To obtain an error correcting code of a desired parameter, without puncture processings.
According to the method of obtaining an error correcting code of a given second size N including a systematic information part of a given second size K and a redundant part, a block turbo-code is first obtained from the systematic information part and from given information elements provided at known locations, the block turbo-code includes a product of elementary systematic block codes, and at least the predetermined information elements are removed from the obtained block turbo-code to produce a shortened block turbo-code. An additional error correcting code is derived from at least a portion of the shortened block turbo-code which is stuffed with stuffing elements so as to attain a given first size. The stuffing elements are information elements of the additional error correcting codes.
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