Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Synchronization of clock or timing signals – data – or pulses
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Lee, Thomas (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Synchronization of clock or timing signals, data, or pulses
C713S500000, C713S502000, C713S503000, C713S600000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07055050
ABSTRACT:
A network synchronization method allows reduced frequency fluctuations due to synchronization control in a network. Each node connected to the network has time information individually varying in a period of T. A time master node periodically notifies its own time information to time slave devices. Each time slave node prepares update-possible time points having a period of T/N (N>1). When receiving master time information, each time slave node updates its own time information using the master time information at an update-possible time point just after the master time information has been received.
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Foley & Lardner LLP
Lee Thomas
NEC Corporation
Tran Vincent
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