500 the synchronization strategy exemplified by the flow diagram 500 is usable in correspondence with the apparatus of fig4 the diagram 500 includes a start function block 510 the start block 510 starts the synchronization process after the analog automatic gain control u201c agc u201d has converged and passes control to a reset function block 520 the reset block 520 resets the slot buffer and sets the counter n equal to 1 and then passes control to a u201c paint u201d function block 530 the u201c paint u201d block 530 takes the new slot samples and combines them with the previous slot samples such that a running average is accomplished thus the paint block 530 paints the absolute value of the matched filter onto the slot buffer and passes control to a function block 540 the function block 540 gets the slot buffer peak and average values and passes control to a decision block 550 the decision block 550 performs a synchronization decision after every slot the decision is true if both the counter n is greater than the number of iterations to paint before testing and the maximum peak of the slot buffer is greater than a time varying threshold multiplied by the average of the slot buffer if the decision block 550 is false then the counter n is incremented by 1 and control is returned to the paint function block 530 if on the other hand the decision block 550 is true then control is passed to a function.