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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Guang Chen, Guangdong, CN;

Lei Li, Guangdong, CN;

Assignee:

ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04J 3/0658 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of communications, and provide a time synchronization method applied to a first node provided with at least one output port connected to an input port of a second node via an out-of-band synchronization link and at least one additional output port connected to a third node via an in-band synchronization link, and the method includes: sending out-of-band time synchronization information to the second node via the out-of-band synchronization link, with the out-of-band time synchronization information including a grandmaster clock identity of the first node. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a time synchronization method applied to a second node, a first node, a second node, and a network.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chen, Guang. (2026). Time synchronization method, first node, second node, and network (U.S. Patent No. 12557047). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12557047

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