Patent ID: 8311133

Claim:
A method for sensing a signaling parameter in a waveform received via a network, the method comprising: determining a synchronization point on a transmitted extended frame being transmitted in the waveform, the transmitted extended frame comprising a plurality of data frames, each of the data frames comprising a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; locating a Signaling Parameter Channel (SPC) in the extended frame, wherein the SPC is only located after all of the plurality of data frames in the extended frame and the SPC comprises a periodic waveform based on at least one OFDM symbol associated with the SPC; based at least in part on the at least one OFDM symbol associated with the SPC, determining the signaling parameter, wherein the signaling parameter contains information identifying a characteristic of the waveform; and based at least in part on the signaling parameter, decoding at least one of the data frames of the extended frame.