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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Donald Crabtree, Port Ewen, NY (US);
John S. Houston, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/14 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); G06F 1/14 (2013.01); H04J 3/0641 (2013.01); H04J 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coordinated timing network is dynamically split into a plurality of coordinated timing networks. This split occurs without taking down any of the servers. Each coordinated timing network has its own coordinated timing network identifier (CTN ID), and its own primary time server. Optionally, each coordinated timing network includes a backup time server and an arbiter.