Patent ID: 9161358
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A first station comprising: a transceiver configured to receive information from a second station; a control module configured to generate an adjustment signal based on the information to synchronize timing of the first station to timing of the second station; a first plurality of counters configured to, based on the adjustment signal, generate respective count values, wherein the first plurality of counters comprise a first counter and a second plurality of counters, wherein the count value of the first counter is indicative of an amount of time within a first slot of a time division multiple access channel, and wherein each of the count values of the second plurality of counters is based on one of the other count values of the first counter or the second plurality of counters; and a generation module configured to, in response to the count values of the first plurality of counters, generate a control signal to control when the transceiver transmits data, wherein the transceiver is configured to, based on the control signal, transmit the data in a second time slot on the time division multiple access channel without transmitting data in a third time slot, wherein the third time slot is allocated by the second station for a third station, and wherein the third time slot is sequentially after the second time slot.