The invention discloses a
symbol interleaving method. The
symbol interleaving method includes the steps that after current data needing to be transmitted to
user equipment are converted into symbol sequences, the symbol sequences are sequentially written into a matrix by columns to obtain an initial matrix, wherein the row number R of the initial matrix is an OFDM
symbolic number Nsymbol corresponding to the symbol sequences, and the column number C of the initial matrix is the product of the number Ncarrier of subcarriers occupied by OFDM symbols and the number Nsubs of sub-bands occupied by the symbol sequences; according to the formula: P(j)=P1(j, Ncarrier, Nsubs)+P2(j, Ncarrier), column permutation is carried out on the initial matrix to obtain a column
permutation matrix, wherein P(j) is the column number of the j column, in the initial matrix, of the column
permutation matrix, P1(j, Ncarrier, Nsubs)=pi (mod (j, Ncarrier)) * Nsubs, pi() is a preset permutation function, P2(j, Ncarrier) meets a formula (please see the formula in the specification), and according to a formula (please see the formula in the specification), permutation is carried out on the column
permutation matrix to obtain an interleaved matrix, wherein Q(i) is the row number of the i row, in the column permutation matrix, of the interleaved matrix; symbols in the interleaved matrix are sequentially output by rows to obtain interleaved symbol sequences. The
symbol interleaving method is suitable for the LTE 230
system.