A device and method for generating and distributing convolutional codes such that performance degradation due to a bad link environment may be minimized during channel decoding in a CDMA communication system. The convolutional encoder encodes transmission data at a coding rate of R=1/6 and can be used for a channel encoder. Such a channel encoder can be used in both a DS-CDMA communication system and a multicarrier CDMA communication system. When the channel encoder is used in the multicarrier CDMA communication system, the symbols outputted from multiple constituent encoders for the channel encoder are distributed to multiple carrier channels according to a predetermined rule, and the constituent encoders for the channel encoder can minimize the performance degradation of the overall channel encoder even though an output of a particular constituent encoder is completely off at the transmission channel.