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Clock error-bound tracker

US11853116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2022
Grant dateDec 26, 2023
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/0697
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a device includes a hardware clock to maintain a clock value, a hardware counter to maintain an estimation of a dynamic error bound of the clock value, and a clock controller to intermittently discipline the hardware clock responsively to a remote clock, advance the hardware counter at a rate responsively to a clock drift, and adjust the hardware counter responsively to the hardware clock being disciplined.

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