- Patent Title: Methods for nanosecond-scale time synchronization over a network
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Application No.: US17590621Application Date: 2022-02-01
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Publication No.: US12081643B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Philip A. Kratz , Mainak Chowdhury , Alexander Hooshmand , Daniel M. Jacker
- Applicant: ZaiNar, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Run8 Patent Group, LLC
- Agent Peter Miller
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00 ; H04L7/04 ; H04L7/08 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first synchronization signal at a first time according to a first clock of the first node; back-coupling the first synchronization signal to generate a first self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the first self-receive signal according to the first clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the second synchronization signal according to the first clock. The method also includes, at the second node: transmitting the second synchronization signal at a second time according to a second clock of the second node; back-coupling the second synchronization signal to generate a second self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the second self-receive signal according to the second clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the first synchronization signal according to the second clock. The method S100 further includes calculating a time bias and a propagation delay between the pair of nodes based on the time-of-arrivals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220158816A1 METHODS FOR NANOSECOND-SCALE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OVER A NETWORK Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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