CELL SEARCH METHOD, FORWARD LINK FRAME TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS USING THE SAME AND FORWARD LINK FRAME STRUCTURE

摘要

A forward link frame transmission method, a cell search method, an apparatus using the same and a forward link frame structure are provided to obtain low complexity and to reduce the cell search time of a mobile station in an OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) cellular system. A forward link frame transmission method includes the steps of: generating a frame composed of a plurality of sync blocks; and transmitting the frame through a forward link. The frame includes a primary synchronization channel sequence to provide sync block timing information and a plurality of secondary synchronization channel sequences to provide frame timing information. A cell identifier(40) is specified by the combination of the primary synchronization channel sequence and a hopping codeword specified by the plurality of second synchronization channel sequences.