Patent ID: 11950031
Assignee: INFINERA CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communications system comprising:
a transceiver comprising:
a frame counter configured to generate a trigger signal;
at least one processor configured to generate a synchronization instruction message in response to generation of the trigger signal, the synchronization instruction message including instructions to provide a data snapshot at a time; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, using a plurality of subcarriers, the synchronization instruction message to a plurality of system nodes, each of the plurality of subcarriers being associated with one of the plurality of system nodes; and
a receiver configured to receive data snapshots from the plurality of system nodes,

wherein, in response to receiving the data snapshots, the at least one processor is configured to compensate data transmissions to the plurality of system nodes based on the data snapshots.