Patent ID: 8495408
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04B,H04J

Abstract:
1. A method, in a distributed module of a real-time distributed system, used for operating synchronously with other distributed modules, comprising the steps of: i. determining when a present module is able to operate synchronously, at a synchronization start time that is unified with the other distributed modules; ii. setting the present module's operate indication signal in a logic circuit, based on the determining result; iii. deciding whether the present module is to operate synchronously, following a rule unified with the other distributed modules, based on the present module's operate indication signal along with the operate indication signals in the logic circuit respectively set by the other distributed modules; and iv. resetting the operate indication signal of the present module in the logic circuit, at a synchronization end time unified with the other distributed modules, the unified synchronization end time being indicated by an end interrupt signal which is provided by a counter that controls the present module, and the end interrupt signal being synchronized with the end interrupt signals provided for the other distributed modules by the counters that control the other distributed modules.