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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Donald Crabtree, Port Ewen, NY (US);

Richard K. Errickson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

John S. Houston, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Peter K. Szwed, Rhinebeck, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0858 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for timing synchronization. Aspects include sending to a remote system a first base packet, the first base packet is sent at a first send event time and then recording the first send event time in a memory. Aspects also include sending to the remote system a second base packet, wherein the payload comprises instructions for the remote computing system and receiving a first remote packet, wherein a payload comprises a first received time indicating a time the first base packet was received. Aspects then include recording the first received time and recording a second received time, wherein the second received time indicates a time the first remote packet was received by the base system. Aspects include receiving a second remote packet, wherein a payload comprises a second sent time indicating a time the first remote packet was sent.


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