Methods and apparatuses that apply a time-varying delay to symbols to be transmitted from one or more antennas are provided. In a first embodiment, first and second transmission orders for samples in first and second data symbols, respectively, are determined. First and second cyclic prefixes are appended to the beginnings of the first and second transmission orders, respectively. The first and second data symbols are then provided to the same antenna for transmissions beginning at different time slots in accordance with a delay diversity scheme. In a second embodiment, either the first data symbol or the second data symbol can be provided to different antennas for transmissions beginning at different time slots in accordance with a delay diversity scheme.