The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).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 an FBMC symbol overlapped with a transient transmission duration according to an energy distribution characteristic of a filter applied to the FBMC symbol to be transmitted in a non-transient transmission duration, truncating the FBMC symbol at the truncation point in the transient transmission duration, changing an energy characteristic of a filter according to the energy distribution characteristic of the filter to be applied to the truncated FBMC symbol, filtering the FBMC symbol overlapped with the transient transmission duration using the filter having the changed energy characteristic, filtering the FBMC symbols positioned within the non-transient transmission duration according to a non-transient transmission duration characteristic, and transmitting the filtered FBMC symbols at a corresponding transmission timing.