Inthispaper,anewtimingoffsetestimationmethodforOrthogonalFrequencypisionMultiplexing(OFDM)systemsarepresented.Uponthereceiptofjustonetrainingsequence,thispresenceofasignalandthestartoftheframecanbedetected.TheperformancesofthetimingestimatorinadditivewhiteGaussiannoiseandthemobilemultipathchannelareevaluatedbysimulation.TheresultsdeliveredbythisalgorithmarecomparedwiththosedeliveredbySchmidlandCox.