Zone synchronization in wireless communication networks
US8165168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication terminal includes a Radio Frequency (RF) unit and a baseband processor. The RF unit is operative to receive signals from a Base Station (BS) of a wireless communication network using a communication protocol that defines time frames divided in a time domain into zones. Each zone corresponds to a respective communication mode between the BS and the terminal and occupies respective time intervals within the frames.The baseband processor is coupled to receive from the BS via the RF unit synchronization information indicating whether the time intervals allocated to at least a given zone by the BS and by at least one other BS of the wireless communication network are synchronized with one another, and to process the signals received from the BS so as to cancel, responsively to the synchronization information, interference caused to the signals by the at least one other BS.
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