Patent ID: 11902923
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A network comprising:
a first network node;
a second network node comprising a first memory, a first controller coupled to the first memory, and a first power module; and
a third network node comprising a second memory, a second controller coupled to the second memory, a second power module, and a first sensor module, wherein:
the first network node is a parent node of the second network node,
the third network node is a child node of the second network node,
the second network node is configured to:
communicate with the third network node via a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol, and
when the second network node has not synchronized to the first network node within a guard time period established for the third network node, exchange synchronization data with the third network node to enable the third network node to be time synchronized to the second network node before the second network node is synchronized to the first network node.