摘要 |
A method of determining the timing offset of data is disclosed, the method including a pilot symbol including a repeated sequence. First, the data is received (901) at a receiver as a series of data samples. From this, the start of a second sequence within the pilot symbol of the retrieved data is determined to an accuracy of half a data sample (902). Then, a discrete Fourier transform of a vector of the received data is calculated (904) and a vector product of the output of the discrete Fourier transform and the data sample of the second sequence is formed (905). This vector product is then used in estimating the timing offset (906).
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