Viterbi, A. J., CDMA Principle of Spread Spectrum Communications, Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1995.Google Scholar

Mengali, U. and D’Andrea, A. N., Synchronization Techniques for Digital Receivers, New York: Plenum Press, 1997.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Proakis, J. G. and Salehi, M., Digital Communications, 5th edn, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.Google Scholar

Gitlin, R. D., Hayes, J. F., and Weinstein, S. B., Data Communications Principles, New York: Plenum Press, 1992.Google Scholar

Gitlin, R. D. and Weinstein, S. B., “Fractionally-Spaced Equalization: An Improved Digital Tranversal Equalizer,” Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 275–96, 1981.Google Scholar

Franks, L. E., “Carrier and Bit Synchronization in Data Communication – A Tutorial Review,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vols. COMM-28, no. 8, pp. 1107–21, August 1980.Google Scholar

Gardner, F. M., “A BPSK/QPSK Timing-Error Detector for Sampled Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 423–9, 1986.Google Scholar

D’Andrea, A. N. and Luise, M., “Optimization of Symbol Timing Recovery of QAM Data Demodulators,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vols. COMM-44, no. 3, pp. 399–406, 1996.Google Scholar

Cowley, W. G., “The Performance of Two Symbol Timing Recovery Algorithm SPSK Demodulators,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vols. COMM-42, no. 6, pp. 2345–55, 1994.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Frank, L., “Synchronization Subsystems: Analysis and Design,” in Digital Communications: Satellite/Earth Station Engineering, Feher, K. (ed.), Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1983.Google Scholar

Mueller, K. H. and Müller, M., “Timing Recovery in Digital Synchronous Data Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vols. COMM-24, no. 5, pp. 516–31, 1976.Google Scholar

Qureshi, S. U. H. and Forney, G. D. Jr., “Performance and Properties of a T/2 Equalizer,” in National Telecommunications Conference Record, 1977.Google Scholar

Mazo, J. E., “Optimum Timing Phase for an Infinite Equalizer,” Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 189–201, 1975.Google Scholar

Kakura, Y. and Ohsawa, T., “Automatic equalizer capable of surely selecting a suitable sample timing a method for generating sampling clock used for the sample timing and a recording medium usable in control of the automatic equalizer,” US Patent 6,314,133 B1, November 6, 2001.Google Scholar

Mergen, G., Subrahmanya, P., Kgsturis, N., and Sundaresan, R., “Equalizer in a wireless communication system,” US Patent 8,160,128 B2, April 17, 2012.Google Scholar

Haar, S., Daecke, D., Zukunft, R., and Magesacher, T., “Equalizer-Based Symbol-Rate Timing Recovery for Digital Subscriber Line Systems,” in Proceedings of Globecom’02, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002.Google Scholar

Davis, G. T. and Mandalia, B. D., “Tap Rotation in Fractionally Spaced Equalizer to Compensate for Drift due to Fixed Sample Rate”. US Patent US 4899366 A, February 6, 1990.Google Scholar

Gitling, R. G., Meadors, H. C. and Weinstein, S. B., “The Tap-Leakage Algorithm: An Algorithm for the Stable Operation of a Digitally Implemented, Fractionally Spaced Adaptive Equalizer,” Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 1817–39, 1982.Google Scholar

European Telecommunications Standards Institute SMG, “Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Physical layer on the radio path; General description (GSM 05.01 version 5.4.0),” European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France, 1998.Google Scholar

ETSI TC-SMG, “Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Multiplexing and multiple access on the radio path (GSM 05.02),” European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France, 1996.Google Scholar

Drutarovsky, M., “GSM Channel Equalization Algorithms - Modern DSP Coprocessor Approach,” Radioengineering, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 26–31, 1999.Google Scholar

Ungerboeck, G., “Adaptive Maximum-Likelihood Receiver for Carrier-Modulated Data-Transmission Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 624–36, 1974.Google Scholar

Price, R. and Green, P. E. Jr., “A Communication Technique for Multipath Channels,” Proceedings of the IRE, vol. 46, pp. 555–70, March 1958.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Lee, J. S. and Miller, L. E., CDMA System Engineering Handbook, Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1998.Google Scholar

Hartmann, H. P., “Analysis of a Dither Loop for PN Code Tracking,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vols. AES-10, no. 1, pp. 2–9, 1974.Google Scholar

Ghadialy, Z., “A Look at Working of Soft Handover (SHO),” March 25, 2005. [Online]. Available: www.3g4g.co.uk/Tutorial/ZG/zg_sho.html. [Accessed June 16, 2015].Google Scholar

Bottomley, G. E., Ottosson, T., and Wang, Y. P.-E., “A Generalized RAKE Receiver for Interference Suppression,” IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1536–45, 2000.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Speth, S., Fechtel, S. A., Fock, G., and Meyr, H., “Optimum Receiver Design for Wireless Broadband Systems Using OFDM. I,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1668–77, November 1999.Google Scholar

Vrcelj, B., Ling, F., and Wang, M. M., “Methods and apparatus for determining timing in a wireless communication system,” US Patent US 7,623,607, November 24, 2009.Google Scholar

Stott, J. H., The Effect of Frequency Errors in OFDM, BBC Research Department, Report No RD 1995/15, London, January 1995.Google Scholar