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Method and apparatus for performing search acquisition in a multi-carrier communication system

  • US 6,466,606 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/1999
  • Issued: 10/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method to reduce search time for acquiring multiple carriers, comprising:

  • using sequentially smaller search windows to identify a first carrier, wherein the sequentially smaller search windows is a sequence of narrowly defined search windows; and

    using the smallest of the sequentially smaller search windows used to identify the first carrier is used to identify other carriers in the multiple carriers in a multi-carrier communications network.

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