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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, FR;
Sundararajan Sriram, Plano, TX (US);
Eric Biscondi, Opio, FR;
Frank Honore, Boston, MA (US);
Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, FR;
Sundararajan Sriram, Plano, TX (US);
Eric Biscondi, Opio, FR;
Frank Honore, Boston, MA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication system (). The system comprises a transceiver (), and the transceiver comprises a code counter (LCSTC) and a clock oscillator () for advancing a count in the code counter. The transceiver further comprises circuitry () for receiving a time message based on a system time external from the transceiver and circuitry () for determining a system time count and for storing the system time count to the code counter in response to the time message. Further, code counter continues to be advanced from the system time count in response to the clock oscillator. The transceiver further comprises circuitry () for repeatedly evaluating the count in the code counter, after advancement from the system time count, to ascertain whether the count has drifted to an inaccurate count. Lastly, the transceiver further comprises circuitry (), responsive to detecting an inaccurate count, for adjusting the inaccurate count to a perceived accurate count.