Apparatus and method for cell search in mobile communication system using a multiple access scheme

摘要

An apparatus and a method for cell search in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based mobile communication system using a multiple access scheme. The method includes the steps of: detecting a symbol boundary of an input reception signal; detecting a frame cell boundary after synchronizing with the detected symbol boundary; detecting a reference signal for each symbol interval in a preset search interval; and detecting a pattern of the detected reference signals and detecting a base station to which the terminal belongs.