Patent ID: 7535958

Claim:
A method for wireless communications between a first node and a second node, comprising: delivering a timing reference signal via a wired interconnect structure to the first node and the second node; transmitting a radio signal in response to the timing reference signal at the first node, the radio signal carrying data; receiving the radio signal in response to the timing reference signal at the second node; executing a synchronization process to set at least one of a transmit drive point on the first node and a receive sample point on the second node, and including transmitting a control signal related to the synchronization process via a wired interconnect structure between the first and second node; and producing a transmit drive signal in response to the timing reference signal at the first node and producing a receive sample signal in response to the timing reference signal at the second node, and adjusting the timing based on the synchronization process of at least one of the transmit drive signal at the first node and the receive sample signal at the second node to coordinate communication between the first and second nodes.