Symbol timing synchronization using a high sampling rate

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

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.

What is timing offset?

The delay of the received signal relative to the expected signal from a MS (Mobile Station) at zero distance under static channel conditions with zero timing advance.