Synchronization system and method for wireless communicating nodes
Abstract
A system includes first and second wireless nodes having a clock with plural times, a wireless transceiver, and a processor cooperating with the transceiver to transmit and receive packets. The second node transceivers wirelessly communicate with the first or other second node transceivers. The second nodes include a Kalman filter with an output, plural filter gains, and an input representing the difference between: about the time of the clock when a received packet should have ideally been received, and a time when the received packet was actually received as measured by the clock. A circuit provides dynamic adjustment of the filter gains. The Kalman filter output estimates the difference between the time of the receiving node clock and a corresponding one of the times of the transmitting node clock. The second processor cooperates with the Kalman filter output to adjust the times of the receiving node clock.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Eaton Corp., Cleveland, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531834
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,912,164
- Application Number:
- 11/613,406
- Assignee:
- Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC26-04NT42071
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2006-12-20
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Armstrong, Brian S. R., Pereira, Luis R., and Rentel, Carlos H. Synchronization system and method for wireless communicating nodes. United States: N. p., 2011.
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Armstrong, Brian S. R., Pereira, Luis R., & Rentel, Carlos H. Synchronization system and method for wireless communicating nodes. United States.
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title = {Synchronization system and method for wireless communicating nodes},
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abstractNote = {A system includes first and second wireless nodes having a clock with plural times, a wireless transceiver, and a processor cooperating with the transceiver to transmit and receive packets. The second node transceivers wirelessly communicate with the first or other second node transceivers. The second nodes include a Kalman filter with an output, plural filter gains, and an input representing the difference between: about the time of the clock when a received packet should have ideally been received, and a time when the received packet was actually received as measured by the clock. A circuit provides dynamic adjustment of the filter gains. The Kalman filter output estimates the difference between the time of the receiving node clock and a corresponding one of the times of the transmitting node clock. The second processor cooperates with the Kalman filter output to adjust the times of the receiving node clock.},
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