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Synchronization for cellular telecommunications network

  • US 6,373,834 B1
  • Filed: 06/11/1998
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cellular telecommunications network comprising:

  • a master timing unit located at a control node of the network;

    a slave timing unit located at the control node or a controlled node of the network;

    wherein one of the master timing unit and the slave timing unit serves as an initiating timing unit for transmitting a synchronization analysis command message including a first parameter to a responding timing unit, the responding timing unit being the other of the master timing unit and the slave timing unit the first parameter being a first time stamp value t1 related to the time that the synchronization analysis command message is transmitted from the initiating timing unit;

    wherein in response to the synchronization analysis command the responding timing unit sends a synchronization analysis response message including a second parameter to the initiating timing unit, the second parameter being a second time stamp value t2 related to the time that the synchronization analysis command message is received at the responding timing unit;

    wherein the initiating timing unit uses the first parameter and the second parameter included in the synchronization analysis response message to determine a synchronization adjustment for the slave timing unit.

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