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

Claim 12:
13. 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;
utilizing a first plurality of the time slots, including the first and third time slots, for transmissions by the primary timing source to respective ones of a plurality of line cards, including the first and second line cards; and
utilizing a second plurality of the time slots, including the second and fourth time slots, for transmission by respective ones of the plurality of line cards.