Abstract: A method, a device, and a system, the method including determining, by a management device, a first transmission path that is in a network system and that is used to transmit a clock packet of a target clock source, sending, by the management device, configuration information for the first transmission path to a plurality of network devices on the first transmission path, receiving, by the management device, information that is sent by an endpoint network device on the first transmission path and that is used to determine a time difference, and sending, by the management device, a corresponding clock compensation value to at least one network device on the first transmission path based on the information that is used to determine the time difference.