(EN) THE PRESENT INVENTION INVOLVES PADDING THE BIT SEQUENCE IN THE FIRST INTERLEAVER. THE PRESENT METHOD ADDS TO AN END OF THE BIT SEQUENCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PADDING BITS L TO PERMIT MODULUS 16 OPERATION OF THE BIT SEQUENCE. AFTER PERFORMING THE INTERLEAVING, L BITS ARE REMOVED FROM AN END OF THE INTERLEAVED SEQUENCE. THIS ALLOWS THE INTERLEAVING TO BE PERFORMED IN 16-BIT SEGMENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. @@FIG. 2
