A method for controlling frequency of a local oscillator in a DS-CDMA type receiver includes transforming a known spread spectrum signal into a sampled digital signal formed of symbols with a despreaded frequency spectrum, and determining a residual frequency error fe for each symbol including a first...http://www.google.de/patents/US7035605?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7035605 - Method and device for automatic control of the frequency of a local oscillator in a DS-CDMA type receiver