Method and system of single carrier block transmission with parallel encoding and decoding

A wireless device (100), comprising:

• a demultiplexer (210) adapted to divide a set of data into a plurality of data streams;
• an error correction encoding unit (220) adapted to separately encode each of the data streams with a corresponding error correction code to produce a plurality of encoded data streams;
• a transmission signal processor (230) adapted to produce a plurality of symbols from the plurality of encoded data streams;
• and
• a single carrier block transmission (SCBT) modulator (240) adapted to produce an SCBT signal from the plurality of symbols.

A method of receiving data, comprising:

• processing (265) a single carrier block transmission (SCBT) signal to produce received symbols;
• generating (275) a plurality of encoded data streams from the received symbols;
• separately decoding (285) each of the encoded data streams to produce a plurality of decoded data streams;
• and
• combining (295) the decoded data streams.

A wireless device (100), comprising:

• an SCBT demodulator (265) adapted to demodulate a single carrier block transmission (SCBT) signal and to generate therefrom received symbols;
• a receiver signal processor (275) adapted to produce a plurality of encoded data streams from the received symbols;
• a plurality of error correction decoders (285), each adapted to decode a corresponding one of the encoded data streams, to produce a plurality of decoded data streams;
• and
• a multiplexer (295) adapted to combine the decoded data streams.