A method and apparatus for transmitting symbols for use in an FBMC wireless communication system are provided. The FBMC symbol transmission method includes determining a truncation point of a first FBMC symbol overlapping a transient transmission duration based on an energy distribution characteristic of a first filter applied to the first FBMC symbol, wherein the first FMBC symbol is to be transmitted in a non-transient transmission duration, truncating the first FBMC symbol at the truncation point in the transient transmission duration, changing an energy characteristic of a second filter, filtering the first FBMC symbol using the second filter, filtering FBMC symbols positioned within the non-transient transmission duration based on a non-transient transmission duration characteristic; and transmitting the filtered FBMC symbols at a corresponding transmission timing.