Patent ID: 8270969

Claim:
A method for a mobile station having an access search window to adjust the access search window, the method comprising: the mobile station determining its position at a first time; the mobile station determining its position at a second time; the mobile station determining whether a distance between the position of the mobile station at the first time and the position of the mobile station at the second time is less than a threshold distance; and in response to determining that the distance is less than the threshold distance, the mobile station (i) measuring a strength of a signal within the access search window, wherein the access search window has an initial size, (ii) identifying one or more signal peaks within the access search window, wherein the one or more identified signal peaks are above a specified signal strength, and (iii) modifying the access search window into one or more smaller access search windows, wherein the one or more smaller access search windows collectively have a size that is smaller than the initial size, and wherein the one or more smaller access search windows encompass the one or more identified signal peaks.