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Step time change compensation in an industrial automation network

US7656751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2008
Grant dateFeb 2, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2028

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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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