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AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorSaran Khalid
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Timing synchronization information is communicated to a plurality of indoor communications devices supporting NB-IoT, e.g., indoor CBSDs supporting NB-IoT, from an outdoor communications device, e.g. a cellular base station supporting NB-IoT signaling using guard bands of a communications channel. An indoor device receiving the timing synchronization information from the outdoor device via NB-IoT signaling may, and sometimes does, process and forward synchronization information to other indoor devices, e.g. other CBSDs, which may be out of direct range of the outdoor device. In some embodiments, a plurality of outdoor base stations supporting NB-IoT receive timing reference information for distribution from the same NPT server coupled to a single reference source, e.g. an atomic clock.
A method of communicating timing information, the method comprising:
A communications system comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor of a first indoor device cause the first indoor device to perform the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.