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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Garry Irvine, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04J 3/0641 (2013.01); H04J 3/0658 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
Networks, network devices and methods of synchronization using transfer of synchronization packets are provided. Some network devices are configured to use either a timing reference extracted based on GPS signals or an imported timing reference, as an operative time reference. A network device from which to import the time reference is selected and may be updated to meet a selection rule related to the quality of receiving the transfer of synchronization packets.