Patent ID: 7778310

Claim:
A cell search method for a code division multiple access mobile communication system, comprising: transmitting, from a base station, control signals via first and second perch channels, said perch channels being formed such that a long period code assigned to said base station and a first short period code are mapped in a first section of one slot of said first perch channel; and transmitting, from said base station, a predetermined short period code mapped in a second section of said one slot of said second perch channel, said predetermined short period code for use by a mobile terminal for performing cell search by calculating a correlation value for said second section of said one slot, wherein said predetermined short period code is transmitted plural times within said second section of said one slot, wherein said second section of said one slot of the first perch channel further includes a common short code, and spreading factors of said common short code and of said predetermined short period code are smaller than a spreading factor of said first short period code.