Patent ID: 7627020

Claim:
A User Equipment (UE) for use in wireless telecommunications comprising: a receiver configured to receive and sample communication signals, where the communication signals have a time frame format, a transmission chip rate and a synchronization code associated with a time slot that includes a midamble that indicates a modulation of the synchronization code where the synchronization code is one of a predefined set of synchronization codes and a specified modulation of received synchronization codes identifies the timing for a timeslot in which data is to be received; a synchronization code determination circuit which processes sets of sequential communication signal samples within an input period which is based on an input rate that is at least as fast as the transmission chip rate including: a correlator component configured to correlate a sequential sample set with each of the synchronization codes of the predefined set of synchronization codes within one input period; and a detection circuit operatively associated with the correlator component to detect and track positive correlations of synchronization codes with sequential sample sets; a midamble determination circuit operatively associated with the synchronization code determination circuit and configured to determine midambles of positively correlated synchronization codes; and a phase modulation sequence detection circuit operatively associated with the midamble determination circuit and the synchronization code determination circuit to determine sequences of phase modulation of consecutive detected synchronization codes based on positive correlations of synchronization codes detected by the synchronization code determination circuit and a respective midamble determined by the midamble determination circuit.