Patent ID: 8902950

Claim:
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, comprising: receiving a synchronization channel (SCH) signal in a portion of a slot of a frame, the SCH signal including a primary synchronization channel (PSCH) signal, a secondary synchronization channel (SSCH) signal, and a primary scrambling code (PCH) signal; receiving part of a common pilot channel (CPICH) signal in a same portion of the slot of the frame as the SCH signal, wherein the CPICH signal includes a pilot symbol; determining the PSCH signal, SSCH signal, and PCH signal corresponding to the portion of the slot of the frame by multiplying a PSCH signature, an SSCH signature, and a PCH signature with a conjugate of the PSCH signature, the SSCH signature, and the PCH signature, respectively, for every chip in the portion of the slot; summing the determined PSCH signal, SSCH signal, and PCH signal over the portion of the slot of the frame; de-spreading the pilot symbol over the portion of the slot of the frame based on the summed PSCH signal, the SSCH signal, and the PCH signal; and estimating an estimated pilot symbol for the portion of the slot of the frame such that the estimated pilot symbol is a sum of the de-spread PSCH signal, de-spread SSCH signal, and de-spread PCH signal.