Mobile station assisted timing synchronization in a cdma communication system
CA 2614565 A1 · Owner: Qualcomm Incorporated · Inventors: Wheatley, Charles E. Iii; Tiedemann, Edward G. Jr.
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In the present invention, the slave base station (64) attains synchronization with the , reference base station (62) through messages transmitted from and received by a mobile station , (60) in the soft handoff region between the reference base station (62) and the slave base station , (64). First, the round trip delay between the mobile station (60) and the reference base station , (62) is measured by the reference base station (62). Once the mobile station (60) acquires the , signal from the slave base station (64) it measures and reports the , difference between the amount of time it takes a signal to travel from the reference base station (62) to it and the amount , of time it …
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