Patent ID: 9515756
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04J,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting one or more requests from a slave device to a master device in a communication network, each request having a corresponding request transmit initiation time and a request reception time; in response to each of the transmitted requests, receiving, at the slave device, a melded response from the master device, each melded response having a corresponding response transmit initiation time and a response reception time, wherein each melded response comprises a first value representing the request reception time and a second value representing the response transmit initiation time; estimating, at the slave device, a synchronization parameter value and determining a confidence level associated with the synchronization parameter value in accordance with the request transmit initiation time, the request reception time, the response reception time and the response transmit initiation time; and if the confidence level falls outside an acceptable range, adjusting clock parameters at the slave device to establish a timing synchronization between the slave device and the master device.