SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION IN MESH WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) FOR MACHINE-TYPE-COMMUNICATION (MTC) AND INTERNET OF EVERYTHING (IOE) COMMUNICATION

摘要

A method for synchronizing a communication device includes synchronizing a first communication device to a network using an initial synchronization signal, synchronizing a second communication device to the network using the initial synchronization signal, associating the first communication device to the second communication device such that the first communication device may communicate information through the second communication device, and broadcasting a periodic secondary relay synchronization signal from the second communication device to the first communication device, the periodic secondary relay synchronization signal having a period that is longer than a period of the initial synchronization signal.