SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING NEIGHBORING CELL SEARCH WINDOW

摘要

A system and method for accommodating mobile station synchronization to neighbor cells in a mobile communication system. At least one available frame (714) is utilized (800) as a search window in an uplink data transfer for receiving neighboring cell synchronization information. At least one transmit time slot (712) in a frame (702) adjacent to the available frame (714) in the uplink data transfer multiframe is surrendered (802) to extend the search window (716). The neighboring cell synchronization information may then be contiguously received (804) via the extended search window (724).