Abstract: A method for the acquisition of burst synchronization signals in a spread spectrum communication system is provided. The method receives a burst synchronization signal, applies a dwelling procedure according to a scheduling scheme to the burst synchronization signal, wherein the dwelling procedure calculates a matched filter output, sums the outputs over one slot time, calculates the energy in the sum, searches the maximum energy value and passes it to a Random Access Memory. At the end of the scheduling scheme, searching is performed for the overall maximum energy value among the energy values stored in the Random Access Memory.

Abstract: A method for the acquisition of burst synchronisation signals in a spread spectrum communication system, comprising the following steps: 1) Receiving a burst synchronisation signal, 2) Applying to the received burst synchronisation signal a dwelling procedure according to a scheduling scheme, whereby the dwelling procedure comprises the steps of calculating a matched filter output, summing the outputs over one slot time, calculating the energy in the sum, searching the maximum energy value and passing it to a Random Access Memory, 3) Based on the scheduling scheme containing a set of X=(N+1)/2 hypotheses, being numbered 0, 1, . . . , X?1 and N being the number of slots in 1 frame, the slots being numbered 0, 1, . . . , N?1, a dwelling procedure being performed in hypothesis n=0, . . .