A symbol generator for generating at least one preamble symbol , the symbol generator comprising: - a buffer for providing a vector having a front part , a center part and a back part , the center part being arranged in a plurality of consecutive blocks each including a first part and a second part , - a symbol processor for inserting, in the time domain, - front pilot samples into the front part, - a plurality of consecutive blocks of samples into the center part, - back pilot samples into the back part, wherein the front pilot samples and the back pilot samples are configured to carry a similar correlation sequence, and wherein each of the plurality of consecutive blocks of samples is arranged in a first portion and a second portion which are configured to respectively match the first part and the second part of the center part, where each first portion includes pilot samples which are configured to carry a predetermined reference information and where at least one of the second portion includes data samples which are configured to carry signaling data, and - a first modulation processor for performing a DFT-spread-OFDM modulation of the vector according to a predetermined oversampling rate, wherein - the time-domain samples of the vector are converted into the frequency domain by a discrete Fourier transform, DFT, operation, thereby creating frequency-domain samples, and - the frequency-domain samples are converted into the time domain by an inverse discrete Fourier transform, IDFT, operation, thereby creating oversampled time-domain samples. - a buffer for providing a vector having a front part , a center part and a back part , the center part being arranged in a plurality of consecutive blocks each including a first part and a second part , - a symbol processor for inserting, in the time domain, - front pilot samples into the front part, - a plurality of consecutive blocks of samples into the center part, - back pilot samples into the back part, wherein the front pilot samples and the back pilot samples are configured to carry a similar correlation sequence, and wherein each of the plurality of consecutive blocks of samples is arranged in a first portion and a second portion which are configured to respectively match the first part and the second part of the center part, where each first portion includes pilot samples which are configured to carry a predetermined reference information and where at least one of the second portion includes data samples which are configured to carry signaling data, and - front pilot samples into the front part, - a plurality of consecutive blocks of samples into the center part, - back pilot samples into the back part, - a first modulation processor for performing a DFT-spread-OFDM modulation of the vector according to a predetermined oversampling rate, wherein - the time-domain samples of the vector are converted into the frequency domain by a discrete Fourier transform, DFT, operation, thereby creating frequency-domain samples, and - the frequency-domain samples are converted into the time domain by an inverse discrete Fourier transform, IDFT, operation, thereby creating oversampled time-domain samples. - the time-domain samples of the vector are converted into the frequency domain by a discrete Fourier transform, DFT, operation, thereby creating frequency-domain samples, and - the frequency-domain samples are converted into the time domain by an inverse discrete Fourier transform, IDFT, operation, thereby creating oversampled time-domain samples. <EOS>