Method and apparatus for providing resource unit based data block partition

A method for decoding data employing resource unit based data block partitioning, the method comprising:

• receiving a bit stream encoded in a coding scheme including an upper layer coding and a physical layer coding;
• and
• decoding the bit stream based on the bit stream being partitioned into one or more blocks for forward error correction coding, the one or more blocks having a block size determined based on a size of a resource unit, the resource unit size corresponding to one or more units predefined at the physical layer for the resource allocation.

An apparatus for decoding data employing resource unit based data block partitioning, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configuring the apparatus to:

• receive a bit stream encoded in a coding scheme including an upper layer coding and a physical layer coding;
• and
• decode the bit stream based on the bit stream being partitioned into one or more blocks for forward error correction coding, the one or more blocks having a block size determined based on a size of a resource unit, the resource unit size corresponding to one or more units predefined at the physical layer for the resource allocation.