Network adapter providing isolated self-contained time services
US12111681B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 6, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L7/0012
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network adapter includes a network port for communicating with a communication network, a hardware clock, and circuitry. The circuitry is coupled to receive from the communication network, via the network port, one or more time-protocol packets that convey a network time used for synchronizing network devices in the communication network, to align the hardware clock to the network time conveyed in the time-protocol packets, and to make the network time available to one or more time-service consumers running in a host served by the network adapter.
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