Method and devices for clock synchronization over links with asymmetric transmission rates

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PATENT NO 9843405
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14566943

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This invention relates to methods and devices for clock synchronization. The invention has particular application in the alignment of slave clocks to a master clock and in dealing with transmission delay asymmetries where the forward and reverse communication paths between the master and slave clocks have asymmetric transmission rates. Such methods and devices have particular application in small cell backhaul solutions for 4G/LTE deployments. In embodiments of the invention, the slave clock uses link rate information to estimate the transmission delay asymmetry and thus estimate the offset and skew of the slave clock. Embodiments provide a simple linear approximation technique and a Kalman filter-based technique for estimating offset and skew of the slave clock.

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  • BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY;EMIRATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION;KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND RESEARCH

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Aweya, James Abu Dhabi, AE 79 2934

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