Communication system and synchronization method
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorCheng-Kang Lin
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Abstract
A synchronization method is suitable between a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus. The synchronization method include following steps. A first interrupt signal is generated to trigger a first timer on the first electronic apparatus. A radio frequency packet is transmitted from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus. In response to that the radio frequency packet is received by the second electronic apparatus, a second interrupt signal is generated to trigger a second timer on the second electronic apparatus. The second timer is synchronized with the first timer or a timestamp of the first timer is estimated according to the second interrupt signal and the radio frequency packet.
Claims14
A communication system, comprising:
- a first electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a first control circuit;
- a first radio frequency transceiver coupled with the first control circuit, the first radio frequency transceiver being configured to generate a first interrupt signal to the first control circuit and transmit a radio frequency packet;
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- a first wireless communication transceiver configured to transmit an wireless communication packet in an wireless communication active time slot;
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- a second electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a second control circuit;
- a second radio frequency transceiver coupled with the second control circuit, the second radio frequency transceiver being configured to receive the radio frequency packet and generate a second interrupt signal to the second control circuit in response to that the radio frequency packet is received;
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- a second wireless communication transceiver configured to receive the wireless communication packet from the first electronic apparatus;
- wherein the first interrupt signal is configured to trigger a first timer of the first control circuit, the second interrupt signal is configured to trigger a second timer of the second control circuit, the second timer is synchronized with the first timer or a timestamp of the first timer is estimated according to the second interrupt signal and the radio frequency packet,
- wherein a first transmission latency between the first radio frequency transceiver and the second radio frequency transceiver is shorter than a second transmission latency between the first wireless communication transceiver and the second wireless communication transceiver,
- wherein the wireless communication packet is generated by the first wireless communication transceiver in accordance with the first timer, and the wireless communication packet is sampled by the second wireless communication transceiver in accordance with the second timer.
A synchronization method, suitable between a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus, the synchronization method comprising:
- generating, by a first radio frequency transceiver, a first interrupt signal to trigger a first timer on the first electronic apparatus;
- transmitting a radio frequency packet from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus;
- in response to that the radio frequency packet is received by the second electronic apparatus, generating, by a second radio frequency transceiver, a second interrupt signal to trigger a second timer on the second electronic apparatus, wherein the second timer is synchronized with the first timer or a timestamp of the first timer is estimated according to the second interrupt signal and the radio frequency packet;
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- transmitting an wireless communication packet in an wireless communication active time slot from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus, wherein a first transmission latency between the first radio frequency transceiver and the second radio frequency transceiver is shorter than a second transmission latency between a first wireless communication transceiver and a second wireless communication transceiver,
- wherein the wireless communication packet is generated by the first wireless communication transceiver in accordance with the first timer, and the wireless communication packet is sampled by the second wireless communication transceiver in accordance with the second timer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.