Patent ID: 8305955
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04J,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a communication system comprising one or more Global Navigational Satellite Signal (GNSS) devices, one or more femtocells, one or more mobile cellular enabled communication devices, and one or more non-cellular network nodes, a method comprising: receiving, by one of said one or more femtocells, messages from a plurality of different sources comprising remaining ones of said one or more femtocells, said one or more mobile cellular enabled communication devices, and said one or more non-cellular network nodes, wherein said received messages comprise an indication of received GNSS signal strength of said remaining one or more femtocells, said one or more mobile cellular enabled communication devices, and said one or more non-cellular network nodes; and selecting, by said one of said one or more femtocells, based on said received messages, a clock within one of said plurality of different sources as a master clock for synchronization of said plurality of different sources.