Embodiment of the disclosure set forth methods for transmitting data in a wireless communication system. Some example methods include converting a data stream to a symbol set; selecting a first plurality of symbols from the symbol set, wherein the first plurality of symbols includes at least a first symbol, a second symbol, a third symbol, and a fourth symbol; generating a second plurality of symbols having at least a fifth symbol and a sixth symbol, wherein the fifth symbol includes a first part of the first symbol and a second part of the second symbol and the sixth symbol includes a first part of the third symbol and a second part of the fourth symbol; weighting the sixth symbol to form a first weighted symbol; and transmitting in a first time slot the fifth symbol with a first antenna and the first weighted symbol with a second antenna.