US 12,244,684 B2
Network synchronization method, apparatus, device, and system, and readable storage medium
Yuanlong Jiang, Shenzhen (CN); Fanshun Meng, Wuhan (CN); Jingfei Lyu, Wuhan (CN); and Jingfeng Chen, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,697.
Application 18/317,697 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/103822, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011275848.7 (CN), filed on Nov. 16, 2020; and application No. 202110158060.6 (CN), filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291537 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 7/0087 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, applied to a device that supports flexible Ethernet (FlexE), and the method comprising:
obtaining a synchronization mode indication and synchronization information, wherein the synchronization mode indication comprises an identifier that identifies a target device that will perform synchronization based on the synchronization information, and indicates to the target device to perform synchronization based on the synchronization information; and
sending the synchronization mode indication that includes the identifier and the synchronization information through a network that supports FlexE.