Patent ID: 8369354
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H04J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing a transmission of applications data frames provided to a sender device, wherein the transmission is between said sender device and at least one receiver device via a synchronous communications network implementing a clock that defines successive network cycles, wherein, upon detection of a first event representing a start of an applications data frame provided to the sender device, said sender device performs the method comprising: determining a piece of information on time offset between an instant of detection of said first event and a reference instant of a reference network cycle, as well as determining a piece of information on position of the reference network cycle in a sequence of network cycles; transmitting, via said network, said piece of information on time offset and said piece of information on position, during a first predetermined network cycle; processing, within a bounded lapse of time, a set of applications data starting from the start of the applications data frame, wherein the processing of the set of applications data is for transmission via said network; transmitting, via said network, said processed applications data starting from a second predetermined network cycle subsequent to said first predetermined network cycle.