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A method (700) and a mobile station (160) for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation are described herein. The mobile station (160) may include a list with a first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-pa

A method (700) and a mobile station (160) for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation are described herein. The mobile station (160) may include a list with a first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code. The mobile station (160) may generate a second energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of a second multi-path signal. The mobile station (160) may detect the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair. The mobile station (160) may also detect the energy parameter of the second energy/position pair being greater than the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair. Accordingly, the mobile station (160) may replace the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair.

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1. In a wireless communication system, wherein a list includes a first energy/position pair, the first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code, a mobile station for reporting multi-path

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In a wireless communication system, wherein a list includes a first energy/position pair, the first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code, a mobile station for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation, the mobile station comprising:a receiving unit operable to receive the first multi-path signal and a second multi-path signal; a searching unit operable to generate a second energy/position pair associated with the second multi-path signal, the second energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of the second multi-path signal; a controller operatively coupled to the receiving unit and the searching unit, the controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the controller being programmed to detect the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair, the controller being programmed to detect the energy parameter of the second energy/position pair being greater than the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair; and the controller being programmed to replace the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair. 2. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second energy/position pairs corresponds the signal strength of a multi-path signal and the relative position within the synchronization code of the multi-path signal.3. The mobile station of claim 2, wherein the controller is programmed to delete the first energy/position pair from the list and to store the second energy/position pair on the list.4. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the controller is programmed to delete the first energy/position pair from the list and to store the second energy/position pair on the list.5. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the first energy/position pair is a stored energy/position pair within a list including at least one energy/position pair.6. The mobile station of claim 1 is operable in accordance with a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol.7. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the minimum separation is one of a minimum space separation and a minimum time separation.8. In a wireless communication system, wherein a list includes a plurality of stored energy/position pairs, and wherein each of the plurality of stored energy/position pairs corresponds to an energy parameter and a position parameter associated with a multi-path signal of a synchronization code, a method for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation, the method comprising:generating a detected energy/position pair associated with a detected multi-path signal, the detected energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of the detected multi-path signal; detecting the position parameter of the detected energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with each of the position parameters of a first stored energy/position pair and a second stored energy/position pair, each of the first and second stored energy/position pairs being one of the plurality of stored energy/position pairs on the list; detecting the energy parameter of the detected energy/position pair being greater than each of the energy parameters of the first and second stored energy/position pairs; and replacing the first stored energy/position pair on the list with the detected energy/position pair; and deleting the second stored energy/position pair from the list. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of detecting the position parameter of the detected energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with each of the position parameters of a first stored energy/position pair and a second stored energy/position pair comprises detecting the position parameter of the detected energy/position pair being within one of a minimum space separation and a minimum time separation associated with each of the position parameters of a first stored energy/position pair and a second stored energy/position pair.10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of generating a detected energy/position pair associated with a detected multi-path signal comprises generating a detected energy/position pair corresponding to the signal strength of the detected multi-path signal and the relative position within the synchronization code of the detected multi-path signal.11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of replacing the first stored energy/position pair on the list with the detected energy/position pair comprises:deleting the first stored energy/position pair from the list; and storing the detected energy/position pair on the list. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of deleting the second stored energy/position pair comprises resetting the energy parameter of the second stored energy/position pair to zero.13. The method of claim 8, wherein the communication system comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication system.14. In a wireless communication system, wherein a list includes a first energy/position pair, the first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code, and wherein a processor operates in accordance with a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation, the computer program comprising:a first routine that directs the processor to generate a second energy/position pair associated with a second multi-path signal, the second energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of the second multi-path signal; a second routine that directs the processor to detect the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair; a third routine that directs the processor to detect the energy parameter of the second energy/position pair being greater than the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair; and a fourth routine that directs the processor to replace the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair. 15. The computer program of claim 14, wherein the second routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to detect the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within one of a minimum space separation and a minimum time separation associated with the first energy/position pair.16. The computer program of claim 14, wherein the first routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to generate a second energy/position pair corresponding to the signal strength of the second multi-path signal and the relative position within the synchronization code of the second multi-path signal.17. The computer program of claim 14, wherein the medium is one of paper, a programmable gate array, application specific integrated circuit, erasable programmable read only memory, read only memory, random access memory, magnetic media, and optical media.18. The computer program of claim 14, wherein the fourth routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to delete the first energy/position pair from the list, and a routine that directs the processor to store the second energy/position pair on the list.19. The computer program of claim 14, wherein the fourth routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to reset the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair to zero.20. The computer program of claim 14 is operable in accordance with a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol.21. In a wireless communication system, wherein a mobile station stores a list including at least one energy/position pair, and wherein the list includes a first energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter associated with a first multi-path signal of a synchronization code, a method for reporting multi-path signals based on minimum separation, the method comprising:generating a second energy/position pair associated with a second multi-path signal, the second energy/position pair corresponding to the energy parameter and the position parameter of the second multi-path signal; detecting the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair; detecting the energy parameter of the second energy/position pair being greater than the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair; and replacing the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of detecting the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within a minimum separation associated with the position parameter of the first energy/position pair comprises detecting the position parameter of the second energy/position pair being within one of a minimum space separation and a minimum time separation associated with the first energy/position pair.23. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of generating a second energy/position pair associated with a second multi-path signal comprises generating a second energy/position pair corresponding to the signal strength of the second multi-path signal and the relative position within the synchronization code of the second multi-path signal.24. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of replacing the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair comprises:deleting the first energy/position pair from the list; and storing the second energy/position pair on the list. 25. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of replacing the first energy/position pair on the list with the second energy/position pair comprises resetting the energy parameter of the first energy/position pair to zero.26. The method of claim 21, wherein the communication system comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication system.