Patent ID: 6873826

Claim:
In a wireless communication system, wherein a list includes a first energy/position pair, the first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code, a mobile station for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation, the mobile station comprising: a receiving unit operable to receive the first multi-path signal and a second multi-path signal; a searching unit operable to generate a second energy/position pair associated with the second multi-path signal, the second energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of the second multi-path signal; a controller operatively coupled to the receiving unit and the searching unit, the controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the controller being programmed to detect the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair, the controller being programmed to detect the energy parameter of the second energy/position pair being greater than the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair; and the controller being programmed to replace the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair.