A method for determining a fading correction factor to be used for correcting a sample of a power delay profile of a received signal in a communication system, the fading correction factor associated with a fading channel characteristic through which the received signal propagates, includes estimating a number (N) of complex samples, obtaining fading channel autocorrelation sequence (R(n)) of the fading channel for a plurality (n) of complex samples, the number of the plurality (n) of complex samples corresponding to the number (N) of complex samples, and computing the fading correction factor based on the number (N) of complex samples, autocorrelation sequence (R(n)), and the number of the plurality (n) of complex samples.