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Time synchronization method in CDMA system

US6483825B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 1999
Grant dateNov 19, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H20/67
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A time synchronization method in a CDMA system for synchronizing the time of a plurality of base stations and the time of a base station controller that controls each of these base stations includes providing the base station controller with a GPS receiver for receiving a signal from GPS satellites and generating a reference time based upon the received signal, adopting the reference time generated by the GPS receiver as the time of the base station controller, creating time reference information based upon this time and sending the time reference information to each base station. Each base station synchronizes its own time to the that of the base station controller based upon the time reference information it has received.

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