Patent ID: 7096404

Claim:
A method of providing forward error correction for data services in a wireless system using time-division multiple-access (TDMA), the method comprising the steps of: segmenting data into data blocks, each data block having a predetermined data block size; and encoding the segmented data, in the wireless system using TDMA, with a parallel concatenated convolutional code, the parallel concatenated convolutional code being a Turbo Code comprising a plurality of constituent codes such that a plurality of data block sizes and a plurality of code rates are supported in conjunction with the Turbo Code, wherein at least one of the plurality of constituent codes has a transfer function of: G(D)=[1,(1+D+D 3 )/(1+D 2 +D 3 )] for a code rate of 1/3 and a minimum code rate of 1/5.