Timeout determination method and apparatus
US7307951B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method (and apparatus) for determining, in a system including an m-bit time counter, whether an event-occurrence time lies after a predetermined timeout-value, includes reading out of a time-stamp memory a stored time-stamp value, determining the time-difference between the time-stamp value and the event-occurrence time, and determining whether the time-difference is larger than the predetermined timeout-value. The event-occurrence time is represented by a subset of the bits of the m-bit time counter, the subset being determined by a plurality of parameters including any two of a lower bit-position, an upper bit-position, and a subset width. The lower bit-position is dependent on the predetermined timeout-value.
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