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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yayoi Nomura, Fukuoka, JP;
Takayuki D Okamasu, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Kurogi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuichi Inao, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Onojou, JP;
Syunsuke Koga, Fukuoka, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method and a device perform time-synchronization with an ad hoc network configured by a plurality of nodes. The method includes: transmitting a time-synchronization request frame including an address of one of the plurality of nodes which belong to the ad hoc network to one of the plurality of nodes having a function of receiving the time-synchronization request frame and transmitting a time-synchronization reply frame including time-synchronization information; receiving the time-synchronization reply frame including the time-synchronization information from one of the plurality of nodes which receive the time-synchronization request frame; and performing time-synchronization with one of the plurality of nodes using the time-synchronization information included in the time-synchronization reply frame.