Patent ID: 8019012

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a wireless communication device and a wireless communication network having two or more transmit antennas, which support transmit diversity, the method comprising: receiving a reference signal from the wireless communication network via each one of at least a pair of the two or more transmit antennas; determining a preferred phase offset for the at least pair of transmit antennas; transmitting the preferred phase offset to the wireless communication network; detecting further transmissions from the wireless communication network via the corresponding transmit antennas; and suspending transmission of any further preferred phase offset to the wireless communication network including further requested adjustments of phase and amplitude of communications transmitted using the at least pair of transmit antennas until further transmissions are received from the wireless communication network via the corresponding transmit antennas, which can be decoded in accordance with the preferred phase offset; wherein suspending transmission of any further preferred phase offset to the wireless communication network includes receiving a further transmission, determining if the transmission can be decoded in accordance with the preferred phase offset, if the transmission can be decoded, enabling transmission of a further preferred phase offset, if the transmission can not be decoded, continue to request the previously requested preferred phase offset.