Step time change compensation in an industrial automation network
US7447931B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J3/0667
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One or more embodiments provide Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) based time synchronization systems and methods. The CIP Sync solution can be part of Ethernet/IP and can be based on standard UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and/or IEEE 1588 (Time Synchronization) Ethernet technology. According to an embodiment is a system that compensates for step changes in a master clock.
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