Patent ID: 8861505

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a wireless communication device comprising: a synchronization signal generator configured to generate a synchronization signal based, at least in part, on a first timing signal associated with a first device, wherein the timing signal comprises a series of pulses having a constant frequency, further wherein the synchronization signal generator generates the synchronization signal every nth pulse at an event time; a synchronization packet generator configured to cause the device to generate a synchronization packet having a synchronization packet data field, wherein the synchronization packet data field includes: the synchronization signal; and an offset time corresponding to a delay between i) the event time, and ii) a broadcast time of the synchronization packet by the device; and a RF synchronization packet emitter configured to broadcast the synchronization packet, at the broadcast time, to a second device for use in synchronizing a second timing signal associated with the second device with the first timing signal.