In the system of the present invention, the system includes a pre-synchronizer to eliminate the need for examining every possible substring preceding the EOP (end of preamble) mark in order to detect the EOP. For the case where autocorrelation techniques are used to provide error synchronization error...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5588030?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5588030 - Apparatus and method for the synchronization of data in a bit stream
