Patent · US Expired

Device synchronisation over a network

US7274761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

68Claims

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Assignee

Nokia · FI

Inventors

Thomas Müller · Herzogenbuchsee, CH
Olaf Joeressen · Meerbusch, DE
Jurgen Schnitzler · Viersen, DE
Markus Schetelig · Waltrop, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 21, 2001
Grant date	Sep 25, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transceiver for operating in a network wherein the transceiver is arranged to synchronize to a time reference common to the network having distinguishable instances, the transceiver containing a controller for effecting the reading or writing of a real time clock at an identified instance of the common time reference; a transmitter for transmitting an identification of the real time clock value of a first instance and an identification of the first instance, and a receiver for receiving a transmitted identification of a real time clock value and an identification of a first instance.

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