Master function hand-off system
Abstract
Abstract IN A SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE UNITS TO A REPEATING CYCLE OF TIME SLOTS COMPRISING AN ESTABLISHED WORLDWIDE OR SYSTEM-WIDE TIME BASE TO WHICH THE VARIOUS MOBILE UNTS ARE SYNCHRONIZED, BUT TO DIFFERENT DEGREES, THE PRESENT IMPROVEMENT IS BASED UPON THE FACT THAT SOME UNITS ARE WELL SYNCHRONIZED AND CAN BECOME CYNCHRONIZATION DONORS WITH RESPECT TO OTHER LESS-WELL SYNCHRONIZED UNITS, AND THAT THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO BE OBTAINED FROM FREQUENTLY HANDING-OFF THE MASTER FUNCTION AMONG THOSE WELL-SYNCHRONIZATION DONOR IN AN ORDERLY SYSTEM PROVIDES MEANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS HANDING-OFF OF THE FUNCTION OF SYNCHRONIZATION DONOR IN AN ORDERLY MANNER WHICH WILL MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT AN ANY PARTICULAR MOMENT THERE WILL BE NO SYNCHRONIZATION DONOR OR THAT THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE SYNCHRONIZATION DONOR WITHIN RADIO RANGE OF OTHER MOBILE UNITS, WHICH COMPRISE THE SYNCHRONIZES.
Inventors
- 👤 Lothar Gottlieb
- 👤 Martin R Bates
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