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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Shih-ping Liou, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ruediger Schollmeier, Gauting, DE;
Kilian Heckrodt, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Shih-Ping Liou, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ruediger Schollmeier, Gauting, DE;
Kilian Heckrodt, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for synchronizing distributed processors. The method comprises determining a desired number of offset values between two processors, wherein each processor comprises a quartz crystal, determining parameters of a regression line, wherein the regression line is a function of the offset values over the desired number of offsets, and adjusting a synchronization interval according to the parameters.