Patent ID: 7894404

Claim:
A wireless terminal operable to receive a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal from a base station, the wireless terminal comprising: clock circuitry operable to generate a wireless terminal clock using a wireless terminal oscillator; a wireless interface operable to receive the WCDMA signal, the WCDMA signal produced by the base station using a base station clock that is produced using a base station oscillator that is more accurate than the wireless terminal oscillator; a Primary Synchronization (PSYNC) module coupled to the wireless interface and to the clock circuitry, the PSYNC module comprising a plurality of PSYNC correlation branches, each PSYNC correlation branch operable to: phase rotate the WCDMA signal based upon a respective frequency offset; correlate the phase rotated WCDMA signal with a Primary Synchronization Channel (P-SCH) code over a plurality of sampling positions; produce PSYNC correlation energies based upon the correlations for each of the plurality of sampling positions; and the PSYNC module operable to produce at least one WCDMA signal quality characterization of the WCDMA signal based upon the PSYNC correlation energies of the plurality of PSYNC correlation branches.