| CPC H04L 1/0072 (2013.01) [H03M 13/41 (2013.01); H04L 1/0045 (2013.01); H04L 27/144 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A method of operating a digital radio receiver comprising:
a) receiving an incoming radio signal comprising an incoming symbol sequence;
b) selecting a portion of the incoming symbol sequence;
c) determining a first error between the selected portion of the incoming symbol sequence and a first predetermined symbol sequence using a difference metric;
d) determining, using the difference metric, a set of second errors between the selected portion of the incoming symbol sequence and a respective set of second predetermined symbol sequences, each formed by prepending different length portions of a predetermined preamble symbol sequence to a beginning of the first predetermined symbol sequence; and
e) determining a minimum error from the first error and the set of second errors;
if the first error is not the minimum error, selecting a different portion of the incoming symbol sequence and repeating steps c) to e); and
if the first error is the minimum error, decoding a following portion of the incoming symbol sequence to produce a data payload.
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