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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicant:
David Cotter, Suffolk, GB;
Inventor:
David Cotter, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a communications network, expired packets are recognized and removed by comparing a phase value received with the packet and a phase value previously received via the network on a master node. The packet is discarded when the difference between the value exceeds a predetermined amount.