Joint phase and timing recovery with CPM signals

We describe joint carrier phase and timing recovery algorithms for CPM signaling. They may be employed with any CPM format, and with either full or reduced state detectors. Their implementation is fully digital, and involves a limited computational complexity. Simulation results show that these algorithms have excellent tracking performance. When operated in their simplest form, however, they may exhibit false locks. In particular, this occurs with multilevel and partial response formats. A simple solution to the false lock problem is proposed.