Patent · US Active

Latency monitoring function

US9401856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

ADVA Optical Networking SE · DE

Inventors

Anthony Magee · Sherburn in Elmet, GB
Peter Tumbull · Knaresborough, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/0864
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network comprising a latency monitoring point adapted to calculate a forward latency of a path between a master node and a slave node on the basis of time stamps which are exchanged periodically between said master node and said slave node by a time alignment protocol used in said network.

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