METHOD AND ADAPTIVE BIT INTERLEAVER FOR WIDEBAND SYSTEMS USING ADAPTIVE BIT LOADING

摘要

An adaptive interleaver for wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communications permutes a variable number of coded bits per OFDM symbol (Ncbps). The variable number of coded bits is calculated based on individual subcarrier modulation assignments for orthogonal subcarriers of a wideband channel. The interleaver matrix size may be based on the variable number of coded bits per OFDM symbol and the number of subchannels that comprise the wideband channel. The interleaver may add padding bits to the interleaver matrix to fill any remaining positions, and after performing an interleaving operation, the interleaver may prune the padding bits to provide a sequence of interleaved bits for subsequent modulation on the orthogonal subcarriers. A receiver may include an adaptive deinterleaver to reverse the process.