Training sequence hopping in a radio communication system

A radio network node for use in a cellular communications network comprising:

• a resource controller configured to determine resources to support a signal connection between a base station transceiver and a mobile station where different units of information associated with the signal to be transmitted over the connection are associated with different transmission time slots for the signal to be transmitted over the connection, and
• a training sequence hopping controller configured to determine a training sequence hopping pattern for the signal transmission over the connection between the base station transceiver and the mobile station,
• wherein the training sequence hopping pattern includes different training sequences to be used during the different transmission time slots for the signal transmission over the connection between the base station transceiver and the mobile station.

A training sequence generator for use in a radio node, comprising:

• electronic circuitry configured to perform the following tasks:
• provide a first training sequence corresponding to a first time slot in a signal transmission over a connection between a base station transceiver in a radio network and a mobile station, and
• provide a second training sequence corresponding to a second time slot in the same signal transmission over the connection between the base station transceiver and the mobile station “wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to provide the first and second training sequences for use during their respective first and second time slots in the same signal transmission over the connection betweenthe base station transceiver and the mobile station.”

A mobile radio terminal configured to communicate with a cellular communications network, comprising:

• processing and transceiving circuitry configured to communicate information with a base station transceiver in the cellular communications network over a radio-based signal transmission conveyed over a connection between the base station transceiver and the mobile radio terminal, and
• a training sequence hopping controller configured to determine a training sequence hopping pattern for the signal transmission,
• wherein the training sequence hopping pattern includes different training sequences to be used during different time slots of the signal transmission over the connection between the base station transceiver and the mobile station.