METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY TRANSMISSIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

A mobile radio telecommunications system is described in which the same user message is transmitted with forward error correction (FEC) codes on three separate channels to a receiver (45). The FEC codes for the three signals are different, e.g. different bits are punctured in the first signal compared with the second signal and so on. The receiver (45) includes a plurality of data receivers (40-42) for extracting the received signals as well as a forward error correction decoder (48) for substantially simultaneously decoding the differently forward error correction coded signals. The extracted decoded signals can be used individually or combined in a variety of ways to improve reception.