1. A method for improving time to acquire an identity of a base station by a mobile station, the method comprising: requesting data containing a globally unique attribute of the base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station; receiving data in response to the request, the data containing at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute, wherein the first locally unique attribute is a midamble index present in a time slot of a subframe, the midamble index being present between two data payload portions within the time slot of the subframe; determining that the data did not contain the globally unique attribute; and acquiring the identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute.