Patent ID: 7133440

Claim:
A method for forward frame acquisition of a CDMA carrier signal, the method comprising the steps of: providing a receiver device, wherein the receiver device comprises at least one receiver antenna; providing a calibration routine that establishes a threshold energy level in an immediate channel environment; in response to receiving at least one first pseudo-noise (PN) encoded burst signal having energy content above the threshold energy level, identifying at least one receiver antenna receiving the at least one first PN encoded burst signal, wherein the step of receiving the at least one first pseudo-noise (PN) encoded burst signal having energy content above a predetermined level further comprises the step of: correlating the at least one first PN encoded burst signal with at least one known PN code, wherein the step of correlating further comprises the step of: parallel correlating during one of at least three equally spaced accumulation periods associated with the at least one first PN encoded burst signal; and frame synchronizing with the at least one first PN encoded burst signal having energy content above the threshold energy level.