Patent ID: 8219130

Claim:
A method for equalizing a simulcast pilot signal at a mobile wireless communications device comprising: receiving, at the mobile wireless communications device, the simulcast pilot signal from a plurality of wireless base stations at different locations; generating, at the mobile wireless communications device, a plurality of simulated pilot signals from a matrix comprising a plurality of time delayed versions of the simulcast pilot signal based upon a plurality of filters, each simulated pilot signal being based on a corresponding time delay; determining, at the mobile wireless communications device, a closest match simulated pilot signal from the plurality of simulated pilot signals for the simulcast pilot signal; and equalizing, at the mobile wireless communications device, the received simulcast pilot signal using a respective time delay of the closest match simulated pilot signal; wherein the plurality of filters comprises a set of first filters, each successive first filter having a corresponding time delay incremented a first value, and a set of second filters, each successive second filter having a corresponding time delay incremented a second value, the second value being smaller than the first value.