A correlation apparatus including a sequence generator configured to generate a non-repeating preamble sequence which changes during each of a plurality of time epochs. The correlation apparatus includes a fallthrough correlator having a tapped delay line for receiving a set of complex-valued samples of a received signal. Each of a plurality of complex multipliers of the correlator is coupled to one of the delay line taps. Each multiplier multiplies, during one of the plurality of time epochs, one of the complex-valued samples of the received signal by one of a plurality of matched filter coefficients corresponding to the preamble sequence. A summation module includes a plurality of adders where a last of the plurality of adders outputs a correlation signal. A peak value of the correlation signals exceeds a threshold value when a sufficient correlation exists between the received signal and the values of the preamble sequence.