Patent ID: 9668101
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of timing synchronization between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the method comprising: sending, by the first wireless device, a first message to the second wireless device; obtaining, by the first wireless device, a first timestamp at the first wireless device; receiving, by the first wireless device, a fine timing measurement frame from the second wireless device in response to the first message, the fine timing measurement frame including at least a part of a second timestamp from the second wireless device, wherein the second timestamp corresponds to a timing synchronization function (TSF) timer value for synchronization with the second wireless device; and synchronizing the first wireless device to the second wireless device, in response to determining that the first wireless device is not synchronized to the second wireless device based at least partially on the part of the second timestamp and the first timestamp.