Patent ID: 7200128

Claim:
A method for decoding received information wherein a plurality of users' information is interleaved over a given time period comprising the steps of: providing, within each user's information, at least a first and a second class, wherein said first class has more redundancy than said second class; decoding said first class of a first user's information from said received information; re-encoding said received information using the decoded information from said previous step; decoding said first class of a second user's information from said received information based on said decoded first class of said first user's information; re-encoding said received information using the decoded information from said previous step; decoding said second class of said first user's information from said received information based on said decoded first class of said first and second users' information: re-encoding said received information using the decoded information from said previous step; and decoding said second class of said second user's information from said received information based on said decoded first class of said first and second users' information and said second class of said first user's information.