Method and apparatus for mapping quadrature amplitude modulation symbol

摘要

A method and an apparatus for mapping a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbol. The QAM symbol mapping apparatus includes a frequency checker, which checks frequencies of sub-carriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol; and a data categorizer, which maps data coded for error correction and uncoded data to the sub-carriers based on the checked frequencies, wherein the data categorizer maps a combination of the coded data and the uncoded data with respect to sub-carriers having frequencies lower than a reference frequency.