Femtocell handset assisted clock correction

A computer program product, comprising a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program code recorded thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• conducting a frequency scan by altering a clock frequency of a clock source of a first wireless communication base station across a frequency range;
• while performing the frequency scan, receiving from a wireless communication device signal strength measurements of a signal between the wireless communication device and a second wireless communications base station as a function of a frequency being scanned;
• and
• selecting a desirable clock frequency for the clock source of the first wireless communication base station, wherein selecting the desirable clock frequency includes generating a Gaussian representation of the signal strength measurements as a function of scanned frequencies and selecting a as the desirable clock frequency, a clock frequency in which the signal strength measurement is at a Gaussian center;
• receiving frame number parameters associated with the second wireless communication base station at a rate that enables the determination of a clock drift rate;
• and
• deriving an adjustment to the clock source of the first wireless communications base station to converge the accuracy of the clock source of the first wireless communications base station to an accuracy of a clock source of the second wireless communications base station.

A method comprising:

• conducting a frequency scan by altering a clock frequency of a clock source of a first wireless communication base station across a frequency range;
• while performing the frequency scan, receiving from a wireless communication device signal strength measurements of a signal between the wireless communication device and a second wireless communication base station, as a function of a frequency being scanned;
• and
• selecting a desirable clock frequency for the clock source of the first wireless communication base station,
• wherein selecting the desirable clock frequency includes generating a Gaussian representation of the signal strength measurements as a function of scanned frequencies and selecting as the desirable clock frequency, a clock frequency, in which the signal strength measurement is at a Gaussian center;
• receiving frame number parameters associated with the second wireless communication base station at a rate that enables the determination of a clock drift rate;
• deriving an adjustment to the clock source of the first wireless communications base station based on the clock drift rate and applying the adjustment to the clock source of the first wireless communications base station to converge the accuracy of the clock source of the first wireless communications base station to an accuracy of a clock source of the second wireless communications base station,
• wherein at least one of the conducting, receiving and determining is executed by a processor.