A method for detecting a symbol timing in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM system, the method comprising: receiving, via the OFDM system configured to support transmissions of signals via radio channels that exhibit multi-path delays 1, a transmission symbol that has a Cyclic Prefix, CP, or a Cyclic Suffix, CS, inserted in an OFDM symbol; wherein a correlation metric P new-CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: P new_CP d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d − m r d + m, wherein r denotes a reception signal 2, d denotes a time index, and N denotes a length of the OFDM symbol, wherein the energy of a symbol R new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: R new_CP d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d + m 2, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, wherein a correlation metric P new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: P new_CS d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d − m r d + m, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, and wherein the energy of the symbol R new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: R new_CS d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d + m 2, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, characterized by: applying either a first timing metric or a second timing metric to the received transmission symbol in order to detect a timing of the OFDM symbol based on a maximum value of the timing metric, wherein the first timing metric is defined as shown in the following formula when the transmission symbol uses the CP: M new_CP d = P new_CP d R new_CP d M CP d − N 2 − L, 1 cf. page 1, lines 14 to 18 2 cf. page 9, lines 11 and 12 wherein P new_CP (d) denotes the correlation metric, R new_CP (d) denotes the energy of the OFDM symbol, d denotes the time index, N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, and L denotes the length of the CP 3, wherein the second timing metric is defined as shown in the following formula when the transmission symbol uses the CS: M new_CS d = P new_CS d R new_CS d M CS d − N 2, wherein P new_CP (d) denotes a correlation metric, R new_CP (d) denotes the energy of the OFDM symbol, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, wherein M CP (d) and M cs (d) are defined as shown in the following formula: M CP d = M CS d = ∑ m = 0 L − 1 r d + m * r d + m + N ∑ m = 0 L − 1 r d + m 2 wherein d denotes the time index, N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, L denotes the length of the CP, r denotes the reception signal and r* denotes the complex conjugate of the reception signal. receiving, via the OFDM system configured to support transmissions of signals via radio channels that exhibit multi-path delays 1, a transmission symbol that has a Cyclic Prefix, CP, or a Cyclic Suffix, CS, inserted in an OFDM symbol; wherein a correlation metric P new-CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: P new_CP d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d − m r d + m, wherein r denotes a reception signal 2, d denotes a time index, and N denotes a length of the OFDM symbol, wherein the energy of a symbol R new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: R new_CP d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d + m 2, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, wherein a correlation metric P new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: P new_CS d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d − m r d + m, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, and wherein the energy of the symbol R new_CP (d) is obtained by the following formula: R new_CS d = ∑ m = 1 N / 2 − 1 r d + m 2, wherein r denotes the reception signal, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, applying either a first timing metric or a second timing metric to the received transmission symbol in order to detect a timing of the OFDM symbol based on a maximum value of the timing metric, wherein the first timing metric is defined as shown in the following formula when the transmission symbol uses the CP: M new_CP d = P new_CP d R new_CP d M CP d − N 2 − L, 1 cf. page 1, lines 14 to 18 2 cf. page 9, lines 11 and 12 wherein P new_CP (d) denotes the correlation metric, R new_CP (d) denotes the energy of the OFDM symbol, d denotes the time index, N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, and L denotes the length of the CP 3, wherein the second timing metric is defined as shown in the following formula when the transmission symbol uses the CS: M new_CS d = P new_CS d R new_CS d M CS d − N 2, wherein P new_CP (d) denotes a correlation metric, R new_CP (d) denotes the energy of the OFDM symbol, d denotes the time index, and N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, wherein M CP (d) and M cs (d) are defined as shown in the following formula: M CP d = M CS d = ∑ m = 0 L − 1 r d + m * r d + m + N ∑ m = 0 L − 1 r d + m 2 wherein d denotes the time index, N denotes the length of the OFDM symbol, L denotes the length of the CP, r denotes the reception signal and r* denotes the complex conjugate of the reception signal.