Patent ID: 7796987

Claim:
Apparatus for facilitating synchronization of a mobile station, the apparatus comprising: a first channel searcher adapted to receive indications of signals sent to the mobile station upon a first channel, the first channel searcher configured to detect broadcast of a first instance of first control information upon the first channel and the first channel searcher configured selectively to generate a first-detected indication of the first instance of the first control information and to detect broadcast of a second instance of the first control information upon the first channel and, selectively, to generate a second-detected indication of the first control information; and a second channel searcher adapted to receive indications of signals sent to the mobile station upon a second channel, the second channel searcher configured responsive to the first-detected indication made by the first channel searcher, to detect broadcast of second control information concurrent with the first channel searcher detecting the broadcast of the second instance of the first control information upon the first channel.