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Unique methods and apparatus for maintaining timing in spread spectrum communications are described. One method involves the steps of repeatedly incrementing an N-bit master binary counter at a chip rate to provide a count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom nois

Unique methods and apparatus for maintaining timing in spread spectrum communications are described. One method involves the steps of repeatedly incrementing an N-bit master binary counter at a chip rate to provide a count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence having a length of 2N. The method includes the further steps of, for each counter of a plurality of N-bit slave binary counters, repeatedly incrementing an N-bit slave binary counter at the chip rate to generate a count that is out-of-phase with the count associated with the N-bit master binary counter by a base station offset value and a path delay value.

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1. A method for use in maintaining timing in spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: counting at a chip rate to provide a first count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence; and during the step of counting at the chip rate to

1. A method for use in maintaining timing in spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: counting at a chip rate to provide a first count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence; and during the step of counting at the chip rate to provide the first count, counting a the chip rate to provide a second count that is out-of-phase with the first count by a base station offset value and a path delay value. 2. A method for use in maintaining timing in spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: counting at a chip rate to provide a first count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence; counting at the chip rate to provide a second count that is out-of-phase with the first count by a first base station offset value and a first path delay value; and counting at the chip rate to provide a third count that is out-of-phase with the first count by a second base station offset value and a second path delay value. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PN sequence has a length of L; wherein counting to provide the first count comprises counting at least L discrete values; and wherein counting to provide the second count comprises counting at least L discrete values. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PN sequence has a length of 2N; wherein counting to provide the first count comprises using a first at least N-bit binary counter; and wherein counting to provide the second count comprises using a second at least N-bit binary counter. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PN sequence has a length of 215; wherein counting to provide the first count comprises counting at least 2 15discrete values; and wherein counting to provide the first count comprises counting at lease 2 15discrete values.6. A method for use in maintaining timing for spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: repeatedly incrementing an N-bit master binary counter at a chip rate to provide a count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence having a length of 2 N; and for each counter of a plurality of N-bit slave binary counters: repeatedly incrementing the N-bit slave binary counter at the chip rate to generate a count that may be out-of-phase with the count associated with the N-bit master binary counter by a base station offset value and a path delay value.7. The method according to claim 6, wherein N=15.8. The method according to claim 6 wherein, to provide the count that may be out-of-phase with the count associated with the N-bit master binary counter, the method further comprises the step of: adding the base station offset value to an output of the N-bit slave binary counter. 9. A method for use in maintaining timing for spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: repeatedly incrementing an N-bit master binary counter at a chip rate to provide a count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence having a length of 2 N; and for each counter of a plurality of N-bit slave binary counters: loading the N-bit slave binary counter with a counter value derived from an output of the N-bit master binary counter; andrepeatedly incrementing the N-bit slave binary counter at the chip rate to generate a count that may be out-of-phase with the count associated with the N-bit master binary counter by a base station offset value and a path delay value.10. A method for use in maintaining timing for spread spectrum communications, the method comprising: repeatedly incrementing an N-bit master binary counter at a chip rate to provide a count that rolls over at or near the end of a nominal zero-offset pseudorandom noise (PN) sequence having a length of 2 N; and for each counter of a plurality of N-bit slave binary counters: receiving offset information from a base station t o provide a base station offset value; andrepeatedly incrementing the N-bit slave binary counter at the chip rate to generate a count that may be out-of-phase with the count associated with the N-bit master binary counter by the base station offset value and a path delay value.