| Abstract: | This paper deals with some problems of packet synchronization in a slotted packet-radio communications system. The problems considered are bit-synchronization and unique word detection for bursty systems. The necessary overhead for synchronization purposes is dimensioned for applications in land-mobile satellite communication systems. The performance of synchronization is evaluated using hardware measurement equipment, including a commercial bit-synchronizer. Using these results, the performance loss of communication systems due to packet synchronization effects can be estimated. This is done for the additive white Gaussian noise channel and the class of land-mobile satellite channels. |
