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CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION OVER A SHARED MEDIUM

  • US 20090011782A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2008
  • Published: 01/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating among stations in a network, the method comprising:

  • providing repeated beacon transmissions from at least some of the stations including a first station, where the first station is assigned to a first level;

    assigning any stations that can reliably receive transmissions from the first station to a second level;

    assigning to each of one or more higher levels any stations not assigned to any of the preceding levels that can reliably receive transmissions from the preceding level; and

    synchronizing timing information at each station in a given level according to transmissions received from at least one station in the preceding level.

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