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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Slawomir K. Ilnicki, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Takashi Hidai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Slawomir K. Ilnicki, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Takashi Hidai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for making legacy network elements transparent to IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol operation. Network elements are wrapped by device(s) capable of providing either transparent clock or boundary clock operation. In one embodiment, smart interface converters are used to provide transparent clock or boundary clock operation. The smart interface converters work cooperatively.