Patent ID: 9112629
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a node of a synchronization network, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a plurality of possible alternative synchronization trails for passing synchronization information from a synchronization source to the node, the possible alternative synchronization trails comprising a plurality of time synchronization trails arranged to carry time synchronization information for time synchronization at the node, and a plurality of frequency synchronization trails, arranged to carry frequency synchronization information for frequency synchronization at the node, determining information about the sources of the possible alternative synchronization trails, and comparing automatically the possible alternative synchronization trails, using the information about the sources, to choose: wherein the comparison of the plurality of possible alternative synchronization trails is biased to increase a likelihood that the first one of the plurality of time synchronization trails and the first one of the plurality of frequency synchronization trails share the same source, over a likelihood that the first one of the plurality of time synchronization trails and the first one of the plurality of frequency synchronization trails have different sources.