US 11,690,031 B2
Methods and apparatus for distributing time, frequency, and/or phase information
Saran Khalid, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,239.
Application 17/392,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/663,066, filed on Oct. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,082,937.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368461 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) [H04W 4/70 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of communicating timing information, the method comprising:
operating a first indoor device with a receiver to receive a signal transmitted by a first outdoor base station and to recover timing information from said received signal, said recovered timing information including an original reference time stamp indicating a time indicated by a reference timing source which provided timing information to said first outdoor base station; and
operating the first indoor device to communicate timing information recovered from said received signal to a second indoor device.