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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2003
Yasushi Hiraoka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuhiko Nobunaga, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yasushi Hiraoka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuhiko Nobunaga, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Company Limited, Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
A TDMA communications apparatus is provided with a central processor and a control circuit for resetting or fine-adjusting a count value of a slot timing generating counter which generates slot timing pulses used for establishing synchronization of communication. The central processor switches the apparatus to coarse adjustment mode upon detecting RSSI level of a signal received from specific one of other stations. Then, the central processor switches the apparatus to verification mode to verify that data of individual slots are correctly received for a specific period of time and proceeds to fine adjustment mode, in which the central processor fine adjusts the count value of the slot timing generating counter so as to track the signal from the specific station using it as a tracking station.