Method and system for preserving content timing across femtocell interfaces via timestamp insertion

摘要

Aspects of a method and system for preserving content timing across femtocell interfaces via timestamp insertion are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive a first time-stamped packet via a first interface and transcode the time-stamped packet. The femtocell may buffer the transcoded packet based on a time-stamp recovered from the packet and may transmit the buffered transcoded packet via a second interface. One of the first interface and the second interface may utilize the Internet Protocol. One of the first interface and the second interface may be a non-cellular interface and the other interface may be a cellular interface. The femtocell may be operable to generate a timestamp corresponding to a time instant at which a time-stamped packet arrived via the first interface or the second interface. The timestamp may be referenced to a clock within a cellular enabled communication devices communicatively coupled to the femtocell.

主权项

1. A base station, comprising:
a first transceiver configured to receive a first time-stamped data packet via a first communications protocol; a processor configured to transcode the first time-stamped data packet from a first format that is compatible with the first communications protocol to a second format that is compatible with a second communications protocol to provide a second time-stamped data packet; and a second transceiver configured to transmit the second time-stamped data packet via the second communications protocol, wherein the processor is further configured to control a transmission parameter of the second time-stamped data packet based on the first time-stamped data packet.