Apparatus and methods for timing recovery in a wireless transceiver

A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method to recover timing tracking in a transceiver, the method comprising:

• acquiring a first pilot channel to establish timing tracking of the transceiver;
• monitoring a decoded signal in the transceiver for decoding errors occurring during a first frame;
• determine a number of decoding errors in the first frame of the decoded signal;
• determining whether the number of decoding errors is greater than a predetermined non-zero amount;
• reacquiring the first pilot channel at a start of a second received frame when the number of decoding errors is determined to be greater than the predetermined amount;
• and
• resetting timing tracking of the transceiver based on the reacquired first pilot channel.

A transceiver apparatus configured to recover timing tracking comprising:

• a decoder configured to decode communication signals received by transceiver including at least one pilot channel;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• acquire a first pilot channel to establish timing tracking of the transceiver;
• monitor a decoded signal output by the decoder for decoding errors occurring during a first frame;
• determine a number of decoding errors in the first frame of the decoded signal;
• determine whether the number of decoding errors is greater than a predetermined non-zero amount;
• reacquire the first pilot channel at a start of a second received frame when the number of decoding errors is determined to be greater than the predetermined amount;
• and
• reset timing tracking of the transceiver based on the reacquired first pilot channel.

An apparatus for resolving timing in a wireless communication device comprising:

• means for acquiring a first pilot channel to establish timing tracking of a transceiver;
• means for monitoring a decoded signal in the transceiver for decoding errors occurring during a first frame;
• means for determining a number of decoding errors in the first frame of the decoded signal;
• means for determining whether the number of decoding errors exceeds a predetermined non-zero number;
• means for reacquiring the first pilot channel at a start of a second received frame when the number of decoding errors is determined to be greater than the predetermined amount;
• means for resetting timing tracking of the transceiver based on reacquired first pilot channel.