Patent ID: 8831542

Claim:
A method comprising: selecting a bit mask associated with an antenna configuration and a transmission diversity scheme, the bit mask being selected from a set of bit masks, the set of bit masks including a first bit mask associated with a single antenna configuration, a second bit mask associated with a two antenna configuration, and a third bit mask associated with a four antenna configuration, wherein selecting the bit mask includes selecting the bit mask from the set of bit masks, the first bit mask having a maximum hamming distance from the second bit mask and hamming distances between the first and third bit masks and between the second and third bit masks being equal to one another; and applying, with a processor, the bit mask associated with the antenna configuration and the transmission diversity scheme to a set of predetermined bits within a plurality of bits, wherein applying the bit mask includes applying the bit mask to cyclic redundancy check bits without application of the bit mask to corresponding information bits upon which the cyclic redundancy check bits are based.