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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventor:
Eugene S. Mitchell, Jr., Blue Srings, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/7073 (2011.01); G04F 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/7073 (2013.01); G04F 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for implementing a timing synchronization or a backup timing synchronization in a telecommunication network. Timing pulses are received from a celestial body such as a star, pulsar, or quasar. The timing pulses are periodic and repetitive and act as a primary reference source in place of GPS timing or an atomic clock. The telecommunication network is synchronized from the timing pulses.