Configurable Transmitter Hardware Block and Methods

A configurable transmitter hardware block and corresponding methods for configuring and employing the configurable transmitter hardware block are provided. A configurable transmitter that supports a plurality of channel types comprises a bit selection/manipulation module that performs a bit selection function and/or a bit manipulation function; a modulation mapping module, a gain multiplication module; a spreading/scrambling module that performs a spreading function and/or a scrambling function; and a channel combining module, wherein the configurable transmitter is configured using a plurality of sets of control signals that configure one or more of the modules, wherein each of the sets of control signals are precomputed for a corresponding one of the channel types. An exemplary Generic Channel Processing Iteration routine configures the configurable transmitter based on one set of control signals corresponding to a desired one of the channel types by (a) obtaining the set of control signals corresponding to the desired one of the channel types; and (b) applying the obtained set of control signals to one or more of the modules.