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Method and system for determining an estimate of a transmission time of a packet

  • US 6,205,125 B1
  • Filed: 07/31/1998
  • Issued: 03/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining a time of transmission of packets of information in a communication system, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a first packet of information associated with a communication between a first mobile unit and a first base site transmitter and a second base site transmitter;

    comparing a transmission delay associated with the first base site transmitter and a transmission delay associated with the second base site transmitter;

    receiving additional packets of information at a network arbiter; and

    determining an estimate of the time of transmission of the first packet and the additional packets based, at least in part, on the comparison, wherein the additional packets of information are associated with independent communications between additional mobile units and at least the first base site transmitter, and wherein the step of determining the estimate of the time of transmission comprises the steps of determining a plurality of differences between a transmission delay associated with the first base site transmitter and the transmission delays associated with a plurality of further base site transmitters, and determining the estimate of the time of transmission of the first packet and the additional packets based, at least in part, on the plurality of differences.

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