Patent ID: 8665993

Claim:
A method for transmitting a plurality of information bits using resource selection on multiple antennas, the method comprising: selecting a first and a second orthogonal resource from an allocation of more than two orthogonal resources according to the state of the plurality of information bits; transmitting a first symbol in a first symbol instant on a first antenna using the first orthogonal resource; and transmitting a second symbol in the first symbol instant on a second antenna using the second orthogonal resource, wherein the first and second orthogonal resources are different from each other, wherein the first symbol is either a reference symbol or a modulation symbol, and wherein the second symbol is a modulation symbol, selecting a third orthogonal resource from the allocated orthogonal resources according to the state of the plurality of information bits, wherein the third orthogonal resource is different from the second orthogonal resource for at least one combination of the plurality of information bits; and transmitting a reference symbol on the second antenna using the third orthogonal resource of the allocated orthogonal resources.