Patent ID: 8094767

Claim:
A method for timing acquisition in a receiver, the method comprising: receiving data modulated according to a first modulation scheme; receiving a first and a second synch value modulated according to a second modulation scheme; wherein the first synch value is included in a first frame and the second synch value is included in a second frame that is different than the first frame; generating, based on a reference signal, a receive RF local oscillator signal that is used to down-convert a received RF signal; based on the down-converted RF signal, determining a relative time of arrival between the first and second synch values, and tuning the reference signal based on a relative time of arrival between the first and the second synch values; wherein tuning the reference signal comprises synchronizing a timing of the reference signal to a timing associated with the received RF signal; wherein the reference signal is used to process the data modulated according to the first modulation scheme.