Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system

Abstract

The present invention discloses a transmission method and apparatus for a wireless communication system. The data transmission apparatus includes an encoder capable of encoding input data to generate first coded bits and second coded bits; a channel interleaver capable of interleaving said first coded bits and said second coded bits, to generate first interleaved coded bits and second interleaved coded bits; a partially swap unit capable of partially swapping said first interleaved coded bits to generate partially swapped first interleaved coded bits, and combining said partially swapped said first interleaved coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits to generate processed bits; a modulator capable of mapping said processed bits to modulation symbols in a predetermined modulation scheme; and a transmitter capable of transmitting the modulation symbols. Related methods are also disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A transmission method, comprising:
 encoding input data to generate an encoded data containing first coded bits;   interleaving said first coded bits to generate first interleaved bits;   partially swapping said first coded bits to generate processed bits; and   mapping said interleaved bits to modulation symbols in a predetermined modulation scheme; and   transmitting the modulation symbols.   
     
     
         2 . The transmission method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of partially swapping said first coded bits further comprises:
 separating first coded bits into a first bit partition and a second bit partition;   swapping bits of said second bit partition based on a predetermined swapping pattern to generate a swapped second bit partition; and   combining said first bit partition and said swapped second bit partition to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         3 . The transmission method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 receiving a retransmission request from a receiver;   swapping bits of said first bit partition based on said predetermined swapping pattern;   combining said swapped first bit partition and said second bit partition based on a predetermined multiplexing pattern, to form said processed bits;   mapping said processed bits to modulation symbols in said predetermined modulation scheme; and   retransmitting said modulation symbols to said receiver.   
     
     
         4 . The transmission method of  claim 1 , when said encoded data further contains second coded bits, further comprising:
 interleaving said second coded bits to generate second interleaved bits;   combining said partially swapped first coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits based on a predetermined multiplexing pattern, to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         5 . The transmission method of  claim 4 , wherein said predetermined multiplexing pattern is defined that said partially swapped first coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits are multiplexed per N bits, N is a positive integer. 
     
     
         6 . The transmission method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 partially swapping said second coded bits to generate partially swapped second coded bits;   combining said partially swapped first coded bits and said partially swapped second coded bits based on said predetermined multiplexing pattern, to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         7 . The transmission method of  claim 6 , wherein the step of partially swapping said second coded bits further comprises:
 separating said second coded bits into a third bit partition and a fourth bit partition;   swapping bits of said fourth bit partition based on a predetermined swapping pattern to generate a swapped second bit partition; and   combining said third bit partition and said swapped fourth bit partition.   
     
     
         8 . The transmission method of  claim 6 , wherein said predetermined multiplexing pattern is defined that said partially swapped first coded bits and said partially swapped second coded bits are multiplexed per N bits, N is a positive integer. 
     
     
         9 . A transmission apparatus, comprising:
 an encoder capable of encoding input data to generate first coded bits and second coded bits;   a channel interleaver capable of interleaving said first coded bits and said second coded bits, to generate first interleaved coded bits and second interleaved coded bits;   a partially swap unit capable of partially swapping said first interleaved coded bits to generate partially swapped first interleaved coded bits, and combining said partially swapped said first interleaved coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits to generate processed bits;   a modulator capable of mapping said processed bits to modulation symbols in a predetermined modulation scheme; and   a transmitter capable of transmitting the modulation symbols.   
     
     
         10 . The transmission apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said partially swap unit further partially swaps said second interleaved coded bits to generate partially swapped second interleaved coded bits, and combining partially swapped first interleaved coded bits and partially swapped second interleaved coded bits to form said processed bits. 
     
     
         11 . A transmission method, comprising:
 encoding input data to generate first coded bits and second coded bits;   multiplexing said first coded bits and said second coded bits per N bits, N is an integer larger than 1, to form processed bits;   mapping said processed bits to modulation symbols in a predetermined modulation scheme; and   transmitting the modulation symbols.   
     
     
         12 . The transmission method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 partially swapping said first coded bits to generate partially swapped first coded bits; and   multiplexing said partially swapped first coded bits and said second coded bits per N bits, to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         13 . The transmission method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 partially swapping said second coded bits to generate partially swapped second coded bits; and   multiplexing said first coded bits and said partially swapped second coded bits per N bits, to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         14 . The transmission method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 partially swapping said first coded bits to generate partially swapped first coded bits;   partially swapping said second coded bits to generate partially swapped second coded bits; and   multiplexing said partially swapped first coded bits and said partially swapped second coded bits per N bits, N is an integer larger than 1, to form said processed bits.   
     
     
         15 . A transmission apparatus, comprising:
 an encoder capable of encoding input data to generate first coded bits and second coded bits;   a channel interleaver capable of interleaving said first coded bits and said second coded bits to generate said first interleaved coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits, and multiplexing said first interleaved coded bits and said second interleaved coded bits per N bits, N is an integer larger than 1, to form processed bits;   a modulator capable of mapping said processed bits to modulation symbols in a predetermined modulation scheme; and   a transmitter capable of transmitting the modulation symbols.