Computer system synchronization
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorDennis Walter Gvillo
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Abstract
A method may comprise communicating by a first computer with a second computer over a network during a first frame having a first frame duration; transmitting a first synchronization signal from the first computer to the second computer; receiving by the first computer during the first frame a second synchronization signal from the second computer; determining by the first computer a first elapsed time between a time when the first synchronization signal was transmitted by the first computer and a time when the second synchronization signal was received by the first computer; and determining by the first computer a duration for a second frame based at least in part on the first elapsed time.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- during a first frame having a first frame duration, communicating by a first computer with a second computer over a network;
- during the first frame, transmitting a first synchronization signal from the first computer to the second computer;
- receiving by the first computer during the first frame a second synchronization signal received from the second computer;
- determining by the first computer a first elapsed time between a time when the first synchronization signal was transmitted by the first computer and a time when the second synchronization signal was received by the first computer;
- and
- determining by the first computer a duration for a second frame based at least in part on the first elapsed time.
A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a storage device;
- and
- a program comprising a plurality of instructions stored in the storage device that are executed by the processor to:
- during a first frame having a first frame duration, communicate by a first computer with a second computer over a network;
- during the first frame, transmit a first synchronization signal from the first computer to the second computer;
- receive by the first computer during the first frame a second synchronization signal received from the second computer;
- determine by the first computer a first elapsed time between a time when the first synchronization signal was transmitted by the first computer and a time when the second synchronization signal was received by the first computer;
- and
- determine by the first computer a duration for a second frame based at least in part on the first elapsed time.
A computer program product, comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions embodied therewith, the computer readable program instructions, when read by a processor, being configured to:
- during a first frame having a first frame duration, communicate by a first computer with a second computer over a network;
- during the first frame, transmit a first synchronization signal from the first computer to the second computer;
- receive by the first computer during the first frame a second synchronization signal received from the second computer;
- determine by the first computer a first elapsed time between a time when the first synchronization signal was transmitted by the first computer and a time when the second synchronization signal was received by the first computer;
- and
- determine by the first computer a duration for a second frame based at least in part on the first elapsed time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.