Patent ID: 9408170
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving, at a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless message from another wireless communication apparatus; updating a time value of a clock of the wireless communication apparatus based on the received wireless message; transmitting a first message including a current time value of the clock; determining, at the wireless communication apparatus, a first time interval since transmitting the first message; determining, at the wireless communication apparatus, a second time interval since the update of the time value of the clock; and transmitting a second message comprising content that is based on comparing the first time interval to a first threshold and comparing the second time interval to a second threshold, wherein for synchronization purposes, the content of the second message includes the time value of the clock except when the second time interval exceeds the second threshold.