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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Henry Burford, Leesburg, VA (US);
Eric C. English, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Seng Gan, Ashburn, VA (US);
Khoi Dinh Nguyen, Lenexa, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Methods for wirelessly connecting a small cell to a grandmaster timing device are disclosed. The methods can include identifying one or more grandmaster timing devices and wirelessly requesting an IP address to enable a small cell to connect to a grandmaster timing device for time synchronization. The methods may further include selecting a grandmaster timing device based on a predetermined preference order that includes a relative preference level for different types of grandmaster timing devices.