Patent ID: 8488698

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a receiver device, the method comprising: detecting, with the receiver device, a symbol in a signal; determining, with the receiver device and based on the detected symbol, an estimated beginning of a subsequent frame at a first time corresponding to at least one frame length after the detected symbol; determining, with the receiver device, whether the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the subsequent frame; when the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, synchronizing the receiver to the actual start of the frame; when the estimated start of the subsequent frame does not corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, detecting, with the receiver device, a further symbol in the signal, determining, with the receiver device and based on the further detected symbol, an estimated beginning of another subsequent frame at a second time corresponding to at least one frame length after the further detected symbol, and determining, with the receiver device, whether the estimated start of the other subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the other subsequent frame.