Paper

Optimum Estimation of Bit Synchronization

Volume Number:
5
Issue Number:
3
Pages:
525
–
536
Publication Date:
May 1969

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Abstract

In digital communication systems, optimum estimation and detection algorithms require that precise knowledge of the bit transition time be known to the receiver before bit-by-bit detection can be made. This paper presents the derivation of Bayes or maximum a posteriori estimation algorithms for optimum estimation of bit timing. Performance of the optimum system is evaluated and suboptimal realizations suggested.