1. A receiver finger in a spread spectrum system, comprising: a plurality of generic despreader/descrambler units; a plurality of generic dechannelizer units coupled to said plurality of generic despreader/descrambler units; at least one timing estimation controller coupled to said plurality of despreader/descrambler units; at least one phase estimation controller coupled to said plurality of dechannelizer units; at least one frequency estimation controller coupled to said plurality of dechannelizer units; and at least one energy estimation controller coupled to said plurality of dechannelizer units.