| US 7,558,294 B2 | ||
| Time synchronization in a network | ||
| Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, Fla. (US); Srinivas Katar, Ocala, Fla. (US); Timothy J. Vandermey, Altamonte Springs, Fla. (US); James E. Petranovich, La Jolla, Calif. (US); Neal K. Riedel, Carlsbad, Calif. (US); George M. Peponides, Encinitas, Calif. (US); and Sherman Leon Gavette, Camas, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intellon Corporation, Ocala, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/339,293. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/702717, filed on Jul. 27, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/705720, filed on Aug. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0025398 A1, Feb. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—509 [370/236; 370/445; 340/538] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method for communicating between stations in a network, the method comprising:
providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among the stations;
transmitting a signal from a first station and receiving the signal at a second station; and
generating the signal based on a local clock at the first station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission
received by the first station; and
sampling the signal at sample times based on a local clock at the second station and time adjustment information in a beacon
transmission received by the second station.
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