Method and apparatus for regenerating data

An apparatus for regenerating an incoming data signal in a receiver at an optimized sampling point to produce an optimally regenerated data signal, the apparatus comprising:

• a regenerating unit connected to receive the incoming data signal and operable to regenerate the incoming data signal at a sampling point to produce a regenerated data signal;
• a monitoring unit connected to receive the incoming data signal and operable to regenerate the incoming data signal at different reference sampling points for producing a first pseudo regenerated data signal with pseudo-errors at different bit error rates (BERs) for establishing a BER map of the incoming data signal;
• a control unit operable to determine based on the BER map established whether the sampling point is optimal, and if the sampling point is not optimal, the control unit being operable to determine an optimal sampling point and applying the optimal sampling point determined in the regenerating unit to regenerate the incoming data signal optimally and produce the optimally regenerated data signal.