Patent ID: 7685505

Claim:
An apparatus for coding input data into channel-coded form for communication upon a communication channel, said apparatus comprising: a coder element adapted to receive the input data and to code the input data at a ⅓ code rate to form first coded data; a code puncturer adapted to receive the coded data and to puncture the coded data with a puncture code, wherein the puncture code comprises: P = [ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ] , ⁢ or ⁢ ⁢ P = [ 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 ] , ⁢ or ⁢ ⁢ P = [ 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ] , ⁢ or ⁢ ⁢ P = [ 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 ] , ⁢ or ⁢ ⁢ P = [ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 ] , ⁢ ⁢ or ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ P = [ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 ] .