Patent ID: 8254865

Claim:
A method of synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter in a communications system comprising a multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) architecture, the architecture comprising a first and a second radio frequency chain, the communications system being configured to transceive at least two signals having a predetermined frequency separation, and the method comprising the steps of: a) locking a frequency of the receiver to an external timing reference, wherein the external timing reference comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) timing reference; and b) locking a frequency of the transmitter to the external timing reference, wherein each of steps a) and b) is carried out independently of one another, and wherein the GPS timing reference is configured to lock a plurality of transceivers such that the method is usable in any of a point-to-point application, a point-to-multipoint application, and a multipoint-to-multipoint application.