High-order modulation-based burst mapping method and apparatus in a mobile communication system

An apparatus for performing burst mapping on transmission data in a mobile communication system using a 16-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (16-QAM) scheme, the apparatus comprising:

• an encoder for generating control information bits and user data bits by encoding input control information and user data;
• a burst mapper for dividing the control information bits and user data bits into more than two bursts;
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• a symbol mapper for arranging a Training Sequence Code (TSC) in a center of each burst, placing the encoded control information bits according to reliability characteristics of modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM scheme in positions adjacent to the TSC, placing the encoded user data bits according to the reliability characteristics of the modulation symbols based on the 16-QAM scheme in a start position and an end position of the each burst, selecting control information bits to be swapped from among the control information bits, if positions where the selected control information bits are located are higher-reliability positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding higher-reliability positions among the user data bits and adjacent positions to the selected control information bits, and if the positions where the selected control information bits are located are lower-reliability positions, swapping the selected control information bits with user data bits in corresponding lower-reliability positions among the user data bits and adjacent positions to the selected control information bits.

A method for receiving data in a mobile communication system using a 16-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (16-QAM) modulation scheme, the method comprising:

• performing channel estimation on a received signal;
• swapping user data bits mapped to higher-reliability positions and adjacent positions to control information bits with control information bits mapped to higher-reliability positions among control information of more than two bursts obtained by demodulating the channel-estimated signal according to a 16-QAM signal constellation, swapping user data bits mapped to lower-reliability positions and adjacent positions to the control information bits with control information bits mapped to lower-reliability positions, thereby rearranging symbols of each burst;
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• classifying the rearranged bits in each burst into bits before the bits are mapped and allocated to the bursts.

An apparatus for receiving data in a mobile communication system using a 16-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (16-QAM) modulation scheme, the apparatus comprising:

• a demodulator for performing channel estimation on a received signal;
• a symbol demapper for swapping user data bits mapped to higher-reliability positions and adjacent positions to control information bits with control information bits mapped to higher-reliability positions among control information of more than two bursts obtained by demodulating the channel-estimated signal according to a 16-QAM signal constellation, swapping user data bits mapped to lower-reliability positions and adjacent positions to the control information bits with control information bits mapped to lower-reliability positions, thereby rearranging symbols of each burst;
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• a burst demapper for classifying the rearranged bits in each burst into bits before the bits are mapped and allocated to the bursts.