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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
David Richard Hargreaves, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Hubball, Herts, GB;
Christopher Peter Hubball, Cambridge, GB;
David Richard Hargreaves, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides a communications unit for operation in a communication system in accordance with a protocol that operates to a first clock resolution, the communications unit comprising a first clock, operating to the first resolution, a second clock operating to a second resolution higher than the first resolution, means configured to respond to a request to report a clock value by reporting: (a) the current value of the first clock and (b) information indicating the time on the second clock at which the first clock ticked to its current value.