Patent ID: 7643444

Claim:
A method for processing information in a communications system, the method comprising: computing a sum for a plurality of spatial streams based on a number of bits associated with a corresponding modulation type identifier for at least one of said plurality of spatial streams; computing a maximum value of a numbered element in a look up table (LUT) based on a number that is proportional to said computed sum; assigning at least one binary bit of information, among a plurality of binary bits of information to be transmitted, to one of said plurality of spatial streams based on a current modulation type identifier; assigning at least one subsequent binary bit of information among said plurality of binary bits of information to be transmitted, to a subsequent said one of a plurality of spatial streams based on said current modulation type identifier and a subsequent modulation type identifier; and assigning at least one additional binary bit of information, among said plurality of binary bits of information to be transmitted, to said one of a plurality of spatial streams based on said current modulation type identifier and said subsequent modulation type identifier.