Synchronization Channel:

The SCH provides the primary scrambling code group (one out of 64 groups), as
well as the radio frame and time slot synchronization.
The SCH consists of two sub-channels, the primary and secondary SCH. These
sub-channels are sent in parallel using code division during the first 256 chips of
each time slot.

P-SCH.
The P-SCH, which is repeated at the beginning of each time slot. The same code
is used by all the cells and enables the mobiles to detect the existence of the
UMTS cell and to synchronize itself on the time slot boundaries.
S-SCH
The S-SCH also consists of a code, the Secondary Synchronization Code (SSC) that
indicates which of the 64 scrambling code groups the cells downlink scrambling
code belongs to. There is one specific SSC transmitted in each time slot, giving us
a sequence of 15 SSCs. There is a total of 64 different sequences of 15 SSCs,
corresponding to the 64 primary scrambling code groups.
The scrambling code (one out of 8) can be determined afterwards by decoding
the P-CPICH. The mobile will then be able to decode the BCH.

Common Pilot Channel (CPICH)
The CPICH is used by the mobile to determine which of the 8 possible primary
scrambling codes is used by the cell, and to provide the phase reference for
common channels.
It consists of a sequence of known bits that are transmitted in parallel with the
primary and secondary CCPCH. Finding the primary scrambling code is done
during the cell search procedure through a symbol-by-symbol correlation with all
the codes within the code group. After the primary scrambling code has been
identified, the UE can decode system information on the P-CCPCH.
The P-CPICH is the phase reference for the SCH, P-CCPCH, AICH and PICH.

The Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH) is a fixed rate (SF=256)
downlink physical channel used to carry the BCH transport channel. It is
broadcasted continuously over the entire cell like the P-CPICH.