Patent ID: 7307989

Claim:
A method of data packet transmission control for controlling communications of data packets between a first node and a second node, a UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) signal coupled to each of the first node and the second node, wherein the UTC signal is comprised of UTC seconds which are divided into a predefined number of UTC time-frames, the method comprising: sending data packets from the first node to the second node within the UTC time-frames; receiving the data packets at the second node after a first defined delay; defining UTR (unique time reference) time-frames at the second node representative of the UTC time-frames delayed by the first defined delay; temporal mapping the UTR time-frames to respective ones of the UTC time-frames responsive to the UTC signal and to the first defined delay; and outputting the data packets from the second node after a predefined number of UTC time-frames responsive to the UTC signal and to the temporal mapping.