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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, TX (US);
Inventor:
Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04J 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a timestamp support logic component configured to identify a plurality of timestamps for a plurality of network nodes on a single link and align the timestamps in a plurality of corresponding time slots for the network nodes within a periodic transmission time window and a scheduler coupled to the timestamp support logic component and configured to align a plurality of packets that do not comprise timestamps in a corresponding time slot subsequent to the time slots for the timestamps in the periodic transmission time window.