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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2003
Applicants:

Chae-man Lim, Seoul, KR;

Yong-serk Kim, Suwon-shi, KR;

Inventors:

Chae-Man Lim, Seoul, KR;

Yong-Serk Kim, Suwon-shi, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04B 7/216 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and method manages timings of Node Bs by performing a first-step cell search on primary synchronization channel signals transmitted from the Node Bs, and stores frame boundary indexes representing frame boundaries for the Node Bs by performing a second-step cell search on secondary synchronization channel signals received from the Node Bs. Upon receiving a third-step cell search start command, the apparatus and method compares frame boundary timing corresponding to each of the frame boundary indexes to a current timing from a reference timer, performs a third-step cell search on hypotheses corresponding to the frame boundary indexes at a next slot boundary following the current timing by using scrambling codes in a Node B code group obtained by the second-step cell search, and provides a third-step cell search complete information after completing the third-step cell search on hypotheses corresponding to the frame boundary indexes.


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