Patent ID: 8599749

Claim:
At least one processor configured to detect pilot signals in a multi-carrier wireless network, comprising: a first module for receiving a traffic channel update message including two or more pilot signals to be included in an active pilot set; a second module for determining whether a search window has been stored for tracking each of the two or more pilot signals; and a third module for, upon determining that a search window has not been stored for one or more of the pilot signals, assigning a search window center to the one or more pilot signals which allows the one or more pilot signals to be tracked, wherein the one or more of the pilot signals for which the access terminal has not stored a search window belongs to a pilot group, the pilot group including at least one pilot signal for which the access terminal has stored a search window, and wherein the assigning further comprises assigning a known search window center associated with the member of the pilot group for which the access terminal has stored a search window to the one or more pilot signals for which the access terminal has not stored a search window and which belongs to the pilot group.