Patent ID: 7693209

Claim:
A method for frequency offset fine estimation in a TD-SCDMA system, comprising: (a) receiving SYNC-DL (synchronization downlink) code comprising S 1 and S 2 sent from a base station by a mobile terminal during a cell search process, wherein S 1 and S 2 are two different QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) modulation sequences of the SYNC-DL code; (b) determining a P-CCPCH position upon the completion of the initial cell search via reading a BCH message sent from the base station by a mobile terminal; (c) determining whether S 1 or S 2 is received by the mobile terminal base upon the P-CCPCH position determined in step (b), wherein S 1 is ascertained to be received if there is no P-CCPCH following thereafter, or S 2 ascertained to be received if there is P-CCPCH following thereafter; (d) measuring a phase of received SYNC-DL code by the mobile terminal, wherein the SYNC-DL code is S 1 or S 2 , and a phase of SYNC-DL code sent from the base station is known in step (c) by determining whether S 1 or S 2 is received; (e) subtracting the phase of SYNC-DL code sent from the base station from the phase of received SYNC-DL code measured in step (d) to obtain a phase drift from the base station to the mobile terminal; and (f) deriving the frequency offset base on the phase drift obtained in step (e).