Bcc puncturing patterns for data retransmission in wireless network

An encoder for encoding data for transmission in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the encoder being configured to:

• apply binary convolution coding (BCC) to an input bit sequence using a first generator polynomial and a second generator polynomial to respectively generate a first BCC sequence of coded bits and a second BCC sequence of coded bits;
• combine the coded bits from the first BCC sequence and second BCC sequence subject to a first puncturing pattern to generate a first punctured coded bit sequence for transmission in the WLAN;
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• combine the coded bits from the first BCC sequence and second BCC sequence subject to a second puncturing pattern that is different that the first puncturing pattern to generate a second punctured coded bit sequence for transmission in the WLAN that includes at least some coded bits that are omitted from the first punctured coded bit sequence.