Patent ID: 8009702
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. a non-transitory program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for providing local synchronization in a master-slave distributed communication network designed for processing data packets, the program instructions comprising steps of: receiving data packets and sync packets, each data packet comprising a header containing control information, and a data payload; partitioning the data packets into N segments for parallel processing of N different segments in different parts of the system over N different links; sending a first segment comprising the header to a master unit; transmitting N−1 next segments containing only data payload to slave units; wherein N is not greater than a size of the data packet divided by a size of the header; and splitting the sync packets into sync packet segments and injecting the sync packet segments into a same path as the data packet segments.