Abstract: A method of estimating an SINR ratio of an OFDM-CDMA transmission signal spread with spread codes, the transmission signal being transmitted between a transmission apparatus and a receiver apparatus, the method including: receiving the signal spread with spread codes at the receiver apparatus; and calculating, with a processor at the receiver apparatus, an estimate of the SINR ratio for the signal spread with the spread codes independently of a value of the spread codes.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of hybrid telecommunication networks comprising at least one telecommunication relay-satellite emitting at least one signal covering a given geographical zone organized into sub-zones of smaller dimension, a terrestrial relay-station able to receive, to process the satellite signal and to emit a signal in at least one of the sub-zones and mobile reception terminals. The network according to the invention comprises first means making it possible to carry out a mapping of the quality of reception of the satellite signal in each sub-zone; second means making it possible to transmit the mapping information to the terrestrial relay-station. The relay-station comprises third means making it possible, as a function of the reception mapping information, to emit a signal dependent on the said mapping making it possible to improve the quality of reception in its reception sub-zone.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of estimating the SINR ratio of an OFDM-CDMA type transmission using spread codes (ck), in which this ratio is estimated independently of the value of these codes.