A network component comprising at least one processor configured to promote transmission of a frame from a first node to a second node, the frame comprising a first clock synchronization data, and a first frame count, wherein the first clock synchronization data and the first frame count are used to synchronize a first clock in the first node and a second clock in the second node. Also disclosed is a method comprising processing a frame comprising an Ethernet control symbol that delineates the beginning of the frame, a first clock synchronization data, a first frame count, and a second clock synchronization data. Included is an Ethernet node comprising at least one processor configured to synchronize a clock using a clock synchronization data comprising a first timestamp, a first frame count, a second timestamp, and a second frame count.