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AssigneeCiena Corporation
InventorsAnkur Saxena, Sharad Kumar Srivastava
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A network element in a packet network includes circuitry configured to communicate with a master clock for Precision Time Protocol (PTP), monitor one or more of link stability to the master clock, errors in packets to the master clock, and clock class stability of the master clock; and perform a Best Master Clock Algorithm (BMCA) based on the monitored one or more of the link stability, the errors, and the clock class stability. The BMCA is further performed based on one or more of loss of synchronization messages, loss of announce messages, loss of follow up messages, unusable timing information, and a holdover mode.
A network element in a packet network, the network element comprising circuitry configured to:
A method implemented in a packet network, the method comprising steps of:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause circuitry to perform steps of:
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