An apparatus, a method and one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media. The apparatus comprises a processor and a receive module configured to be executed by the processor to receive a data packet via a wireless communication channel, the packet including one or more pilot signals assigned to one or more corresponding subcarrier frequencies of the packet, the one or more pilot signals arranged to sweep through at least a portion of the plurality of subcarrier frequencies as a function of time. The apparatus further includes a channel estimator module configured to be executed by the processor to determine an initial channel estimation for the communication channel, and to further update a channel estimation for the communication channel using at least a portion of the pilot signals of the packet based on channel conditions.