Method and device for channel estimation

According to the invention, signals consisting of a data part with data symbols and a midamble with a given amount of known symbols are transmitted via a transmission channel in a method for channel estimation in a communication system. Channel coefficients are estimated in terms of channel impulse response of the transmission channel on the receiver side, whereby the received signal dependent on the midamble is convoluted with the estimation coefficients derived from the known symbols of the midamble by Fourier transformation to estimate channel coefficients. Fourier transformation is carried out with any given number (S) of support points as long as S>/=2L, whereby L stands for the length of the evaluable part of the midamble. The invention can be advantageously used in third generation mobile radio networks.