Timing Offset

The delay of the received signal relative to the expected signal from a MS (Mobile Station) at zero distance under static channel conditions with zero timing advance. For example, for a mobile with a round trip propagation delay of P symbols, but with a timing advance of T symbols, the reported timing offset will be P-T quantized to the nearest symbol. For GPRS the mobile timing offset is not reported.

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