Patent ID: 7916772

Claim:
A method of searching for, and optimizing reception of, a pilot signal in wireless communications, comprising: setting an antenna to an omnidirectional receiving pattern; loading a frequency offset stored in an offset memory; setting a pseudorandom number (PN) sequence offset to zero; detecting a signal from the antenna; comparing a magnitude of the signal to a first threshold; on a condition that a PN epoch is beginning: determining whether a valid pilot signal is present for the frequency offset, PN offset, and antenna receiving pattern; and on a condition that a valid pilot signal is not detected, changing the frequency offset by a predetermined offset increment on a condition that the frequency offset is less than a second threshold, and repeating the setting a PN sequence offset to zero; and on a condition that a valid pilot signal is detected, ending the method; and on a condition that a PN epoch is not beginning, repeating the comparing.