Patent ID: 8369299

Claim:
A method of transmitting data and pilot in a wireless communication system, comprising: sending data for multiple user equipment (UEs) in a resource block with frequency division multiplexing (FDM), wherein respective data for the multiple UEs is FDM-separated in each symbol period of the resource block that is used for sending data; and sending pilot in the resource block with frequency-domain code division multiplexing (CDM); wherein the sending data comprises: generating a plurality of modulation symbols for the data, and sending the plurality of modulation symbols on multiple groups of subcarriers in multiple symbol periods of the resource block; wherein the sending data further comprises: generating multiple single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbols for the multiple symbol periods, one SC-FDM symbol for each symbol period, each SC-FDM symbol comprising modulation symbols sent on one group of subcarriers, and sending each SC-FDM symbol in a respective symbol period.