摘要 |
A method of determining transmission power of transmitted pilot symbols used for estimating channel coefficients in a transmission frame of a multicarrier transmission system having OFDM-CDMA, MC-CDMA, MC-CDM or MC-SS-MA frequency domain spreading sequences. The method includes determining a performance level to be achieved by the transmission, deducing the signal to noise ratio level introduced by the channel from the performance level to be achieved, deducing a single code transmission power Q<SUB>0 </SUB>of the pilot symbols for a single spreading code from the signal to noise ratio level, deducing an increase in power alpha for transmitting the pilot symbols using a number of spreading codes K, and determining the transmission power Q of the pilot symbols at predetermined times, based on the following equations: <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?>Q=alpha(K -1 )+Q<SUB>0</SUB>; K >1; alpha>0 ; and Q<SUB>0</SUB>>alpha.<?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?> |