Relationship between performance and timing recovery mechanisms for a DECT link in dispersive channels

The performance of DECT (digital European cordless telecommunications) radio links under dispersive channel conditions is studied as a function of clock recovery strategies. It is shown that due to the non-optimal sampling, analytical and practical results based on fixed timing will not be acceptable above delay spreads of approximately 40ns. On the other hand, a burst-adaptive clock recovery scheme can more than double this range.