| abstract |
An interleaver ( 11 b ) for filling an interleaver matrix ( 51 ) used in interleaving a packet of bits for transmission as symbols via a wireless communication channel in a wireless communication system ( 11 12 ) including a modulator ( 11 c ), the interleaver ( 11 b ) having a number of rows (or columns, depending on whether bits are pulled column-wise or row-wise for encoding as symbols by the modulator) that is not divisible by the number of bits in a symbol, but having at least as many bits as in a packet, and so having, unavoidably, more elements than there are bits in a packet. |