Patent ID: 8848651

Claim:
A method for processing information, comprising: providing first bits as a first number of N-tuples; providing second bits as a second number, which differs from the first number, of N-tuples; rearranging the first bits to form M-tuples; forming a symbol from in each case one M-tuple in accordance with a first modulation method; rearranging the second bits to form P-tuples; forming a symbol from one P-tuple in each case in accordance with a second modulation method different from the first modulation method, where M≠P transmitting the first bits using a first group of sub-bands of a frequency band; and transmitting the second bits using a second group, which differs from the first group, of sub-bands of the frequency band separately from the first group, wherein the M-tuples are formed by entering M N-tuples of the first bits into parallel shift registers, the P-tuples are formed by entering P N-tuples of the second bits into parallel shift registers, and the same P parallel shift registers are used for forming the P-tuples and for forming the M-tuples.