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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raif O Onvural, Cary, NC (US);
Gerald Arnold Marin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375356 ; 370503 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method allow two or more members of a network, connected in multipoint-multipoint manner, to synchronize their local service clocks. Overall synchronization is achieved as soon as every member within the network transports its own timing information to other members of the group, plus the maximum propagation delay between the group members, and accordingly minimizes the possibility of overruns and underruns at each node end. Such synchronization is implemented when all members of a network synchronize their internal clocks to a lowest clock frequency within the network.