Patent ID: 7440529

Claim:
A method of synchronizing values within a set of counters in a wireless terminal device to target values in an administrative device for each of the counters, wherein the set of counters comprises a first, a second, and a third counter that count first, second, and third units of bandwidth, respectively, such that the first unit contains X number of second units, and the second unit contains Y number of third units, wherein X and Y are integers, the method comprising: A. synchronously incrementing all counters within the wireless terminal device until the third counter is within X times Y of the target value for the third counter; B. synchronously incrementing the second and third counters within the wireless terminal device until the third counter is within Y of the target value for the third counter; and C. incrementing the third counter within the wireless terminal device until the third counter is equal to the target value for the third counter.