The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing
interference arising from signal propagation delay in multipath signal
environments in wireless communication systems. The present invention
provides a method of operating a mobile communications base station which
receives multipath components of signals from a number of high mobility
subscriber terminals, the method comprising: for each subscriber terminal
signal received, determining a best signal component; determining the
difference in time between reception of said best signal component and a
reference time; transmitting to said terminal a transmission timing
offset in order to receive said best component at substantially said
reference time.