Patent ID: 7313127

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a radio telemetry system using radio frequency (RF) burst communications comprising the steps of: generating at a base station a transmitted-reference (TR) pilot signal transmission, wherein the TR pilot signal is delay-hopped to provide a transmitted-reference, delay-hopped (TR/DH) pilot signal comprising a code word comprising chips, wherein the chips are transmitted sequentially, in a fixed duration, Tc, and each chip comprises pulse pairs; transmitting by the base station the TR/DH pilot signal to a plurality of mobile devices in the radio telemetry system; using the TR/DH pilot signal, a TR/DH receiver, and time-of-arrival estimator in each of the plurality of mobile devices to acquire synchronization with the base station; generating and buffering telemetry data at each of the plurality of mobile devices; and transmitting by each of the plurality of mobile devices telemetry data at a predetermined time after synchronization with the base station.