Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time synchronization system, management node, and time synchronization method
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Application No.: US14367092Application Date: 2012-12-27
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Publication No.: US09608753B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Yuji Ogata , Masaki Yamada
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2011-287909 20111228
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/083806 WO 20121227
- International Announcement: WO2013/100019 WO 20130704
- Main IPC: H04J3/06
- IPC: H04J3/06 ; H04L29/14 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L7/00 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A time synchronization system comprises a time master, a time slave, and a management node which are coupled to one another via a plurality of networks. The time master transmits to the time slave a time packet at a given timing through at least one of the plurality of networks. The time slave has a time correcting part for receiving the time packet transmitted from the time master and for correcting time based on the received time packet. The management node has: a network switching determining part for determining whether to switch the network for transmitting a time packet to another of the plurality of networks; and a network switching notifying part for notifying, in a case where it is determined that the network for transmitting the time packet is to be switched, information for identifying the switched-to network to the time slave.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140348186A1 TIME SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT NODE, AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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