One method includes appending a preamble to a data packet and sending the preamble and data packet over a communication channel in a network. The preamble can be a beacon, permission, broadcast or high-throughput preamble. The beacon preamble includes the following symbols SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CEBeacon , CE Beacon. The License Preamble includes the following symbols SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, SS, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CE, CE. The broadcast preamble includes the following symbols LS1, LS1, LS1, LS1, CP0, CE, CE. The high-throughput preamble includes the following symbols CP0, CE. SS symbols consist of 64 bits, LS1, LS2 and CP0 symbols consist of 192 bits, CE symbols consist of 512 bits, and CEBeacon symbols are a subset of CE.