Patent ID: 8416761

Claim:
A method, in a wireless communications system, for mitigating at least one of a transmission timing synchronization loss and a receiving timing synchronization loss at a base station, the method comprising: determining, at a first base station, a loss of a timing reference, wherein the timing reference is used by the first base station for timing synchronization of at least one of a transmission and reception of wireless data, and wherein the timing synchronization is predefined and common between at least the first base station and a second base station; and adjusting, in response to the determining, a duration of at least one of a transmit guard time and a receive guard time by at least one symbol time, wherein each of the transmit guard time and the receive guard time is a time period between symbols, during which symbols the first base station exchanges data with a wireless communication device, and wherein the transmit guard time and the receive guard time are time periods when neither the first base station nor the wireless communication device are transmitting.