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.
What is timing offset in OFDM?
There, a symbol timing offset is the fractional interval between 0 to symbol time TM due to the necessity of just 1 sample/symbol for symbol detection. Here, while the sample/symbol is still 1 , these symbols are grouped into N samples of an OFDM symbol.
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.