cross-network time service method and device, an SDH overhead channel is used for transmitting a PTP
time signal, compared with an E1 service channel, the overhead channel is fixed in position in an SDH frame structure, is not influenced by
branch pointer adjustment and is small in
transmission delay jitter, meanwhile, PTP messages are not directly transmitted, and the transmission efficiency is improved. The
PTP protocol is converted into a simplified time
service protocol and then is transmitted by using an SDH overhead channel, so that the bandwidth occupation is reduced, the
time synchronization frequency can be improved, the time service precision is improved, in addition, a
time signal transmission path is more flattened, a multi-layer communication protocol nesting and a communication protocol conversion buffer area required by directly transmitting the
PTP protocol are avoided, and the transmission efficiency is improved. According to the invention, the
transmission delay jitter is reduced, the time service precision is improved, and the technical problem that the time service precision is seriously degraded when the PTP
time signal crosses the SDH network for long-distance transmission in the existing scheme is solved.