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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Helmut Imlau, Langwedel, DE;
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for initializing a self-synchronizing coherent network Primary Reference Time Clock (cnPRTC) mesh includes: a self-synchronizing cnPRTC mesh is initialized during a start-up period; and a Universal Time Coordinated (UTC(k)) node connected to a selected cnPRTC node of the self-synchronizing cnPRTC mesh sets the selected cnPRTC node to a UTC(k) time provided by the UTC(k) node during the start-up period when a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) system fails to provide the selected cnPRTC node with a GNSS time during the start-up period, wherein setting the selected cnPRTC node comprises directly inserting the UTC(k) time into a clock combiner module of the selected cnPRTC node, the inserted UTC(k) time replacing weighted times provided to the selected cnPRTC node by local time sources and remote time sources.