A method for suppressing impulsive interference in an OFDM signal r received by a receiver, comprising the steps of: 1.1 specifying a threshold value T n with n = 1 1.2 suppressing signal components of the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, the signal amplitudes of which are greater than the threshold value T n, wherein the signal y(r,T n) is available after the suppression of the signal components: y r T n = { r, r ≤ T n 0, otherwise 1.3 determining a residual interference power PL(y(r,T n)) of the signal y(r,T n), wherein PL(y(r,T n)) = (P wl - P wol)/N applies, with P wl representing the remaining overall power after the suppression of signal components of the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, P wol representing the remaining power after the suppression of signal components if no impulsive interference would have occurred scaled with a ratio of non-suppressed signal components with and without interference, and N representing the number of subcarriers of the signal y(r,T n), 1.4 determining a useful signal power PS(y(r,T n) of the signal y(r,T n), 1.5 determining a noise power PN(y(r,T n)) of the signal y(r,T n), 1.6 determining a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio SINR(y(r,T n)): SINR y r T n = SINR PL y r T n, PS y r T n, PN y r T n = SINR T n 1.7 determining an optimized threshold value T m for suppressing the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r by carrying out steps 1.2 to 1.6 multiple times, wherein the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio SINR(T n) is maximized by iteratively varying the threshold value for n = 2, 3,..., m such that the following applies to T m: SINR y r T m = SINR T m = Max ( SINR y r T n = Max SINR T n, 1.8 suppressing the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, the signal amplitudes of which are greater than the threshold value Tm, wherein the signal y(r,T m) is available after the suppression: y r T m = { r, r ≤ T m 0, otherwise. 1.1 specifying a threshold value T n with n = 1 1.2 suppressing signal components of the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, the signal amplitudes of which are greater than the threshold value T n, wherein the signal y(r,T n) is available after the suppression of the signal components: y r T n = { r, r ≤ T n 0, otherwise 1.3 determining a residual interference power PL(y(r,T n)) of the signal y(r,T n), wherein PL(y(r,T n)) = (P wl - P wol)/N applies, with P wl representing the remaining overall power after the suppression of signal components of the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, P wol representing the remaining power after the suppression of signal components if no impulsive interference would have occurred scaled with a ratio of non-suppressed signal components with and without interference, and N representing the number of subcarriers of the signal y(r,T n), P wl representing the remaining overall power after the suppression of signal components of the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, P wol representing the remaining power after the suppression of signal components if no impulsive interference would have occurred scaled with a ratio of non-suppressed signal components with and without interference, and N representing the number of subcarriers of the signal y(r,T n), 1.4 determining a useful signal power PS(y(r,T n) of the signal y(r,T n), 1.5 determining a noise power PN(y(r,T n)) of the signal y(r,T n), 1.6 determining a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio SINR(y(r,T n)): SINR y r T n = SINR PL y r T n, PS y r T n, PN y r T n = SINR T n 1.7 determining an optimized threshold value T m for suppressing the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r by carrying out steps 1.2 to 1.6 multiple times, wherein the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio SINR(T n) is maximized by iteratively varying the threshold value for n = 2, 3,..., m such that the following applies to T m: SINR y r T m = SINR T m = Max ( SINR y r T n = Max SINR T n, 1.8 suppressing the impulsive interference of the OFDM signal r, the signal amplitudes of which are greater than the threshold value Tm, wherein the signal y(r,T m) is available after the suppression: y r T m = { r, r ≤ T m 0, otherwise.