Patent ID: 9225509
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing a plurality of wireless communication devices in a wireless communication system, the method comprising, at a wireless communication device: receiving a plurality of transmissions from another wireless communication device, wherein each transmission comprises a plurality of time slots carrying voice or data and a plurality of signaling fields inserted between the time slots, wherein the plurality of signaling fields include a first set of signaling fields of a first information type and a second set of signaling fields of a second information type; detecting at least two consecutive signaling fields of the first information type in at least one of the plurality of received transmissions; recovering at least two signaling fields of the second information type following the detected two consecutive signaling fields of the first information type; for each one of the at least two recovered signaling fields of the second information type: responsive to actually receiving some of the plurality of further subsequent signaling fields of the second information type, including at least the third signaling field of the second information type, comparing the predicted further subsequent signaling fields of the second information type with the actual received further subsequent signaling fields of the second information type; and achieving synchronization when a number of matches obtained between the actual received further subsequent signaling fields and the corresponding predicted further subsequent signaling fields meets a threshold number of required matches.