NDLI: A novel approach for symbol timing estimation based on the extended zero-crossing property

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Author	Gappmair, W. Cioni, S. Corazza, G.E. Koudelka, O.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: ESA/ESTEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands (Cioni, S.) \|\| Dept. of Electron., Comput. Sci. & Syst., Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (Corazza, G.E.) \|\| Inst. of Commun. Networks & Satellite Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria (Gappmair, W.; Koudelka, O.)
Abstract	Carrier- and data-blind recovery of the symbol timing is of paramount importance in digital receivers, i.e., detailed knowledge about carrier frequency and phase or any pilot sequences is not necessary for proper operation. In this context, feedforward algorithms are particularly useful in packet-oriented systems, where rapid and stable acquisition of the major transmission parameters is essential for subsequent processing stages. In the current paper, we propose a novel approach for blind estimation of the symbol timing, which needs just one or two samples per symbol. The new method is characterized by introducing a second filter in parallel to the receiver matched filter. Under Nyquist conditions, this filter exhibits an impulse response satisfying the extended zero-crossing property, i.e., it vanishes for all integer multiples of the symbol period, including the origin! Using this idea for a suitably designed timing estimator, it is shown that the annoying jitter floor - typical for most timing estimators and caused by pattern noise - can be avoided.
Starting Page	59
Ending Page	65
File Size	584401
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479958931
DOI	10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934524
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-09-08
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Matched filters extended zero-crossing property Receivers Jitter Timing low-rate sampling Blind feedforward recovery symbol timing Floors Signal to noise ratio
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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