A method of operating a multicarrier communication receiver, said method comprising: retrieving sample data transformed in frequency domain from a buffer of the receiver (100, 300), wherein the sample data comprises synchronization symbols each received from one of a plurality of wireless communication cells; detecting one wireless communication cell out of the plurality of wireless communication cells and estimating a coarse time offset value by: providing a first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a set of different reference sequences and a first set of rotation phase values, determining first correlation metric values by applying a partial correlation comprising part-wise correlating the sample data with each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences and non-coherent combining the partial correlation values of the parts for each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a first maximum value of the first correlation metric values, wherein the first maximum value yields (S235; S145) a cell identifier value and the coarse time offset; estimating a fine time offset value for the one wireless communication cell by: providing a second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a reference sequence associated with the cell identifier value and a second set of rotation phase values, determining second correlation metric values by applying a correlation comprising correlating the sample data with each one of the second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a second maximum value of the second correlation metric values corresponding to one of the second set of rotation phase values, wherein the second maximum value yields the fine time offset; regenerating a synchronization symbol, the synchronization symbol being one of the second set of phase- rotated reference sequences corresponding to the one of the second set of rotation phase values, based on the cell identifier value and the fine time offset; and cancelling the regenerated synchronization symbol from the sample data in the buffer. retrieving sample data transformed in frequency domain from a buffer of the receiver (100, 300), wherein the sample data comprises synchronization symbols each received from one of a plurality of wireless communication cells; detecting one wireless communication cell out of the plurality of wireless communication cells and estimating a coarse time offset value by: providing a first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a set of different reference sequences and a first set of rotation phase values, determining first correlation metric values by applying a partial correlation comprising part-wise correlating the sample data with each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences and non-coherent combining the partial correlation values of the parts for each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a first maximum value of the first correlation metric values, wherein the first maximum value yields (S235; S145) a cell identifier value and the coarse time offset; providing a first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a set of different reference sequences and a first set of rotation phase values, determining first correlation metric values by applying a partial correlation comprising part-wise correlating the sample data with each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences and non-coherent combining the partial correlation values of the parts for each one of the first set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a first maximum value of the first correlation metric values, wherein the first maximum value yields (S235; S145) a cell identifier value and the coarse time offset; estimating a fine time offset value for the one wireless communication cell by: providing a second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a reference sequence associated with the cell identifier value and a second set of rotation phase values, determining second correlation metric values by applying a correlation comprising correlating the sample data with each one of the second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a second maximum value of the second correlation metric values corresponding to one of the second set of rotation phase values, wherein the second maximum value yields the fine time offset; providing a second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, which are based on a reference sequence associated with the cell identifier value and a second set of rotation phase values, determining second correlation metric values by applying a correlation comprising correlating the sample data with each one of the second set of phase-rotated reference sequences, and determining a second maximum value of the second correlation metric values corresponding to one of the second set of rotation phase values, wherein the second maximum value yields the fine time offset; regenerating a synchronization symbol, the synchronization symbol being one of the second set of phase- rotated reference sequences corresponding to the one of the second set of rotation phase values, based on the cell identifier value and the fine time offset; and cancelling the regenerated synchronization symbol from the sample data in the buffer.