Methods and systems for estimating a symbol timing error for an offset quadrature phase shift keying (O-QPSK) modulated signal. The method includes: receiving a plurality of complex samples representing an O-QPSK modulated signal, wherein if the O-QPSK modulated signal is sampled on time each of the plurality of samples has substantially no imaginary component; generating an early error metric and a late error metric for each sample, the early error metric based on the imaginary component for the sample and a sign of a real component of a previous sample and the late error metric based on the imaginary component for the sample and a sign of a real component of a next sample; generating a combined early error metric based on the early error metrics for the plurality of samples; generating a combined late metric based on the late error metrics for the plurality of samples; and generating an estimate of the symbol timing error based on the combined early error metric and the combined late metric.
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