A transmission method for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system that multiplexes data with a plurality of orthogonal sub-carriers, comprising the steps of converting a serial data stream into parallel data, segmenting the parallel data into at least one blocks having a plurality of data blocks, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT)-transforming the blocks into time-based signals where sub-carrier frequencies are separately assigned to the data blocks, determining phase factors of the IFFT-transformed time-based signals to reduce a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) where non-linear distortion occurs due to coincidence of phases of the data blocks IFFT-transformed with the sub-carrier frequencies, and phase-rotating the IFFT-transformed signals according to the determined phase factors before transmission;
- wherein reference data having information comprising a predetermined phase value and size into which the reference data is inserted is inserted into each sub-block between the segmentation step and the IFFT transforming step.