Patent ID: 8542755

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a Radio Frequency (RF) subsystem; a Baseband (BB) subsystem; and a digital interface operable to allow said radio frequency (RF) subsystem and said BB subsystem to communicate; wherein said RF subsystem includes at least a converter operable to convert a data burst into a continuous stream of data samples at a transmit (TX) chain and to convert a continuous stream into a data burst of data samples at a receive (RX) chain, respectively, and a timer block operable to provide a timer value (n), assigning a time reference to said continuous stream of data samples, and to respond to a time event (TxStartValue, RxStartValue); and wherein said BB subsystem includes at least a controller operable to define said time event, and a counter operable to count a number (k) of said data samples at said converter, said counter being aligned with said time reference based on a relation between said timer value (n) and said number (k); and wherein the BB subsystem controller is operative to account for delays introduced by said digital interface by the relation between said timer value (n) and said number (k).