Edge communication networks with edge-located clocks and associated methods
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorJennifer Andreoli-Fang
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Abstract
A method for synchronizing a timing end application (TEA) in an edge communication network includes (a) receiving, at a first access device, a time stamp from a first TEA communicatively coupled to the first access device, (b) transmitting the time stamp from the first access device to a second access device via communication media of the edge communication network, (c) adjusting the time stamp to account for transit time of the time stamp from the first access device to the second access device, and (d) after adjusting the time stamp, transmitting the time stamp from the second access device to a second TEA communicatively coupled to the second access device.
Claims20
, A method for synchronizing a timing end application (TEA) in an edge communication network, comprising:
- receiving, at a first access device, a time stamp from a first TEA communicatively coupled to the first access device, the first TEA using time stamps for synchronization;
- transmitting the time stamp from the first access device to a second access device via communication media of the edge communication network;
- adjusting the time stamp to account for transit time of the time stamp from the first access device to the second access device;
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- after adjusting the time stamp, transmitting the time stamp from the second access device to a second TEA communicatively coupled to the second access device.
A method for synchronizing a timing end application (TEA) in an edge communication network, comprising:
- receiving, at a first access device, a time stamp from a first TEA communicatively coupled to the first access device, the first TEA using time stamps for synchronization;
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- generating, on a communication medium of the edge communication network connected to the first access device, a message including the time stamp, for transmission to a second access device via the edge communication network.
A method for synchronizing a timing end application (TEA) in an edge communication network, comprising:
- receiving, at a second access device via the edge communication network, a time stamp from a first access device, the time stamp being generated by a first TEA that uses time stamps for synchronization;
- adjusting, at the second access device, the time stamp to at least partially account for transit time between the first and second access devices via the edge communication network;
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- after adjusting the time stamp at the second access device, transmitting the time stamp from the second access device to a second TEA communicatively coupled to the second access device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.