METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

A method for use in a cellular, FFT based multi-carrier communications system comprising N sub-carriers, for allocating a set P of sub-carriers to be reserved for potential use as carriers of specific information, comprises the following steps:- selecting a number M indicating the number of sub-carriers to be allocated to a set P of sub-carriers, such that L=N/M is an integer- allocating the at least two subcarriers of the set P={(n0+m*L) mod N : 0<=m<M} for the specific information, n0 being the offset of the lowest numbered subcarrier in P, the elements of P being indices, each referring to the number of a sub-carrier to be allocated. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. According to the invention, the sub-channels are maximally spread in frequency, which gives maximum diversity and also enables the use of low-complexity terminals.