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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Graham Edmiston, Bridge of Weir, GB;
Heinz Klaus Richard Wrobel, Gauting, DE;
Graham Edmiston, Bridge of Weir, GB;
Heinz Klaus Richard Wrobel, Gauting, DE;
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An interface system has a first media access controller having a first MAC buffer for storing at least one first-type frame in a first frame format according to a first communication protocol. A time synchronization module is arranged to, upon detecting the start of the first-type frame, determine a first timestamp from a master clock signal and latch the first timestamp into a first timestamp register. A processor is arranged to: retrieve the first timestamp from the first timestamp register, and transfer a first-type frame between the first MAC buffer and a first local memory in a block-wise manner as a plurality of blocks. The processor is arranged to process the plurality of blocks of the first-type frame using the first timestamp as retrieved from the first timestamp register.