Method for insertion of time stamp into real time data within a wireless communications network
View Patent ↗A system for adding a time stamp to transmission traffic on a wireless network comprises a front end processor that receives a packet from the network and generates a Start Of Frame pulse and a LENGTH field corresponding to a length of the packet. A time stamp generator generates a time stamp by sampling the system master time counter. A synchronizer receives the SOF pulse and the LENGTH field from the front end processor, and generates a control signal. A multiplexer inputs the packet from the front end processor, the control signal and the time stamp, and outputs a modified packet with a field in the packet replaced by the time stamp.
1. A method of time stamping transmission traffic within a wireless communications network comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a packet from a wireless network;
(b) generating a real-time timestamp;
(c) generating a Start Of Frame signal and a control signal; and
(d) outputting a modified packet with a field in the packet replaced by the real-time timestamp in response to the control signal and the Start Of Frame signal.
2. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of storing the modified packet locally.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the modified packet is the same as a length of the packet.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the field in the packet is a cyclic redundancy check field.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the field in the packet is a checksum field.
6. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of outputting a LENGTH signal corresponding to a length of the packet to a synchronizer.
7. The method of claim 6 , further including the step of determining a position of the field based on the LENGTH signal.
8. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of storing the modified packet in a memory.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packet is a data packet.