Method for synchronization of wireless devices through accelerated advance of counters

• Main Authors: MILLER KEVIN, HEBSGAARD ANDERS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.01.2008
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method for synchronizing counters in a wireless terminal device with those of an administrative device. A wireless terminal device advances its frame counter. With each increment of the frame counter, the wireless terminal device minislot counter advances by an amount equal to the number of minislots per frame. Likewise, with each increment of the frame counter, the wireless terminal, device's timestamp counter is incremented by the number of timestamps per frame. This continues until the counters at the wireless terminal device are within one frame of the administrative device's counters. The minislot counter is then incremented. With each increment of the minislot counter, the timestamp counter is incremented by an amount equal to the number of timestamps per minislot. This continues until the wireless terminal devices counters are within a minislot of the administrative device's counters. The timestamp counter is then incremented until the wireless terminal device's counters match those of the administrative device.