Receiving apparatus and method

A receiving apparatus for receiving signals in a transmission system, said signals being transmitted on the basis of a frame structure, the frames of said frame structure comprising signaling data and payload data, said receiving apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a transmission signal,
• a frame demapper configured to demap signaling data blocks and payload data patterns from the frames of said frame structure of said received transmission signal, wherein a signaling data block is assumed to comprise a number of data corresponding to the number of a signaling data pattern, wherein said signaling data patterns are split into n signaling data portions, n being a positive integer, which n signaling portions are mapped onto n or less frames, and
• a demodulation decoder configured to separately demodulate and decode said signaling data blocks and payload data patterns to obtain signaling data and payload data, wherein said demodulation decoder comprises a signaling data demodulation decoder configured to demodulate and decode said signaling data blocks by
• determining the number n from said signaling blocks by performing a correlation of the data included in one or more signaling data blocks with the correlation sequence, by which the signaling data have been correlated before transmission, and
• decoding n signaling portions included in the signaling blocks from which n has been determined.