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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Satheesh Kumar S, Bangalore, IN;
Kamatchi S. Gopalakrishnan, Dublin, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A first network device may receive, from a second network device, a clock quality indication that is associated with a clock of the second network device, wherein the clock of the second network device is a reference clock for a network that includes the first network device and the second network device. The first network device may determine, based on a clock signal of the second network device, that a quality metric of the clock does not satisfy a threshold. The first network device may provide, to the second network device, a clock fault notification to cause the second network device to downgrade the clock quality indication transmitted by the second network device. The first network device may select a new reference clock for the first network device based on receiving the downgraded clock quality indication from the second network device.