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Method for synchronizing a first clock to a second clock, processing unit and synchronization system

US7191354B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2001
Grant dateMar 13, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/0673
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for synchronizing a first clock C to a reference clock A, the first clock C being connected to said reference clock A via a processing unit B. The invention moreover relates to a processing unit B and to a synchronization system. In order to enable a synchronization of said first clock C to said reference clock A via said processing, unti B. it is proposed that the processing unit B generates a correction message cmsg for the first clock C based on timestamps exchanged between the processing unit B and the reference clock A, which exchanged of timestamps is triggered by clock pulses cclk received in the processing unit B from the first clock C.

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