Bit allocation for encoding and decoding

A coding manager, comprising:

• memory;
• a transceiver;
• and
• processing hardware, communicatively connected to the memory and the transceiver, and configured to:
• identify a plurality of channel instances of a channel associated with transmission of a vector comprising a plurality of information bits, wherein the plurality of channel instances are divided into one or more groups;
• allocate the plurality of information bits among the one or more groups based at least in part on a reliability metric associated with the channel;
• perform an encoding operation to encode the vector according to the allocation of the plurality of information bit among the one or more groups;
• and
• transmit the encoded vector using the plurality of channel instances.