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

Claim 8:
9. A method for transmitting information over a time information bus comprising:
sending a first pulse per time interval signal over the time information bus from a primary timing source to a first line card during a first time slot of a plurality of time slots into which a time interval is divided;
sending first information from the first line card over the time information bus to the primary timing source during a second time slot of the plurality of time slots;
sending a second one pulse per time interval signal over the time information bus from the primary timing source to a second line card during a third time slot of the plurality of time slots;
sending second information from the second line card to the primary timing source over the time information bus during a fourth time slot of the plurality of time slots;
sending the first pulse per time interval signal at a first predetermined location with respect to a beginning of the first time slot; and
sending the second one pulse per time interval signal at a second predetermined location with respect to the beginning of the third time slot.