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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicants:
Somasundaram Niranjayan, Culver City, CA (US);
Andreas F. Molisch, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Somasundaram Niranjayan, Culver City, CA (US);
Andreas F. Molisch, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/0055 (2013.01); H04B 7/2662 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04J 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A single wireless slave node may be in a timing virtual network (TVN) with neighboring wireless slave nodes. The single wireless slave node may store information indicative of the identity, link propagation delay, and channel signature of each of its neighboring wireless slave nodes. The single wireless slave node may repeatedly update a timing estimate based on the stored information and by performing a physical layer fast reference signal broadcast transmission and reception.