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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:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Stefano Stracca, Pisa, IT;

Fabio Cavaliere, Pisa, IT;

Paolo Debenedetti, Genoa, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/1658 (2013.01); H04L 7/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting synchronization data over a FlexE communications link. In an example aspect, a method of transmitting synchronization data over a FlexE communications link includes, in response to a synchronization event, selecting a next slot of the FlexE communications link that is unallocated or is allocated to a FlexE client, and transmitting synchronization data associated with the synchronization event in the selected slot.


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