A method and apparatus for receiving signals in a multi-carrier multiple access system is provided. The method includes receiving signals from at least one base station each signal having a base station identifier, processing the signals to identify each base station by using the base station identifier, performing channel estimation using the processed signals, combining the processed signals using information obtained from the channel estimation and decoding the combined signals. The apparatus includes a serial-to-parallel converter, a Fast Fourier transformer, a parallel-to-serial converter, a despreading processor, a channel estimator, a signal combiner and a decoder.