Patent ID: 7278087
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for outputting an input data block comprising a plurality of bits as an output data block with at least one puncturing or with at least one repetition of at least one bit, where the input data block contains a plurality of input data words having a respective plurality of bits, and the output data block contains output data words associated with the input data words, the apparatus comprising: an association unit for associating the bits in an input data word with the bits in the associated output data word on the basis of an alterable puncturing or repetition pattern, the association unit being a hardware circuit which is designed to execute both puncturing and repetitive coding, and the association unit having a plurality of association elements which each have a logic input and a logic output for associating a bit in an input data word with one or no bit in the associated output data word; a control unit for producing the puncturing or repetition pattern on the basis of prescribed puncturing or repetition information; and a first address generation unit for producing first addresses for the logic outputs of the association elements for respective association with a bit in the output data word on the basis of the puncturing pattern and for producing first addresses for the logic inputs of the association elements for respective association with a bit in the input data word on the basis of the repetition pattern.