A method for determining an optimal transmission center frequency, comprising the steps of: transmitting, via a first uplink channel, a burst of information from a traffic station to a network device; receiving at said traffic station, from the network device, the burst of information and a reference burst; calculating a Doppler offset ratio based on the burst of information received at said traffic station from the network device, a downlink frequency shift based on the reference burst received at said traffic station, and a local oscillator offset ratio based on the Doppler offset ratio and the downlink frequency shift; wherein the Doppler offset ratio is relative velocity of the traffic station with respect to the network device divided by a speed of a carrier wave, and wherein the local oscillator offset ratio provides an indication of the difference in frequency between the downlink local oscillator and a timing source in a reference station; adjusting a transmission frequency for a second uplink channel based on the Doppler offset ratio and said local oscillator offset ratio; and further comprising after receiving the reference burst and the burst of information at said traffic station, receiving, from the network device, a second reference burst at said traffic station; calculating an updated downlink frequency shift based on said second reference burst received at said traffic station, and an updated Doppler offset ratio based on said updated downlink frequency shift and the local oscillator offset ratio that was previously calculated; adjusting the transmission frequency for the second uplink channel based on said updated Doppler offset ratio and the local oscillator offset ratio that was previously calculated; wherein the burst of information is transmitted by the traffic station in a first uplink Time Division Multiple Access, i.e. TDMA frame, the burst of information and the reference burst are both received by the traffic station in a first downlink TDMA frame, and the second reference burst is received by the traffic station in a second downlink TDMA frame; and wherein when the burst of information is not available in the received downlink TDMA frame, the reference burst is analyzed to determine the downlink frequency shift caused by a combination of the Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the network device with respect to the traffic station and the timing difference between the timing source in the reference station and a downlink local oscillator. transmitting, via a first uplink channel, a burst of information from a traffic station to a network device; receiving at said traffic station, from the network device, the burst of information and a reference burst; calculating a Doppler offset ratio based on the burst of information received at said traffic station from the network device, a downlink frequency shift based on the reference burst received at said traffic station, and a local oscillator offset ratio based on the Doppler offset ratio and the downlink frequency shift; wherein the Doppler offset ratio is relative velocity of the traffic station with respect to the network device divided by a speed of a carrier wave, and wherein the local oscillator offset ratio provides an indication of the difference in frequency between the downlink local oscillator and a timing source in a reference station; adjusting a transmission frequency for a second uplink channel based on the Doppler offset ratio and said local oscillator offset ratio; and further comprising after receiving the reference burst and the burst of information at said traffic station, receiving, from the network device, a second reference burst at said traffic station; calculating an updated downlink frequency shift based on said second reference burst received at said traffic station, and an updated Doppler offset ratio based on said updated downlink frequency shift and the local oscillator offset ratio that was previously calculated; adjusting the transmission frequency for the second uplink channel based on said updated Doppler offset ratio and the local oscillator offset ratio that was previously calculated; wherein the burst of information is transmitted by the traffic station in a first uplink Time Division Multiple Access, i.e. TDMA frame, the burst of information and the reference burst are both received by the traffic station in a first downlink TDMA frame, and the second reference burst is received by the traffic station in a second downlink TDMA frame; and wherein when the burst of information is not available in the received downlink TDMA frame, the reference burst is analyzed to determine the downlink frequency shift caused by a combination of the Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the network device with respect to the traffic station and the timing difference between the timing source in the reference station and a downlink local oscillator.