Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Base station and clock synchronization method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 基站及其时钟同步方法
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Application No.: US14196507Application Date: 2014-03-04
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Publication No.: US09071332B2Publication Date: 2015-06-30
- Inventor: Jai Jin Lim , Woo Jae Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2010-0092472 20100920
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00 ; H04B7/26 ; H04J3/06 ; H04B7/185

Abstract:
An enhanced base station and clock synchronization method are provided. The method includes scanning to discover a satellite transmitting a satellite signal and a master base station providing clock synchronization signal, entering, when a satellite having a signal that fulfills predetermined conditions is found, a master mode for receiving the satellite signal to acquire clock synchronization and transmitting a clock synchronization signal to at least one slave base station, and entering, when no satellite having a signal that fulfills the predetermined conditions is found, a slave mode for receiving the clock synchronization signal from the master base station to acquire clock synchronization. The method allows the base station to switch between the master and slave modes dynamically according to variation of the communication environment, resulting in efficient clock synchronization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140187144A1 BASE STATION AND CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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