Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal

• US 10,009,639 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Woosuk, Lee, Jangwon, Kwak, Minsung, Moon, Kyoungsoo, Ko, Woosuk, Hong, Sungryong
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US15/076,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277778A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23605 Creation or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/615 Signal processing at physical level signal processing in analog two-way television systems H04N7/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A method for processing transmission of a broadcast signal is disclosed. The method includes generating first broadcast data for a first broadcast service using an MPEG media transport (MMT) protocol, generating second broadcast data for a second broadcast service using a real time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) protocol, generating first service level signaling information including information for describing attribute of the first broadcast service, generating second service level signaling information including information for describing attribute of the second broadcast service, and generating low level signaling information including information for listing the first broadcast service and the second broadcast service.

Claims

1. A method for processing transmission of a broadcast signal, performed by an apparatus for processing transmission of the broadcast signal, the method comprising:

generating first broadcast data for a first broadcast service using a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) protocol;

generating second broadcast data for a second broadcast service using a real-time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) protocol;

generating first service level signaling information comprising information for describing attribute of the first broadcast service;

generating second service level signaling information comprising information for describing attribute of the second broadcast service;

generating low level signaling information comprising information for listing the first broadcast service and the second broadcast service;

generating one or more link layer packets comprising the first broadcast data, the second broadcast data, the first service level signaling information, the second service level signaling information, and the low level signaling information;

generating a broadcast signal comprising the one or more link layer packets; and

transmitting the broadcast signal,

wherein the low level signaling information comprises service level signaling protocol information for identifying whether the first service level signaling information or the second service level signaling information is processed and transmitted according to the MMT protocol or the ROUTE protocol, and service level signaling position information comprising information required to acquire the first service level signaling information and the second service level signaling information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service level signaling position information comprises:

first destination Internet protocol (IP) address information for identifying a destination IP address of packets for transmitting the first service level signaling information, and second destination IP address information for identifying a destination IP address of packets for transmitting the second service level signaling information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the service level signaling position information comprises:

first user datagram protocol (UDP) port information indicating a destination UDP port number of the packets for transmitting the first service level signaling information, and second UDP port information indicating a destination UDP port number of the packets for transmitting the second service level signaling information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

the first service level signaling information comprises an MMT signaling message, and

the second service level signaling information comprises a user service description fragment comprising basic description information about a broadcast service.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the user service description fragment comprises:

first uniform resource identifier (URI) information indicating a URI for access to a service transmission session instance description fragment comprising information about a transmission session for transmitting one or more components included in the broadcast service, and

second URI information indicating a URI for access to a media presentation description fragment comprising information for presentation of the one or more components.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the link layer packets further comprises link layer signaling information that is transmitted in a lower layer than an Internet protocol (IP) layer and is acquirable before a receiver acquires the first service level signaling information and the second service level signaling information, and

the link layer signaling information comprises first physical layer pipe (PLP) identifying information for identifying first PLP for transmitting the first service level signaling information and second PLP identifying information for identifying a second PLP for transmitting the second service level signaling information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein:

the generated broadcast signal further comprises physical layer signaling info nation comprising a transmission layer parameter required to transmit data included in the broadcast signal, and

the physical layer signaling information comprises third PLP identifying information for identifying a third PLP for transmitting the low level signaling information.

8. An apparatus for processing transmission of a broadcast signal, the apparatus comprising:

a first broadcast data encoder configured to generate first broadcast data for a first broadcast service using a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) protocol;

a second broadcast data encoder configured to generate second broadcast data for a second broadcast service using a real-time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) protocol;

a first service level signaling encoder configured to generate first service level signaling information comprising information for describing attribute of the first broadcast service;

a service level signaling encoder configured to generate second service level signaling information comprising information for describing attribute of the second broadcast service;

a low level signaling encoder configured to generate low level signaling information comprising information for listing the first broadcast service and the second broadcast service;

a processor configured to generate one or more link packet packets comprising first broadcast data, the second broadcast data, the first service level signaling information, the second service level signaling information, and the low level signaling information; and

a broadcast signal generator configured to generate a broadcast signal comprising the one or more link layer packets,

wherein the low level signaling information comprises service level signaling protocol information for identifying whether the first service level signaling information or the second service level signaling information is processed and transmitted according to the MMT protocol or the ROUTE protocol, and service level signaling position information comprising information required to acquire the first service level signaling information and the second service level signaling information.