MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411073717 A) filed by Ciena Corporation on September 30, 2024, for Monitoring And Selecting A Stable And Best Ptp Master In A Packet Network.
Inventors include Ankur Saxena; and Sharad Srivastava.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: MONITORING AND SELECTING A STABLE AND BEST PTP MASTER IN A PACKET NETWORK A method (300) implemented in a packet network includes communicating (302) with a master clock for Precision Time Protocol (PTP); monitoring (304) one or more of link stability to the master clock, errors in packets to the master clock, and clock class stability of the master clock; and performing (306) a Best Master Clock Algorithm (BMCA) based on the monitored one or more of the link stability, the errors, and the clock class stability. The BMCA is performed based on one or more of loss of synchronization messages, loss of announce messages, loss of follow up messages, unusable timing information, and a holdover mode.
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