Patent ID: 9462562
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communications operable at a network node, comprising: transmitting a synchronization capability request to a user equipment (UE) associated with the network node, the synchronization capability request requesting the UE to report synchronization information of at least one target cell; receiving a synchronization capability response from the UE as a response to the synchronization capability request, the synchronization capability response indicating the capability of the UE to perform measurements associated with the synchronization information; transmitting synchronization assistance data to the UE; transmitting a synchronization information request to the UE to obtain the synchronization information; receiving the synchronization information of the at least one target cell from the UE; and synchronizing time and frequency of the network node with that of the at least one target cell based on the received synchronization information.