Microchip Technology Incorporated
SYNCHRONIZATION OF SEQUENCE NUMBERS IN A NETWORK

Abstract:

Methods of synchronizing sequence numbers of a number of devices of a network are disclosed. A method may include resetting, at each of a first device and a second device of a network, a sequence number to an initial predetermined count value responsive to a timing event. The method may also include generating, at each of the first device and the second device, a frame for transmission. Further, the method may include incrementing, at each of the first device and the second device, the sequence number, wherein the sequence number is indicative of a number of frames generated at the associated device since the timing event. The method may also include inserting, at each of the first device and the second device, the sequence number into an associated frame. Related networks and devices are also disclosed.