METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION VIA PILOT SIGNALS

A first communication device receives control data that are to be communicated to a transceiver of a second communication device, the control data for use by the transceiver to adjust one or more operating parameters of the transceiver. The first communication device encodes the control data on multiple pilot symbols so that each pilot symbol of the multiple pilot symbols encodes less than all of the multiple bits of control data. The first communication device receives information bits that are to be communicated to the second communication device via data symbols, and generates a plurality of data symbols using the information bits. The first communication device transmits the plurality of data symbols and the multiple pilot symbols to the second communication device via a communication medium. When transmitted, the multiple pilot symbols and encoded portions of the multiple bits of control data are interspersed among the plurality of data symbols.