The invention relates to methods and communication devices for transmitting data on a radio channel comprising the steps of determining (32) a first preamble format to be used in a cell of the second communication device, determining (34) a basic cyclic shift value from a set of basic cyclic shift values, the set is selected based on the preamble format, and transmitting (36) data comprising indication of the determined first preamble format and a basic cyclic shift value pointer indicating the basic cyclic shift value in the set of basic cyclic shift values.
From the international application WO2009078785