Symbol synchronizer

1. What is symbol synchronization?
2. What is symbol timing?

What is symbol synchronization?

-For symbol synchronization, it is a square wave at the symbol transition rate (the receiver must be able to produce a square wave for each incoming signals transitions between symbols). A receiver that is able to do this can be said to have symbol synchronization, or to be in symbol lock.

What is symbol timing?

In a digital communications Rx, the timing synchronization plays a similar role as that of a heart in a human body by providing periodic ticks that keep the system running in a coherent manner. Symbol timing synchronization is also known as symbol timing recovery, clock synchronization and clock recovery.