That might work as long as the change in multipath isn't very great from snapshot to snapshot. Calculating taps is a recursive process and if there were drastic changes from "look" to "look" it would require several iterations to recalculate the proper taps to cancel out the new echo ensemble. That eats up both time and energy. John ----- Original Message ----- > Once synchronized, the receiver comes on about 2000 symbols prior to its > allocated time slot, or 186 usec prior, to train itself. Right after > this training it receives the data, then goes back to sleep mode. > Perhaps once in awhile, the receiver looks for the training segment > again, to correct its internal clock. > > That should save a lot of power. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.