Method and circuit for insertion of time stamp into real time data
US7206327B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/2801
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for adding a time stamp to transmission traffic on a network comprises a front end processor that receives a packet from the network and generates a Start Of Frame pulse and a LENGTH field corresponding to a length of the packet. A time stamp generator generates a time stamp by sampling the system master time counter. A synchronizer receives the SOF pulse and the LENGTH field from the front end processor, and generates a control signal. A multiplexer inputs the packet from the front end processor, the control signal and the time stamp, and outputs a modified packet with a field in the packet replaced by the time stamp.
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