System for synchronizing network data transmission and collection
US6335931B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0852
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for synchronizing data packet collection and transmission on multiple segments of a local area network (“LAN”) or a wide area network (“WAN”) using a common clock to generate time stamps placed on the data packets by all peripheral network devices. The common clock is located on a network analyzer device which acts as the “master” to other “slave” peripheral network devices which are driven by the common clock and coupled to the master device in a master-slave configuration. The system also synchronizes the initialization of data packet transmission and/or collection on multiple peripheral network devices by using a common industry standard architecture (“ISA”) address for all devices involved in the data transmission and/or collection.
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