GB201116521D0 - Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks

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GB201116521D0
GB201116521D0 GBGB1116521.4A GB201116521A GB201116521D0 GB 201116521 D0 GB201116521 D0 GB 201116521D0 GB 201116521 A GB201116521 A GB 201116521A GB 201116521 D0 GB201116521 D0 GB 201116521D0
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wireless networks
time synchronisation
synchronisation
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Priority to GBGB1116521.4A priority Critical patent/GB201116521D0/en
Publication of GB201116521D0 publication Critical patent/GB201116521D0/en
Priority to GB1209312.6A priority patent/GB2494949B/en
Priority to US13/623,828 priority patent/US8707077B2/en
Priority to CA2849594A priority patent/CA2849594C/en
Priority to JP2014531299A priority patent/JP5913596B2/ja
Priority to CN201280046483.8A priority patent/CN103828449B/zh
Priority to PCT/GB2012/000737 priority patent/WO2013041829A1/en
Priority to EP12772355.9A priority patent/EP2759174B1/en
Priority to AU2012311373A priority patent/AU2012311373B2/en
Priority to CN201610262195.6A priority patent/CN106162861B/zh
Priority to KR1020147010817A priority patent/KR101496108B1/ko
Priority to US14/198,989 priority patent/US9444567B2/en
Priority to US15/242,820 priority patent/US9794058B2/en
Priority to US15/701,677 priority patent/US10491371B2/en
Priority to US16/661,712 priority patent/US11394524B2/en
Priority to US17/867,296 priority patent/US11863656B2/en
Priority to US18/401,381 priority patent/US12395312B2/en
Priority to US19/285,097 priority patent/US20250358095A1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L7/00—Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter
    • H04L7/0008—Synchronisation information channels, e.g. clock distribution lines
    • H04L7/0012—Synchronisation information channels, e.g. clock distribution lines by comparing receiver clock with transmitter clock
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W56/00—Synchronisation arrangements
    • H04W56/001—Synchronization between nodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L7/00—Arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter
    • H04L7/04—Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals
    • H04L7/08—Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals the synchronisation signals recurring cyclically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J3/00—Time-division multiplex systems
    • H04J3/02—Details
    • H04J3/06—Synchronising arrangements
    • H04J3/0635—Clock or time synchronisation in a network
    • H04J3/0638—Clock or time synchronisation among nodes; Internode synchronisation
    • H04J3/0658—Clock or time synchronisation among packet nodes
    • H04J3/0661—Clock or time synchronisation among packet nodes using timestamps
    • H04J3/0667—Bidirectional timestamps, e.g. NTP or PTP for compensation of clock drift and for compensation of propagation delays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/1066—Session management
    • H04L65/1101—Session protocols
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/4302—Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
    • H04N21/4305—Synchronising client clock from received content stream, e.g. locking decoder clock with encoder clock, extraction of the PCR packets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/04—Synchronising
    • H04N5/06—Generation of synchronising signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W56/00—Synchronisation arrangements
    • H04W56/001—Synchronization between nodes
    • H04W56/0015—Synchronization between nodes one node acting as a reference for the others
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W84/00—Network topologies
    • H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
    • H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
    • H04W84/12—WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/08—Access point devices

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Synchronisation In Digital Transmission Systems (AREA)
  • Small-Scale Networks (AREA)
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GBGB1116521.4A GB201116521D0 (en) 2011-09-23 2011-09-23 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
GB1209312.6A GB2494949B (en) 2011-09-23 2012-05-24 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
US13/623,828 US8707077B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2012-09-20 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
JP2014531299A JP5913596B2 (ja) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 無線ネットワーク時刻同期のための方法及び装置
AU2012311373A AU2012311373B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
KR1020147010817A KR101496108B1 (ko) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 무선 네트워크에서의 시간 동기화를 위한 방법 및 장치
CN201280046483.8A CN103828449B (zh) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 用于无线网络中的时间同步的方法和装置
PCT/GB2012/000737 WO2013041829A1 (en) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
EP12772355.9A EP2759174B1 (en) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
CA2849594A CA2849594C (en) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 Method and apparatus for time sychronisation in wireless networks
CN201610262195.6A CN106162861B (zh) 2011-09-23 2012-09-21 用于无线网络中的时间同步的方法和装置
US14/198,989 US9444567B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2014-03-06 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
US15/242,820 US9794058B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2016-08-22 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
US15/701,677 US10491371B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2017-09-12 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
US16/661,712 US11394524B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2019-10-23 Method and apparatus for time synchronization in wireless networks
US17/867,296 US11863656B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2022-07-18 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
US18/401,381 US12395312B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2023-12-30 Method and apparatus for time synchronisation in wireless networks
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