A technique for improving the performance of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) systems addresses the Sampling Frequency Offset (SFO) estimation and correction problems of conventional techniques and provides improved performance in a wide range of operating conditions. The technique teaches a correction scheme that uses known pilots in each OFDM symbol to estimate slope of phase error and subsequently calculate the correction factor for each of the sub-carriers in the associated OFDM symbol. The present subject matter further teaches an averaging slope estimates over a window of predetermined number of OFDM symbols to average out noise and get a refined correction factor. In addition, the present technique teaches tracking rate of growth of slope across OFDM symbols to estimate SFO, which can be used for the timing error correction in the time domain.