Synchronizing packet traces

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2004-08-09

2009-08-04

Ngo, Ricky (Department: 2416)

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Combining or distributing information via time channels

C370S503000, C370S507000, C375S356000, C709S248000, C713S400000, C713S500000, C713S502000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07570669

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for determining a common time base among nodes in a network by iteratively propagating timing constraints among the nodes, and determining a time-shift to apply to the time base of each node that conforms to these constraints. “Trace” files record the time of transmission or reception of packets at each node, based on the time base at the node. A fundamental constraint in a common time-based system is that the time of reception of a packet at a destination node cannot be prior to the time of transmission of the packet from a source node. A further constraint in a common time-based system is that the time of reacting to an event cannot be prior to the time of the event. By concurrently tracing traffic among multiple nodes in a network and subsequently processing the trace files to assure that each packet's transmission occurs prior to its reception, and that each reaction packet occurs after its corresponding causal packet, a correspondence between each node's time base and the common time base can be determined.

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