Resynchronization of devices that use different timing references
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBilal Sadiq, Boon Loong Ng, Junsung Kim
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Abstract
A method includes repeatedly sending, by a first device, sync beacons to a second device in a target network at a first frequency. The method also includes determining that the second device will use beacons received from an unrelated sync provider (USP) device for synchronization of a clock of the second device with the target network. The method further includes repeatedly sending the sync beacons to the second device at a second frequency that is less frequent than the first frequency. The second frequency is determined based on a maximum synchronization error tolerance of the target network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- repeatedly sending, by a first device, sync beacons to a second device in a target network at a first frequency;
- determining that the second device will use beacons received from an unrelated sync provider (USP) device for synchronization of a clock of the second device with the target network;
- and
- repeatedly sending the sync beacons to the second device at a second frequency that is less frequent than the first frequency,
- wherein the second frequency is determined based on a maximum synchronization error tolerance of the target network.
A device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
- control the transceiver to repeatedly send sync beacons to a second device in a target network at a first frequency;
- determine that the second device will use beacons received from an unrelated sync provider (USP) device for synchronization of a clock of the second device with the target network;
- and
- control the transceiver to repeatedly send the sync beacons to the second device at a second frequency that is less frequent than the first frequency,
- wherein the processor is configured to determine the second frequency based on a maximum synchronization error tolerance of the target network.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code that, when executed by a processor of a device, causes the device to:
- repeatedly send sync beacons to a second device in a target network at a first frequency;
- determine that the second device will use beacons received from an unrelated sync provider (USP) device for synchronization of a clock of the second device with the target network;
- and
- repeatedly send the sync beacons to the second device at a second frequency that is less frequent than the first frequency,
- wherein the second frequency is determined based on a maximum synchronization error tolerance of the target network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.