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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/0602 (2013.01); H04J 3/065 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04L 12/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network component comprising a processor configured to receive a data stream from an upstream node, wherein the data stream comprises a plurality of Ethernet packets and a synchronization request comprising a timestamp, synchronize a clock with the timestamp, and transmit a response to the upstream node, wherein the data stream has the same bandwidth as a second data stream that does not have the synchronization request and the timestamp.