Method and Device for Time Synchronization of Time Synchronization Domains
AssigneeMoxa Inc.
InventorsChi-Chuan Liu, Chun-Yu Lin, Chien-Yu Lai, Po-Hung Lin
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Abstract
A time synchronization method for a plurality of time synchronization domains includes building a plurality of precision time protocol (PTP) instances corresponding to the plurality of time synchronization domains; determining a grandmaster clock; and synchronizing, by the plurality of PTP instances, timings of the plurality of time synchronization domains according to the grandmaster clock.
Claims18
A time synchronization method, used for a plurality of time synchronization domains, the time synchronization method comprising:
- building a plurality of precision time protocol (PTP) instances corresponding to the plurality of time synchronization domains;
- determining a grandmaster clock;
- and
- synchronizing, by the plurality of PTP instances, timings of the plurality of time synchronization domains according to the grandmaster clock.
A time synchronization device, used for a plurality of time synchronization domains, comprising:
- a processing unit, configured to execute a program code;
- and
- a storage unit, coupled to the processing unit, configured to store the program code to instruct the processing unit to execute a time synchronization method, wherein the time synchronization method comprises:
- building a plurality of precision time protocol instances (PTP instances) corresponding to the plurality of time synchronization domains;
- determining a grandmaster clock;
- and
- synchronizing, by the plurality of PTP instances, timings of the plurality of time synchronization domains according to the grandmaster clock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.