US Patent 7656941 Method for synchronizing an equalizer output data

A method for synchronizing symbols at the output of a blind equalizer, the method being characterized by the following steps: on sending, inserting into a succession of sent symbols, one or more known sequences of symbols repeated in said succession of symbols; detecting said one or more known sequences at the output of said blind equalizer; deducing any shifting of the symbols at the output of the blind equalizer from the result of said detection; and retiming the symbols at the output of the blind equalizer as a function of the deduced shift.