Patent ID: 8130813

Claim:
An apparatus for transmitting beacon signals over a cell site of a wireless communications network, the cell site being divided into at least a first sector, a second sector, and a third sector, the apparatus comprising: beacon signal logic configured to randomly allocate beacon signal time slots to the first sector, the second sector, and the third sector; a transmitter configured to transmit the beacon signals on a first beacon signal frequency, over the first sector, the second sector, and the third sector during time slots allocated to the sectors, wherein each of the sectors has a respective time slot; and a combination and distribution unit configured to combine the beacon signals carried on the first beacon signal frequency with a caller traffic signal carried on a carrier frequency, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the beacon signals with the caller traffic signal over the sectors of the cell site and wherein the transmitter is further configured to cycle a power level of the beacon signals to the sectors.