A method of acquiring, at a receiver, fine timing synchronization for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal as transported over a channel, includes determining an impulse response of the channel; dynamically creating a window function corresponding to the impulse response; and selecting a multiplicity of samples of the OFDM signal in accordance with the window function, where the multiplicity of samples are time aligned with an OFDM demodulator. A corresponding synchronizer includes a correlator for cross correlating a received preamble with a known preamble to provide an impulse response corresponding to the channel; a window generator configured to dynamically create a window function corresponding to the impulse response; and a selector configured to select a multiplicity of samples of the OFDM signal in accordance with the window function, where the multiplicity of samples are time aligned with a Fast Fourier Transform window associated with an OFDM demodulator.