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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Ioannis (Giannis) Patronas, Athens, GR;
Dotan David Levi, Kiryat Motzkin, IL;
Wojciech Wasko, Pomeranian, PL;
Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Ilior, GR;
Dimitrios Syrivelis, Volos, GR;
Elad Mentovich, Tel Aviv, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
Network devices and associated methods are provided for synchronization in an optically switched network. The network device includes one or more ports in communication with a plurality of devices via an optical switch. The one or more ports receive a master clock signal having a first frequency from a first device of the plurality of devices. The network device includes a local clock in communication with the one or more ports and operating at a second frequency. The network device includes a synchronization manager in communication with the one or more ports and the local clock and configured to be enabled and disabled. When the synchronization manager is enabled, it receives the master clock signal via the one or more ports and transmits an instruction to the local clock to operate at the first frequency.