A wireless communication system that communicates (500) frames having
first and second sub-frames (510, 520) with time-frequency resource
elements. The first sub-frame including first reference symbol
information and the second sub-frame including second reference symbol
information, and not more than one of the first and second sub-frames
including user specific radio resource assignment information. Wireless
communication entities receiving the frames process the time-frequency
elements of the first sub-frame using the first reference symbol
information and processing the time-frequency elements of the second
sub-frame using the second reference symbol information.