In a method for aligning a plurality of physical channels for uplink
transmission two or more physical channels may be aligned based on a
timing offset so that the two channels are transmitted in the uplink at a
time instant different than a time of uplink transmission for a third
physical channel. Accordingly, the two physical channels may be code
multiplexed with additional physical channels other than the third
physical channel to generate a code-multiplexed signal to be used for
uplink transmission. The timing offset information may be assigned to the
user from a base station, for example, in order to align the two physical
channels. Accordingly, an increase in peak-to-average power ratio my be
avoided and/or reduced if multiplexing the two physical channels with
other physical channels for uplink transmission.