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Symbol Tim<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Symbol Tim<strong>in</strong>g is the task of f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the precise moment of when<br />

<strong>in</strong>dividual OFDM symbols start and end<br />

• Packet Detection provides an estimate of the packet edge<br />

• Symbol tim<strong>in</strong>g ref<strong>in</strong>es the estimate to the symbol level<br />

• Symbol tim<strong>in</strong>g is essential <strong>in</strong> OFDM<br />

• The symbol tim<strong>in</strong>g results def<strong>in</strong>es the DFT w<strong>in</strong>dow, i.e., the set of samples used to<br />

calculate DFT of each received OFDM symbol<br />

• The DFT result is then used to demodulate the subcarriers of the symbol<br />

<strong>WLAN</strong> <strong>Synchronization</strong> 16.3.2004 © Hafeth Hourani 20

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