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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device includes one or more ports for connecting to a communication network, packet processing circuitry and clock circuitry. The packet processing circuitry is configured to communicate packets over the communication network via the ports. The clock circuitry includes a hardware clock configured to indicate a network time used for synchronizing network devices in the communication network, and a built-in accuracy test circuit configured to check an accuracy of the hardware clock.