ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,847, issued on July 15, was assigned to DISH Wireless LLC (Englewood, Colo.).
"Method and system for timing synchronization in a cellular network" was invented by David Zufall (Lone Tree, Colo.), Pareshkumar Panchal (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and William Ver Steeg (Buford, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aggregate cell of a cellular network includes a plurality of dispersed modular cells. The modular cells each include a cellular radio and collectively perform the function of a cellular base station. A distributed clock is established by transmitting timing beacons from one or more of the modular cells. Each modular cell receives...