TLM 2.0 presents one model of temporal decoupling, with an explicit regular synchronization time.

Other temporal decoupling models can build on the TLM 2.0 infrastructure, for instance to remove the regular synchronization time, and instead only synchronize when the local time offset reaches some prescribed maximum. A class derived from the tlm_gatekeeper class can modify the control and synchronization functions, to allow different approaches to be tried.