Patent ID: 9397876
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a base station, a frame structure including an active region and a dummy region; receiving, by the base station, a round trip delay time of a signal transmission between a mobile station and a second base station; determining, by the base station, a second round trip delay between the base station and the mobile station; receiving a timing difference from the mobile station, the timing difference being based on a first transmission time between the base station and the mobile station and a second transmission time between the second base station and the mobile station; determining, by the base station, a timing error based on the round trip delay time, the second round trip time, and the timing difference; and adjusting, by the base station, a size of the dummy region based on the timing error.