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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Dust Networks, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gordon Alexander Charles, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Lance Robert Doherty, Berkeley, CA (US);

Thor Nelson Juneau, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Mark Alan Lemkin, Berkeley, CA (US);

Jonathan Simon, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Zhenqiang Ye, Mountain House, CA (US);

Assignee:

Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 7/04 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04J 3/0652 (2013.01); H04J 3/0658 (2013.01); H04L 7/048 (2013.01); H04W 56/003 (2013.01); H04L 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for synchronizing nodes in a wireless network comprises a first node and a second node. The first node comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a first time keeper. The second node comprising a transmitter, a receiver, a second time keeper, a timing error measurer for making a timing error measurement between the first time keeper and the second time keeper. The second timekeeper is adjusted to target minimizing the timing error measurement.


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