Patent ID: 6574483
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A method for processing a signal comprising:measuring a series of energy levels of said signal; generating a series of electronic representations of said signal based on said series of energy levels; searching said series of electronic representations for a set of forward link signals; demodulating a sub-set of forward link signals that contains at least one forward link signal for each transmitter, said at least one forward link signal having a greater signal strength than a remaining set of all other forward link signals also associated with said transmitter; and matching said first set of instances of said signal with said second set of instances of said signal, and for assigning an un-assigned finger, if said un-assigned finger exists, to a particular instance of said signal from said second set of instances of said signal, said particular instance having a corresponding transmitter index that is different than every transmitter index from said first set instances of said of signal, said assigning being dependent on whether any finger is demodulating a supplemental channel to insure that at least one finger is assigned to a source that is transmitting on supplemental channels, if one exists.