Apparatus in synchronization system and methods for operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523362-B2
Application number	US-202016733650-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2020
Priority date	Jan 3, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure is A first apparatus for estimating a delay time in a synchronization system is provided. The first apparatus includes a detector configured to detect a request signal generated by a second apparatus, and a generator configured to generate a response signal corresponding to the request signal and output the response signal. The request signal is received through a cable from the second apparatus and the response signal is transmitted to the second apparatus through the cable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first apparatus in a synchronization system, the first apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect a request signal generated by a second apparatus,
wherein the detector comprises:
a charger configured to be charged by the request signal and output a signal to a regulator after being charged, and
a comparator configured to instruct a generator whether to generate a response signal based on a magnitude of a signal input to the charger and a magnitude of a signal output from the regulator,

wherein the generator is configured to:
generate the response signal corresponding to the request signal, and
output the response signal,

wherein the request signal is received from the second apparatus through a cable, and
wherein the response signal is transmitted to the second apparatus through the cable.

2. The first apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the request signal includes a power signal having a pre-defined length, and
wherein the detector is further configured to detect a disappearance of the power signal.

3. The first apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an amplifier configured to amplify an external signal received through an antenna; and
the regulator configured to supply a power to the amplifier,
wherein the regulator is further configured to convert a first power signal provided from the detector into a second power signal for operation of the amplifier.

4. The first apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a signal sorter positioned between the second apparatus and an antenna device which is configured to receive a satellite signal, wherein the signal sorter is configured to sort signal paths of a power signal and the satellite signal by providing the power signal to a response module and the satellite signal to the cable,
wherein the regulator is configured to convert a power signal provided from the detector into a signal having a pre-defined voltage, and
wherein the detector is further configured to detect the request signal based on an output of the regulator.

5. The first apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an amplifier configured to amplify a first satellite signal provided from an antenna device, the antenna device comprising an antenna configured to receive the first satellite signal;
and
a signal sorter positioned between the second apparatus and the antenna device,
wherein the signal sorter is configured to:
sort signal paths of a power signal and the first satellite signal by providing the power signal to a response module and the first satellite signal to the cable, and
provide a second power signal provided from the second apparatus to the detector, and

wherein the regulator is further configured to convert a third power signal provided from the detector into a fourth power signal for operation of the amplifier.

6. A method performed by a first apparatus in a synchronization system, the method comprising:
detecting, by a detector, a request signal generated by a second apparatus;
charging, by a charger, a power based on the request signal and outputting a signal to a regulator after being charged;
instructing, by a comparator, a generator whether to generate a response signal based on a magnitude of a signal input to the charger and a magnitude of a signal output from the regulator;
generating, by the generator, the response signal corresponding to the request signal; and
outputting, by the generator, the response signal,
wherein the request signal is received from the second apparatus through a cable, and
wherein the response signal is transmitted to the second apparatus through the cable.

7. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the request signal comprises a power signal having a pre-defined length, and
wherein the detecting of the request signal includes detecting a disappearance of the power signal.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
supplying, by the regulator, a power to an amplifier;
amplifying, by the amplifier, an external signal received through an antenna; and
converting, by the regulator, a first power signal provided from the detector into a second power signal for operation of the amplifier.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
sorting, by a signal sorter positioned between the second apparatus and an antenna device which is configured to receive a satellite signal, signal paths of a power signal and the satellite signal by providing the power signal to a response module and the satellite signal to the cable; and
converting, by the regulator, a power signal provided from the detector into a signal having a pre-defined voltage,
wherein the request signal is detected based on an output of the regulator.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
amplifying, by an amplifier, a first satellite signal provided from an antenna device, the antenna device comprising an antenna configured to receive the first satellite signal;
sorting, by a signal sorter positioned between the second apparatus and the antenna device, signal paths of a power signal and the first satellite signal by providing the power signal to a response module and the first satellite signal to the cable;
providing, by the signal sorter, a second power signal provided from the second apparatus to the detector; and
converting, by the regulator, a third power signal provided from the detector into a fourth power signal for operation of the amplifier.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jinsoo
• Lee Hyunpyo
• Park Byoungkon
• Lee Jaeyoon
• Han Seungpyo

Classifications

• H04W56/004

  compensating for timing error of reception due to propagation delay · CPC title

• H04B1/1607

  Supply circuits (converters H02M; filters therefor H02M1/14; voltage stabilisers G05F1/46) · CPC title

• H04B3/462 Primary

  Testing group delay or phase shift, e.g. timing jitter · CPC title

• H04J3/0682 Primary

  by delay compensation, e.g. by compensation of propagation delay or variations thereof, by ranging · CPC title

• H04W56/005 Primary

  compensating for timing error by adjustment in the receiver · CPC title