Patent ID: 11863299
Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus for transmitting information comprising:
a plurality of line cards including a first line card and a second line card;
a bidirectional time information bus coupled to the plurality of line cards;
a timing source coupled to the bidirectional time information bus and configured to send a first pulse per time interval signal over the bidirectional time information bus to the first line card during a first time slot of a plurality of time slots that form a frame on the bidirectional time information bus and to send a second pulse per time interval signal over the bidirectional time information bus to the second line card during second time slot in the frame, the first line card configured to send first information from the first line card to the timing source over the bidirectional time information bus during a third time slot in the frame and the second line card configured to send second information from the second line card to the timing source over the bidirectional time information bus during a fourth time slot in the frame, the third time slot assigned to a location in the frame based on a first line card identification associated with the first line card and the fourth time slot assigned to another location in the frame based on a second line card identification associated with the second line card.