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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Andrew Martin Robert Ward, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Martin Robert Ward, Cambridge, GB;
Ubisense Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A communication system comprising one or more transceiver units of a first type and one or more transceiver units of a second type capable of communicating with the transceiver units of the first type; each transceiver unit of the first type comprising: a frequency comparison unit for comparing the frequency of a signal received from a transceiver unit of the second type with a reference frequency; a feedback signal generator for generating a feedback signal dependent on the result of that comparison; and a transmitter for transmitting that signal to the transceiver unit of the second type; and each transceiver unit of the second type comprising: a local frequency reference unit on which the frequency of signals transmitted by it are dependent; and a frequency adjustment unit for receiving the feedback signal and adjusting the local frequency reference unit in dependence on the feedback signal.