Patent ID: 11863998
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A telecommunications timing system, comprising:
a synchronizable network timing clock for distributing timing within a first network;
a timing receiver for receiving a timing signal from a remote timing source; and
a synchronizer for synchronizing the synchronizable network timing clock to timing related to the received timing signal to generate a synchronized timing signal;
wherein:
the telecommunications timing system is incorporated within a first network entity having a first scheduler configured to coordinate different communication systems, and
the first network entity is in communication with a second network entity, each of the first network entity and the second network entity being configured to use the remote timing source such that the first and the second network entities may communicate due to timing synchronization, the first network entity including a plurality of first wireless base stations, and the second network entity including a plurality of second wireless base stations.