Enhanced beacon signaling method and apparatus

Methods and apparatus for using high power, narrow signals, such as tones to communicate transmitter information without making the entire transmission power available to the transmitted tone or tones, are described. User data is transmitted in parallel with transmitter information in many embodiments where user data is allocated more than 20% of the transmitter's maximum output power in many cases. By using an amount of power on the tones used to communicate transmitter information and at the same time transmitting user data with more than 20% of the available transmitter power, efficient bandwidth utilization is achieved while ensuring a high likelihood that transmitter information signals will be received and detected using simple energy detection techniques. and without the need for time synchronization with the transmitter to successfully interpret the transmitter information.