Patent ID: 11927983
Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising:
one or more network interfaces; and
one or more processors configured to:
obtain, via the one or more network interfaces, indications of clocks, wherein the indications comprise an indication for a clock for each of a plurality of processing devices;
determine, from the indications, whether a clock of the apparatus leads or lags a majority of clocks of the plurality of processing devices;
adjust the clock of the apparatus in a direction of the majority of the clocks of the plurality of processing devices;
obtain, via the one or more network interfaces after the adjusting, second indications of the clocks;
determine, from the second indications, that the clocks for all of the plurality of processing devices are within a blind time window relative to the clock of the apparatus; and
determine that the clock of the apparatus and the clocks of the plurality of processing devices are synchronized.