Burst receiver for cable modem system

A receiver that receives a signal transmitted through a cable transmission system, comprising:

• an analog to digital converter;
• a matched filter coupled to the analog to digital converter;
• and,
• a closed loop resampler coupled to the matched filter, wherein the matched filter is coupled between the analog to digital converter and said closed loop resampler.

A method for recovering data symbols transmitted over a cable system, the method comprising:

• converting a transmitted data representative analog signal into a data representative digital signal;
• filtering the data representative digital signal with a matched filter to generate a filtered data representative digital signal;
• sampling the filtered data representative digital signal with a closed loop resampler to generate a sampled data representative digital signal;
• and
• converting the sampled data representative digital signal into one of a plurality of voltage levels.