Electrical Signaling: Loss of Synch

• Problem of Long String of Ones or Zeros

  • No transition to resynchronize receiver’s clock
  • Receiver may interpret bit N as N-1 or N+1
  • At 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, bit periods are so brief that synchronization must be very exact

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