A TELECOMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS EXPLOITING THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES PCT/EP2012/062004

The invention relates to a telecommunication method and apparatus for the transmission and/or reception of EM waves. EM waves structured with a plurality of OAM modes are, said EM waves having a same carrier frequency and one or more polarization states. One or more control signals and data signals associated to said EM waves are encodes, so that a channel for transmitting and receiving information is associated to each of said OAM modes. Each of said control signals is associated to a corresponding OAM mode of said EM waves while each of said data signals is one-to-one associated to a corresponding OAM mode of said EM waves. Said control signals and said data signals are simultaneously transmitted through the transmission of said EM waves and are simultaneously received through the reception of said EM waves. Said control signals and data signals are then decoded.