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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Amrik Bains, Livermore, CA (US);
Daniel C. Biederman, San Jose, CA (US);
Darrell Rice Heflin, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Norman William Finn, Livermore, CA (US);
Krishna Kondaka, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Geoffrey Jones, Campbell, CA (US);
Amrik Bains, Livermore, CA (US);
Daniel C. Biederman, San Jose, CA (US);
Darrell Rice Heflin, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Norman William Finn, Livermore, CA (US);
Krishna Kondaka, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Geoffrey Jones, Campbell, CA (US);
Cisco Techology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprising a physical layer processing device that comprises logic configured to process a packet received from a physical layer interface is disclosed. The physical layer processing device logic is further configured to determine a preamble portion of the packet and a data portion of the packet. The physical layer processing device logic is further configured to insert a timestamp into the preamble portion of the packet. The physical layer processing device logic forwards the packet with the timestamp inserted into the preamble.