Synchronization Properties of a Near-Comma-Free

Comma-free binary orthogonal codes, as described by Stiffler [1] [2], exhibit properties that are desirable for word synchronization purposes. Hall and Stiffler [3] have shown that, unfortunately, there are no such codes of length 8. It is shown that, despite the lack of comma freedom, the particular biorthogonal (8,4) code discussed has excellent word synchronization capabilities when treated as being comma free.