Container based time differentials

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a virtual service implemented by a computing device from a node via a network, a synchronization message indicating a first timestamp associated with the node;

determining, based on a clock associated with the computing device, a second timestamp associated with the computing device;

determining, based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp, a time differential associated with the virtual service and the node; and

based on the time differential, sending, by the virtual service via the node to one or more devices, one or more messages.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, in a database table independent of the virtual service, the time differential, wherein the database table indicates a plurality of time differentials each associated with a virtual service paired with a node.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring, based on a capacity of the computing device, a second virtual service on the computing device;

based on detecting a failure of the virtual service, configuring the second virtual service with the time differential; and

communicating, by the second virtual service and based on the time differential, with the node.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring, based on a capacity of the computing device, a second virtual service on a second computing device; and

determining, based on a clock associated with the second computing device, a second time differential associated with the node.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on detecting a failure of the virtual service, configuring a second virtual service with a second time differential; and

communicating, by the second virtual service and based on the second time differential, with the node.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

updating, based on a frequency based on a degree of clock drift between the clock associated with the computing device and a clock associated with the node, the time differential.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining a second time differential associated with the virtual service and the node; and

determining, based on the time differential and the second time differential, the degree of clock drift.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the clock associated with the computing device and the time differential, a third timestamp; and

sending, to the node, a message to be modulated by the node, wherein the message indicates the third timestamp.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on a third timestamp of the clock associated with the computing device and based on the time differential, a first value for a clock associated with the virtual service and the node, wherein the first value indicates an expected timestamp value, of a clock associated with the node, when a message sent by the virtual service at the third timestamp will be received by the node.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

scheduling, based on a clock associated with the time differential, data to be sent to the node.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more messages comprises one or more of: a message scheduling sending of content, a synchronization message, or a message allocating upstream bandwidth.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the virtual service, one or more messages comprising one or more of:

the time differential, or

a time stamp based on the time differential.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual service is associated with a content delivery system, and wherein the node is configured to implement physical (PHY) layer functions of the content delivery system.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more devices comprise one or more user devices.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device configured to execute a plurality of virtual services from a plurality of nodes via a network, a plurality of first timestamps;

determining, based on a clock associated with the computing device, a plurality of second timestamps;

determining, based on the plurality of first timestamps and the plurality of second timestamps, a plurality of time differentials associated with the plurality of nodes; and

managing, based on the plurality of time differentials, communications from the plurality of virtual services via the plurality of nodes.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of first timestamps are based on clocks associated with the plurality of nodes.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining, based on a clock associated with a second computing device, a plurality of second time differentials associated with the plurality of nodes; and

storing, in a database table of the second computing device, the plurality of second time differentials.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

based on detecting a failure of a virtual service of the plurality of virtual services, configuring a virtual service of a second computing device with a time differential associated with a node and the failed virtual service.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

based on detecting a failure of a virtual service of the plurality of virtual services, configuring a backup virtual service of the computing device with a time differential, of the plurality of time differentials, associated with a node and the failed virtual service.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining, based on degrees of clock drift between the clock associated with the computing device and clocks associated with the plurality of nodes, a plurality of updating frequencies associated with the plurality of nodes; and

updating, based on the plurality of updating frequencies, the plurality of time differentials.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of virtual services comprises a plurality of virtual cable modem termination systems (vCMTSs), and wherein the plurality of nodes comprises a plurality of remote PHY devices (RPDs).

22. The method of claim 15 , wherein the managing communications comprises one or more of: sending one or more messages via the nodes, scheduling sending of content, or allocating upstream bandwidth.

23. A method comprising:

receiving, by a virtual service implemented by a computing device and from a node, a synchronization message indicating a first timestamp associated with the node;

determining, based on a clock associated with the computing device, a second timestamp associated with the computing device;

determining, based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp, a time differential associated with the virtual service and the node; and

based on the time differential, sending, to one or more additional devices via the node, one or more messages comprising one or more of:

the time differential, or

a time stamp based on the time differential.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the synchronization message via a network.

25. The method of claim 23 , further comprising updating, based on a frequency based on a degree of clock drift between the clock associated with the computing device and a clock associated with the node, the time differential.