Packet Transmission Timing Parameter Discovery For Wireless Communication Synchronization

An apparatus, comprising at least one at least one processor or programmable logic device (PLD) coupled to memory and configured to be coupled to an antenna, the processor or PLD being programmed to

• wirelessly receive multiple transmitted packets, each of the multiple packets being received at a time interval from a previous received packet that is based at least in part on a pseudorandom number generated from one or more packet transmission timing parameters;
• measure one or more of the time intervals, each of the time intervals being measured between receipt of a pair of the multiple received packets;
• use the measured time intervals to discover one or more of the packet transmission timing parameters;
• calculate a pseudorandom number using the discovered packet transmission timing parameters and using the calculated pseudorandom number to determine a listening time for a future transmitted packet;
• and
• listen for a future transmitted packet at the determined listening time.

A method, comprising:

• wirelessly transmitting multiple transmitted packets from a first radio apparatus, each of the multiple packets being transmitted at a time interval from a previous transmitted packet that is based at least in part on a pseudorandom number generated from one or more packet transmission timing parameters;
• wirelessly receiving the multiple transmitted packets in a second radio apparatus;
• measuring one or more of the time intervals in the second radio apparatus, each of the time intervals being measured between receipt of a pair of the multiple received packets;
• using the measured time intervals to discover one or more of the packet transmission timing parameters;
• calculating the pseudorandom number using the discovered packet transmission timing parameters and using the calculated pseudorandom number to determine a listening time for an additional transmitted packet;
• wirelessly transmitting the additional packet from the first radio apparatus;
• and
• listening for the additional transmitted packet in the second radio apparatus at the determined listening time.