In general, the invention facilitates searching for energy peaks in spread
spectrum wireless communication systems with greater precision. More
particularly, various embodiments of the invention may involve reporting
not only an energy peak and its associated offset, but also the energy
levels corresponding to one or more offsets occurring before and after
the offset at which the energy peak occurs. Interpolation or
extrapolation techniques may be used to predict the actual location of an
energy peak based on the apparent location of the peak and the energy
levels observed at surrounding offsets.