Patent ID: 11864140
Assignee: INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the time adjustment is a time difference Δt of the slave clock from the master clock and is calculated by the slave node using equations, t
     
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  ,, the c being a speed of radio wave, tTXS being the start time of sending the first message on the slave clock of the slave node, TTXS being the TX processing time of the first message calculated by the slave node, tRXM being the receiving time of receiving the first message on the master clock of the master node, TRXM being the RX processing time of the first message calculated by the master node, tTXM being a start time of sending the second message on the master clock of the master node, TTXM being the TX processing time of the second message calculated by the master node, tRXS being the receiving time of receiving the second message on the slave clock of the slave node, TRXS being the RX processing time of the second message calculated by the slave node, R1 being the first distance between the slave node and the master node at the start time tTXS calculated by the slave node, and R2 being a second distance between the slave node and the master node at the start time tTXM calculated by the slave node.