A method of encoding/interleaving a source sequence of data symbols to be transmitted to produce at least two bursts to be sent made up of said data symbols to be transmitted and redundancy symbols writes the data symbols to be transmitted into a base matrix. It stores the base matrix in a first quadrant of a send extended matrix. It carries out first and second encoding steps using the columns and rows, respectively, of the base matrix, generating first and second redundancy symbols which are stored in second and third quadrants of the send extended matrix and constitute additional rows of the base matrix. It reads the send extended matrix row by row (or column by column), each row (or column) of the send extended matrix constituting a burst to be sent.