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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Adnan Aijaz, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04L 7/0012 (2013.01); H04W 56/005 (2013.01); H04W 56/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a hybrid network comprising both guided and wireless communications technologies, a grandmaster clock is designated in one portion of the network and can be propagated across to the other portion by means of a timing synchronization message. This message may include timestamping information and other information to enable recipient devices to correctly synchronize to the grandmaster clock.