Abstract: Disclosed is a robust downlink timing synchronization method in an LTE system, which includes: step 1: a receiving terminal continuously storing time domain signal sequences of M PSS transmission periods; step 2: performing narrowband filtering on the time domain signal sequences of the M PSS transmission periods; step 3: performing down-sampling on data obtained after the filtering; step 4: performing sliding differential mirror correlation on the down-sampling data of an mth PSS transmission period to obtain a correlation value of an ith instant; step 5: superposing correlation results to obtain a superposition result; and step 6: determining whether the superposition result has an obvious peak interval; if yes, completing capturing the primary synchronization signal, and obtaining timing information according to a position of a maximum correlation peak; otherwise, returning to step 1.