CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOCKS IN A NETWORK
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Abstract
A circuit arrangement and a method for synchronizing clocks in a network is provided, comprising a plurality of at least two nodes, wherein at least two of said nodes can communicated with each other and each have a local clock, wherein, in a receiving one of said nodes, from at least one transmitting other such node, a global time transmitted by said transmitting one of said node of said transmitting one of said nodes is received, and a global time of said receiving node is determined or estimated as a function of both the received global time of said transmitting node and of a local time of the receiving node'"'"'s own local clock.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for synchronizing clocks in a network comprising a plurality of at least two nodes that includes at least one receiving node and at least one transmitting node, wherein at least two of said nodes can communicate with each other and each have a local clock, the method comprising:
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receiving, in the receiving node, from the transmitting node, a global time of said transmitting node transmitted by said transmitting node; and determining or estimating a global time of said receiving node as a function of both the received global time of said transmitting node and of a local time of the receiving node'"'"'s own local clock. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A circuit arrangement for synchronizing clocks in a network comprising a plurality of at least two nodes that includes at least one receiving node and one transmitting node, wherein at least two of said nodes can communicate with each other and each have a local clock and a local oscillator for clocking said local clock, the arrangement comprising:
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a receiving module of at least one receiving node receiving a transmitted global time of the transmitting node, and a controller for determining or estimating a global time of said receiving node as a function of both the received global time of said transmitting node and of a local time of the receiving node'"'"'s own local clock. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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