Patent ID: 7693031

Claim:
A method for detecting information in a system having a first acquisition pilot, the method comprising: receiving a first information from a serving sector related to how to reconstruct a second and third acquisition pilot (TDM 2 and TDM 3 ) and a primary broadcast control channel (PBCCH), TDM 2 , TDM 3 and PBCCH being of a neighboring sector, wherein said TDM 2 and TDM 3 are phase-shifted according to at least a second information; reconstructing said TDM 2 , TDM 3 , and PBCCH of said neighboring sector using said first information without applying said phase-shift on said reconstructed TDM 2 and TDM 3 ; receiving said TDM 2 , TDM 3 , and PBCCH from said neighboring sector; correlating said reconstructed TDM 2 , TDM 3 , and PBCCH with said received TDM 2 , TDM 3 , and PBCCH, respectively; generating a plurality of phase correlation signals between at least one pair of: said correlated PBCCH and said correlated TDM 3 ; said correlated PBCCH and said correlated TDM 2 ; and said correlated TDM 2 and said correlated TDM 3 ; with phase-shifts applied on said correlated TDM 2 and said correlated TDM 3 for each hypothesized value of said second information according to a set of transmission rules; combining one or more of said phase correlation signals into a combined signal for said each hypothesized value of said second information; and determining said second information based on said combined signal.