Abstract: The propagation channel in a wireless communication system may be characterized as a multipath fading model wherein the multiple delayed and attenuated versions of the transmitted signal are received. In the receiver's processing chain, the impairments introduced by this propagation channel may be equalized using the channel estimates. The channel estimation is mainly performed using the known reference signals by conventional methods. The estimation of delay spread profile may be crucial for high performance channel estimation. The conventional methods may be appropriate for high operating channel bandwidths. In the case of low channel bandwidth, limited number of reference signals may be available which may not be adequate for accurate delay spread estimation. A method and apparatus are disclosed that improve the delay spread estimation for low channel bandwidth scenarios.