Method of channel estimation

A frequency offset estimator (10) generates a frequency offset estimation, which is used by a frequency offset compensator (12) to compensate for the effect in the received signal and generate compensated received symbols in known and unknown signal components, used by a channel estimator (14) to generate an estimation of channel distortion. The distortion estimation is used by a compensator (16) to compensate for channel distortion in the compensated received symbols of unknown signal components and a window size generator (18) adaptively generates a window size based on the linear regression coefficient for the channel estimator (14). The method of channel estimation determines linear regression coefficients for N blocks of a first signal component in a received signal on a block-by-block basis, and determines a channel estimate based on the linear regression coefficients for the N blocks. Using the channel estimate, channel distortion in a second signal component of the received signal can be significantly eliminated.