Patent ID: 7630383
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication network, comprising: a first communication node comprising a plurality of peer devices; and a second communication node that communicates with the peer devices in the first communication node according to a common network address; each of the peer devices is adapted to transmit a message to the second communication node with a time stamp that is based on a time of day (TOD) clock, and responsive to receiving an error response from the second communication node indicating that the time stamp does not comprise an increasing time stamp, each of the peer devices are further adapted to increase the time stamp by adding an offset to the TOD clock, to transmit the message to the second communication node with the increased time stamp, and to repeatedly increase the time stamp by adding a larger offset to the TOD clock and transmit the message to the second communication node responsive to receiving error response messages until the increased time stamp comprises a monotonically increasing time stamp to the second communication node.