Patent ID: 7272124

Claim:
A method for using power and timing estimates to acquire frame acquisition of a reverse CDMA carrier signal, the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one remote transceiver device; the at least one remote transceiver device acquiring a forward CDMA carrier signal, wherein the forward CDMA carrier signal comprises at least one PN encoded burst signal; the at least one remote transceiver device transmitting a reverse CDMA carrier signal, wherein transmitting the reverse CDMA carrier signal further comprises the steps of: modifying a first preamble to remove frequency uncertainty, wherein frequency uncertainty is determined from the forward CDMA carrier signal; and transmitting the reverse CDMA carrier signal at a first power level; providing a transceiver base station; determining a reverse CDMA carrier signal threshold (RCCST); determining if a magnitude of the reverse CDMA carrier signal exceeds the RCCST; when, in response to determining that the reverse CDMA carrier signal exceeds the RCCST, using the first preamble to acquire phase of the reverse CDMA carrier signal, and signaling the at least one remote transceiver device to enter a predetermined mode; or when, in response to determining that the reverse CDMA carrier signal does not exceed the RCCST, signaling the at least one remote transceiver device to alter its transmission.