Communication device for uplink transmission with encoded information bits and method thereof

A communication device for uplink transmission with a first type of information and a second type of information, comprising:

• a demultiplexing circuit, configured to operably generate a first group of information bits and a second group of information bits according to the first type of information and the second type of information, wherein the first group of information bits comprises n11 bit(s) of the first type of information and n12 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• the second group of information bits comprises n21 bit(s) of the first type of information and n22 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• a vector selection circuit, configured to operably select (n11+n12) code vectors from a predetermined vector set, and select (n21+n22) code vectors from the predetermined vector set;
• a permutation circuit, configured to operably permute the n11 bit(s) and the n12 bit(s) of the first group of information bits according to a first Hamming distance, and permute the n21 bit(s) and n22 bit(s) of the second group of information bits according to a second Hamming distance;
• and
• a Reed-Muller encoding circuit, configured to operably encode the permuted first group of information bits with the (n11+n12) code vectors, and encode the permuted second group of information bits with the (n21+n22) code vectors;
• wherein an error rate requirement of the first type of information is higher than an error rate requirement of the second type of information.

A method for uplink transmission with a first type of information and a second type of information, comprising:

• generating a first group of information bits and a second group of information bits according to the first type of information and the second type of information, wherein the first group of information bits comprises n11 bit(s) of the first type of information and n12 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• the second group of information bits comprises n21 bit(s) of the first type of information and n22 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• selecting (n11+n12) code vectors from a predetermined vector set, and selecting (n21+n22) code vectors from the predetermined vector set;
• permuting the (n11+n12) code vectors according to a first Hamming distance, and permuting the (n21+n22) code vectors according to a second Hamming distance;
• and
• encoding the first group of information bits with the permuted (n11+n12) code vectors, and encoding the second group of information bits with the permuted (n21+n22) code vectors;
• wherein an error rate requirement of the first type of information is higher than an error rate requirement of the second type of information.

A method for uplink transmission with a first type of information and a second type of information, comprising:

• generating a first group of information bits and a second group of information bits according to the first type of information and the second type of information, wherein the first group of information bits comprises n11 bit(s) of the first type of information and n12 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• the second group of information bits comprises n21 bit(s) of the first type of information and n22 bit(s) of the second type of information;
• selecting (n11+n12) code vectors from a predetermined vector set, and selecting (n21+n22) code vectors from the predetermined vector set;
• permuting the n11 bit(s) and the n12 bit(s) of the first group of information bits according to a first Hamming distance, and permuting the n21 bit(s) and n22 bit(s) of the second group of information bits according to a second Hamming distance;
• and
• encoding the permuted first group of information bits with the (n11+n12) code vectors, and encoding the permuted second group of information bits with the (n21+n22) code vectors;
• wherein an error rate requirement of the first type of information is higher than an error rate requirement of the second type of information.