A method for modulating data for transmission within a communication system. The method includes establishing a time-frequency shifting matrix of dimension N×N, wherein N is greater than one. The method further includes combining the time-frequency shifting matrix with a data frame to provide an intermediate data frame. A transformed data matrix is provided by permuting elements of the intermediate data frame. A modulated signal is generated in accordance with elements of the transformed data matrix.

A receiver for detecting and recovering payload data from a received signal is provided. The receiver includes a detector, a frequency synchronizer, and a demodulator. The receiver is configured to detect the received signal. The received signal includes the payload data and signalling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data. The frequency synchronizer is configured to process the received signal so as to compensate for a frequency offset in the received signal. The demodulator is configured to detect the one or more first symbols and the one or more second symbols, to recover the signalling data from the one or more first symbols, and to use the signalling data to recover the payload data from the one or more second symbols. The sequence is a signature sequence associated with a transmitter of the received signal.

A method of a first UE comprises: determining a sidelink synchronization identity (SL-SID) and a set of resources; generating at least one sidelink synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (S-SSB) based on the SL-SID and the set of resources, wherein each S-SSB of the at least one S-SSB includes first two symbols for a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS) and second two symbols for a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS); generating a first sequence corresponding to the S-PSS, wherein the first sequence is determined based on a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated M-sequence with a 127 of sequence length and a low cross-correlation with a PSS; generating a second sequence corresponding to the S-SSS, wherein the second sequence is determined based on a BPSK modulated Gold-sequence with a 127 of sequence length; and transmitting, the at least one S-SSB over sidelink channels established with the second UE.

A method, network node and system for providing joint phase and delay compensation for a plurality of antenna branches in a network node having a plurality of antennas by processing injected signals and feedback signals in a frequency domain are provided. According to one aspect, a method includes performing at least squares algorithm applied to the injected signals and the feedback signals to generate corrective signals applied to input signals of each antenna branch.

Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes that a first node configures configuration information of each time unit within a transmission period, where the configuration information includes a transmission direction and transmission content in each time unit, that the first node notifies the configuration information to a second node, and that the first node performs data transceiving with the second node according to the configuration information.

A data transmission method and an apparatus in a network supporting coordinated multipoint transmission are provided. The method includes transmitting candidate sets of initial state information used to generate Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) scrambling sequences for the transmission points to the UE, and transmitting an indication corresponding to at least one candidate set of initial state information respectively associated with at least one transmission point to the UE, wherein the initial state information is used by the UE to generate DMRS scrambling sequences.

A preamble generating unit generates first and second synchronization preambles having different numbers of subcarriers. A transmission signal generating unit generates an OFDM transmission signal through time-division multiplexing by using the generated first and second synchronization preambles. A transmission RF unit converts the generated OFDM transmission signal into a radio-frequency OFDM signal and transmits the radio-frequency OFDM signal. The preamble generating unit adds a predetermined dummy period between the first synchronization preamble and the second synchronization preamble.

SS block identification information is identified with high reliability and/or low complexity. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal (SS) block, which includes a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; and a control section that specifies identification information of the SS block, based on at least one of a difference of demodulation reference signal sequences for the broadcast channel, a difference of mapping pattern of the reference signal sequences, and a difference of frequency position to which the reference signal sequences are mapped, among a plurality of symbols in the SS block.

A method and apparatus is provided for transmitting an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access (OFDMA) signal including a synchronization channel signal transmitted including a plurality of sequence elements interleaved in time and frequency. The synchronization channel signal sequence elements enable an initial acquisition and cell search method with low computational load by providing predetermined time domain symmetry for common sequence elements in OFDMA symbol periods for OFDMA symbol timing detection and frequency error detection in an OFDMA system supporting multiple system bandwidths, both synchronized and un-synchronized systems, a large cell index and an OFDMA symbol structure with both short and long cyclic prefix length.

A transmitting apparatus includes a symbol generator configured to generate a preamble symbol including signaling data and a reference signal, a frequency allocator configured to allocate first subcarriers and second subcarriers to the signaling data and the reference signal, respectively, in a frequency corresponding to the preamble symbol and map the signaling data and the reference signal to the allocated subcarriers, and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal including the preamble symbol and a data symbol, wherein the reference signal is a signal used for channel estimation or frequency offset compensation. Thus, synchronization is accurately corrected and channel estimation is achieved using the reference signal included in the preamble symbol, thereby reducing a ratio of a pilot included in a data symbol.