Patent ID: 8767708

Claim:
In a wireless receiver device that operates within a wireless communication network having one or more base stations, a method comprising: receiving a signal that includes a first transmission from a first base station and at least one second transmission from at least one second base station; wherein the first transmission comprises a first primary synchronization channel (PSCH) and a first secondary synchronization channel (SSCH) and the second transmission comprises a second PSCH and a second SSCH; wherein the first transmission overlaps in time with the second transmission; jointly estimating at least one of: (a) a first received power associated with the first SSCH transmission from the first base station and a second received power associated with the SSCH transmission from the second base station; and (b) a first channel response associated with the first SSCH transmission from the first base station and a second channel response associated with the second SSCH transmission from the second base station; and determining an identifier associated with at least one of the second PSCH and the second SSCH transmitted from the second base station based on one of: (a) the estimated received second power; and (b) the second channel response.