Secure time reference using multiple time sources

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9645553
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15009019

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Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing an accurate and stable time base. A device can include a voter to receive a plurality of time source values, determine a central time value, and determine which of the plurality of time source values are valid, a deviance checker to determine a deviance set, a discrete time selector to provide a selector identification identifying which of the time source values is selected, and a network interface to provide a time value based on the selected time source value.

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RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES INC10 MOULTON STREET CAMBRIDGE MA 02138

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Mergen, John-Francis Baltimore, US 46 678
Roden,, III Thomas Gilbert New Windsor, US 5 21

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