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Method and circuit for insertion of time stamp into real time data

US7206327B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2002
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 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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