Root raised cosine decimation

Hi,

I have a root raised cosine in a receiver whose input is a 16x oversampled
signal. How do I do the decimation at the output, or how to find with
sample out of 16 to keep?
Is there any site or book where I can find information about this.
Thanks

>Hi,
>
>I have a root raised cosine in a receiver whose input is a 16x
oversampled
>signal. How do I do the decimation at the output, or how to find with
>sample out of 16 to keep?
>Is there any site or book where I can find information about this.
>Thanks
>
Hi,

it's called "decimation phase". The topic to look for is probably
"receiver synchronization and timing recovery", "symbol timing" etc.
Proakis might help, or most other textbooks on digital communications.

You might want to plot a so-called "eye diagram", and search for the phase
that gives the widest eye opening.

-mn