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TIME BEACONS

  • US 20170265153A1
  • Filed: 03/09/2016
  • Published: 09/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for time-synchronizing multiple nodes of a network concurrently comprising steps of:

  • at a preconfigured start time, broadcasting, by a hub device, a first time beacon containing a current time value retrieved from an accurate time source;

    periodically repeating, by the hub device, the broadcasting over a beacon period;

    at the preconfigured start time, listening, by a first node of the network, for time beacons;

    receiving, at the first node, a received time beacon broadcast by the hub device; and

    setting, by the first node, a real-time clock of the node to the current time value in the received time beacon.

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