Submodules of $H^2({\mathbb{T}}^2)$ and Frames by Pairs of Bounded Commuting Operators

Recent work in Dynamical Sampling has been centered on characterizing frames obtained by the orbit of a vector under a bounded operator. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a pair of bounded commuting operators on a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space to generate a frame by unilateral iterations on a single vector. Applying the theory on submodules of the Hardy module $H^2({\mathbb{T}}^2)$, we characterize these frames in terms of their relation to the two-variable Jordan block on a certain quotient module and provide some properties of frames of this form.