Patent ID: 8363826

Claim:
A scrambler for performing a scrambling of symbols, comprising: pattern generation means for generating a scramble pattern for each symbol; multiplication value decision means for determining a positive or negative multiplication value corresponding to a bit value of each bit contained in a binary bit string forming a scramble pattern generated by the pattern generation means; symbol data generation means for inputting a data string whose significance level is predetermined, dividing significant data of the data string to generate high-importance bit data each having one bit and adding a predetermined unique bit data having a predetermined n bits to generate symbolized 1+n bits high-importance bit data, and dividing less significant data of the data string into 1+n bits data to generate symbolized 1+n bits low-importance data, thereby generating 2 1+n symbol data arranged based on each 1+n bits data; and multiplication processing means for multiplying one of the symbol data with the multiplication value determined by the multiplication value decision means, wherein the predetermined unique bit data is not from the input data string and is only added to the high-importance bit data, and wherein the predetermined unique value is a bit data which is common to symbol data having largest Euclid distance so that the 1+n bits high-importance bit data is always made to a symbol having the largest Euclid distance.