Patent ID: 8787179

Claim:
A method for a telecommunication system, said telecommunication system comprising a plurality of entities implementing a phase of communicating data conveyed by a plurality of transport channels, said data of said plurality of transport channels being multiplexed into at least one multiplexing frame, said data being rate-matched by transforming an input data block of an initial size into an output data block of a final size, said method comprising: determining, by one of said plurality of entities, a first parameter, said first parameter being an integer relating to a rate matching ratio of said final size to said initial size; transmitting said first parameter from said one of said plurality of entities to another of said plurality of entities; receiving, by said another of said plurality of entities, said first parameter transmitted by said one of said plurality of entities; and calculating, by said another of said plurality of entities, said final size of said output data block, according to said initial size of said input data block, said first parameter, a second parameter and a maximum payload of said at least one multiplexing frame, said second parameter being a non-dimensional number corresponding to a maximum percentage of bits to be punctured, said first parameter being selected from a first range, and said second parameter being selected from a second range that is different from said first range.