Patent ID: 8798122

Claim:
A method of receiving data, comprising: receiving a transmit signal via a first antenna as a first receive signal; receiving the transmit signal via a second antenna as a second receive signal; generating a combined signal on the basis of the first receive signal and the second receive signal; generating a common timing error signal on the basis of the combined signal; generating a first individual timing error signal on the basis of the first receive signal; generating a second individual timing error signal on the basis of the second receive signal; recovering a first digital symbol timing for the first receive signal on the basis of the common timing error signal and the first individual timing error signal; and recovering a second digital symbol timing for the second receive signal on the basis of the common timing error signal and the second individual timing error signal; wherein the common timing error signal is filtered to generate a common phase value, wherein the first individual timing error signal is filtered to generate a first individual phase value, wherein the second individual timing error signal is filtered to generate a second individual phase value, wherein the common phase value and the first individual phase value are combined to generate a symbol timing phase for the first receive signal, wherein the common phase value and the second individual phase value are combined to generate a symbol timing phase for the second receive signal, and wherein the symbol timing phase for the first receive signal is quasistatically controlled on the basis of the first individual timing error signal, and the symbol timing phase for the first receive signal and the symbol timing phase for the second receive signal are dynamically controlled on the basis of the common timing error signal.