A method, and apparatus implementing the method, encodes bits to be transmitted over a channel. The channel may be a single carrier or a multi-carrier channel. Bits are encoded based on a constellation that has a self-similarity property and also has an improved bit error rate. The constellation was...http://www.google.de/patents/US7130354?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7130354 - Method and apparatus for improving error control properties for encoding and decoding data