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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, TX (US);
Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A network component comprising at least one processor configured to promote transmission of a frame from a first node to a second node, the frame comprising a first clock synchronization data, and a first frame count, wherein the first clock synchronization data and the first frame count are used to synchronize a first clock in the first node and a second clock in the second node. Also disclosed is a method comprising processing a frame comprising an Ethernet control symbol that delineates the beginning of the frame, a first clock synchronization data, a first frame count, and a second clock synchronization data. Included is an Ethernet node comprising at least one processor configured to synchronize a clock using a clock synchronization data comprising a first timestamp, a first frame count, a second timestamp, and a second frame count.