A method and a device for forming a DFT-spread OFDM symbol including data and pilots, comprising: forming a pilot symbol in the time domain, the pilot symbol comprising at least two parts, a first part of the pilot symbol comprising samples of front pilots, a second part of the pilot symbol comprising null values, performing a DFT-spread OFDM modulation of the pilot symbol, precoding the data, putting the precoded data under the form of a data symbol in the time domain, the data symbol comprising at least two parts, a first part of the data symbol comprising null values, a second part of the data symbol comprising the data, performing a DFT-spread OFDM modulation of the data symbol, modifying a part of the DFT-spread OFDM modulated data symbol, combining the modified DFT-spread OFDM modulated data to the DFT-spread OFDM modulated pilot symbol.