Patent ID: 7466759

Claim:
An arrangement for transmitting a set of eight symbols using at least three transmit antennas, the arrangement comprising: an encoder to receive a set of eight interleaved symbols corresponding to the set of eight symbols, each interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols being created by combining a first part of one symbol with a second part of one other symbol, the symbol and the one other symbol forming part of the set of eight symbols, and a replication of a conjugate of each interleaved symbol and a negative complex conjugate of each interleaved symbol; and an arranging means for arranging the set of eight interleaved symbols in a matrix, the matrix having at least three rows and four columns, each row of the matrix corresponding to a transmitter antenna, wherein the matrix comprises: a first row with a combination of a first interleaved symbol, a negative complex conjugate of a second interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in a first two columns of the matrix, a third interleaved symbol and a negative complex conjugate of a fourth interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in a last two columns of the matrix, a second row with a combination of a complex conjugate of the first interleaved symbol and the second interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in the first two columns of the matrix and a complex conjugate of the third interleaved symbol and the fourth interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in the last two columns of the matrix, a third row with a combination of a fifth interleaved symbol, a negative complex conjugate of a sixth interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in a first two columns of the matrix, a seventh interleaved symbol and a negative complex conjugate of an eighth interleaved symbol from the set of eight interleaved symbols in a last two columns of the matrix, the first two columns representing a first transmission channel and the last two columns representing a second transmission channel.