Patent ID: 8175090

Claim:
A method of creating a variable row size outer code block having a plurality of rows, comprising: receiving rows of user information over a radio bearer, wherein the size of the rows of user information varies based on an application; once all rows of user information are received, determining a variable outer code block row size, based on the amount of user information received, wherein the size of the outer code block transmitted during a transmission timing interval varies based on the outer code block row size; segmenting and concatenating rows of user information to fit within variable-size outer code block rows; placing the rows of user information into outer code block rows to generate information blocks; adding at least one length indicator to each outer code block row to indicate that a row of user information ends within the outer code block row occupied by that information block, wherein the rows of user information fully occupy the plurality of outer code block rows, and wherein a encoder packet comprises the information blocks and length indicators; extracting a portion of each encoder packet to obtain extracted information; encoding the extracted information to generate rows of redundancy information; adding the rows of redundancy information to the encoder packet to generate an outer code block having the variable row size; and transmitting the encoder packet.