Patent ID: 7630730
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for time control of the processing of a radio signal in a synchronization apparatus in a mobile station in a mobile radio system, which has base stations and mobile stations, with the radio signal being transmitted from a base station, being subdivided into time frames with a predetermined number of chips, and having a specific time frame offset with respect to a reference time in the mobile station, the synchronization apparatus comprising: a counter configured to count chips in the radio signal and to produce a count, wherein the counter is synchronized to the reference time in the mobile station; and a controller configured to control the processing of a task associated with the radio signal, wherein the controller activates the processing of the task when the count matches a start count, wherein the start count is determined as a function of the time frame offset of the radio signal with respect to the reference time in the mobile station, wherein the controller is further configured to control the processing of the task as a function of a further parameter that during the processing indicates a termination count, and wherein the further parameter further comprises one or more of a hold count and a resumption count, wherein a hold count results in a postponement of an already initiated task, and a resumption count resumes a task that has been postponed by a hold count.