Distributed clocking system
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    发明授权
    Distributed clocking system 失效
    分布式计时系统

    公开(公告)号:US5870441A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-09

    申请号:US918006

    申请日:1997-08-25

    摘要: A clocking mechanism with improved fault tolerance for synchronizing a distributed processing system includes a plurality of distributed clock sources. Each clock source may operate as a master clock for synchronizing the operations of the entire system or as a slave to an external clock while remaining available, in a backup capacity, to operate as a master clock in the event of a failure in the previous master clock. A clock selection mechanism is provided in each distributed switch element for selecting the best clock available to each switch element for synchronization. A failure recovery mechanism is provided with fast and automatic recovery in the event of a failure in a master clock. A data extraction mechanism is also provided capable of sampling a bit stream that is not phase-aligned, even in the presence of timing jitter and pulse width distortion, and having provisions for detecting a bit slip.

    摘要翻译: 具有改进的用于同步分布式处理系统的容错性的计时机构包括多个分布式时钟源。 每个时钟源可以用作主时钟,用于将整个系统的操作或作为从设备的操作同步到外部时钟,同时在备用容量中保持可用,在前一个主站发生故障的情况下作为主时钟操作 时钟。 在每个分布式开关元件中提供时钟选择机制,用于选择可用于每个开关元件以用于同步的最佳时钟。 在主时钟故障的情况下,故障恢复机制提供快速和自动的恢复。 即使存在定时抖动和脉冲宽度失真,也提供了能够采样不相位对准的位流的数据提取机构,并且具有用于检测位滑动的规定。