Patent Document ID: 8630315
Application ID: 12706724
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An Ethernet network, comprising: one or more non-clocked nodes without synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E) or IEEE 1588 capability; an end node with a clock providing an Ethernet connection comprising a reference clock through at least one of the one or more non-clocked nodes; a clock regeneration node disposed after the at least one of the one or more non-clocked nodes receiving the Ethernet connection and regenerating the reference clock, wherein the clock regeneration node is located at a drop off point of the Ethernet connection; and one or more Sync-E nodes receiving the Ethernet connection after the clock regeneration node, wherein the end node operates according to the IEEE 1588 protocols, and wherein the one or more Sync-E nodes operate according to the Sync-E protocols thereby reducing a number of slaves for IEEE 1588.