Patent ID: 8107984

Claim:
A method for distributing timing information among a plurality of master devices, comprising: receiving a global clock by each master device of the plurality of master devices, wherein each master device comprises a respective wireless communication device, wherein each master device is a respective master of a corresponding wireless network, wherein each master device operates according to a respective and unique local clock that is independent of the global clock, wherein a slave device wirelessly communicates with a first master device of the plurality of master devices by synchronizing with the respective local clock of the first master device; determining, in each master device, a respective offset between the global clock and the respective local clock, wherein the respective offsets are different from each other; and transmitting the respective offset of the first master device of the plurality of master devices to a second master device of the plurality of master devices to facilitate a handoff of the slave device from the first master device that is a master of a first wireless network to the second master device that is a master of a second wireless network.