Patent ID: 8843144

Claim:
Method for wireless communication in a multi-user, multi-carrier communications system, using a multi-carrier resource space of at least two dimensions, of which one is frequency, said multi-carrier communications system allowing a data stream to be separated into a series of parallel data streams, each of which is modulated and simultaneously transmitted with a different frequency, comprising the step of: allocating a first resource sub-space of entire said multi-carrier resource space for communication between a first node and a second node; said first resource sub-space comprising resources of more than one carrier; obtaining data associated with estimated radio conditions for communication between the first node and the second node; allocating a second resource sub-space of entire said multi-carrier resource space for communication between the first node and a third node; said second resource sub-space comprising resources of more than one carrier, obtaining data associated with estimated radio conditions for communication between the first node and the third node; providing access to the use of at least two pilot resource configurations, intended for different estimated node radio conditions, whereby the first resource sub-space is associated a pilot resource configuration, being in agreement with pilot need for the estimated radio conditions for the second node and the second resource sub-space is associated a pilot resource configuration, being in agreement with pilot need for the estimated radio conditions for the third node; and whereby at least one of the first resource sub-space and the second resource sub-space comprises a carrier having both pilot resources and data resources within said first resource sub-space or said second resource subspace, respectively; transmitting to the second node information about a first power level used to transmit the pilot symbols in the pilot resources of the first resource sub-space; and transmitting to the third node information about a second power level used to transmit the pilot symbols in the pilot resources of the second resource sub-space.