Patent ID: 9295018
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a synchronisation report module for providing paths to a synchronisation module, the synchronisation report module being associated with a network node of a communication network, the communication network comprising at least one Synchronisation Master entity, the method comprising: receiving a request for two paths of a first Synchronisation Master reference and two paths of a second Synchronisation Master reference from the synchronisation module, the two paths of the first Synchronisation Master reference extending between a Synchronisation Master entity of the first Synchronisation Master reference and respective ones of a first access network node and a second access network node and the two paths of the second Synchronisation Master reference extending between a Synchronisation Master entity of the second Synchronisation Master reference and the respective ones of the first access network node and the second access network node, in response to the received requests, determining the two paths of the first Synchronisation Master reference and the two paths of the second Synchronisation Master reference based on a Path Computation Engine (PCE), and sending the determined paths to the synchronisation module, the sent paths to be received by the synchronisation module for being utilised when selecting which one of the first Synchronisation Master reference and the second Synchronisation Master reference to be applied by the first access network node and the second access network node.