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

• US 10,582,274 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2016
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwak, Minsung, Lee, Jangwon, Kwon, Woosuk, Ko, Woosuk, Moon, Kyoungsoo, Hong, Sungryong
• Primary Examiner(s): Whipple, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tolchinsky, Gregory P
• Application Number:
  US15/119,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20170373918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/00 Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received correcting synchronisation H04L7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0071 Use of interleaving interleaving per se H03M13/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/323 in the physical layer [OSI layer 1]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/236 Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/242 Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References] arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/27 Server based end-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A method of processing transmission of a broadcast signal includes generating broadcast data for one or more broadcast services, generating first level signaling information including information for describing attribute for the one or more broadcast services, generating second level signaling information including information for listing the one or more broadcast services, generating link layer packets including the encoded broadcast data, the first level signaling information, and the second level signaling information, and generating a broadcast signal including the generated link layer packets.

Claims

1. A method of processing a broadcast signal in a broadcast transmitter, the method comprising:

encoding service data for a service;

encoding service list table (SLT) information providing information for rapid channel scans and service acquisition;

encoding service layer signaling (SLS) information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service; and

transmitting the broadcast signal comprising the service data, the SLT information, and the SLS information,

wherein the SLS information is delivered by one of a Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol or a MPEG Media Transport (MMT) protocol,

wherein the SLT information includes service identification information for identifying the service, channel number information of the service, protection information for indicating whether the service data is protected, protocol type information for identifying which one of the ROUTE protocol or the MMT protocol is used to deliver the SLS information, and bootstrapping information to bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information,

wherein information included in the bootstrapping information varies according to the protocol type information,

wherein the bootstrapping information includes source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, first destination IP address information and first port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the ROUTE protocol, and

wherein the bootstrapping information includes second destination IP address information and second port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the MMT protocol.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SLT information further includes version information of a protocol identified by the protocol type information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SLT information further includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information to access a server providing the SLS information delivered through a broadband network or a server providing Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the SLT information further includes type information for identifying whether the URL information is a URL for access to the server providing the SLS information or a URL for access to the server providing the ESG data.

5. An apparatus for processing a broadcast signal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to encode service data for a service, service list table (SLT) information, and service layer signaling (SLS) information, the SLT information providing information for rapid channel scans and service acquisition and the SLS information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the broadcast signal including the service data, the SLT information, and the SLS information,

wherein the SLS information is delivered by one of a Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol or a MPEG Media Transport (MMT) protocol,

wherein the SLT information includes service identification information for identifying the service, channel number information of the service, protection information for indicating whether the service data is protected, protocol type information for identifying which one of the ROUTE protocol or the MMT protocol is used to deliver the SLS information, and bootstrapping information to bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information,

wherein information included in the bootstrapping information varies according to the protocol type information,

wherein the bootstrapping information includes source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, first destination IP address information and first port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the ROUTE protocol, and

wherein the bootstrapping information includes second destination IP address information and second port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the MMT protocol.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the SLT information further includes version information of a protocol identified by the protocol type information.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the SLT information further includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information to access a server providing the SLS information delivered through a broadband network or a server providing Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the SLT information further includes type information for identifying whether the URL information is a URL for access to the server providing the SLS information or a URL for access to the server providing the ESG data.

9. A method of processing a broadcast signal in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:

receiving the broadcast signal including service data for a service, service list table (SLT) information and service layer signaling (SLS) information, the SLT information providing information for rapid channel scans and service acquisition and the SLS information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service;

decoding the SLT information;

decoding the SLS information; and

decoding the service data,

wherein the SLS information is delivered by one of a Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol or a MPEG Media Transport (MMT) protocol,

wherein the SLT information includes service identification information for identifying the service, channel number information of the service, protection information for indicating whether the service data is protected, protocol type information for identifying which one of the ROUTE protocol or the MMT protocol is used to deliver the SLS information, and bootstrapping information to bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information,

wherein information included in the bootstrapping information varies according to the protocol type information,

wherein the bootstrapping information includes source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, first destination IP address information and first port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the ROUTE protocol, and

wherein the bootstrapping information includes second destination IP address information and second port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the MMT protocol.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the SLT information further includes version information of a protocol identified by the protocol type information.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the SLT information further includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information to access a server providing the SLS information through a broadband network or a server providing Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the SLT information further includes type information for identifying whether the URL information is a URL for access to the server providing the SLS information or a URL for access to the server providing the ESG data.

13. An apparatus for processing a broadcast signal, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the broadcast signal including service data for a service, service list table (SLT) information and service layer signaling (SLS) information, the SLT information providing information for rapid channel scans and service acquisition and the SLS information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service; and

a processor configured to decode the SLT information, the SLS information, and the service data,

wherein the SLS information is delivered by one of a Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol or a MPEG Media Transport (MMT) protocol,

wherein the SLT information includes service identification information for identifying the service, channel number information of the service, protection information for indicating whether the service data is protected, protocol type information for identifying which one of the ROUTE protocol or the MMT protocol is used to deliver the SLS information, and bootstrapping information to bootstrap a discovery of the SLS information,

wherein information included in the bootstrapping information varies according to the protocol type information,

wherein the bootstrapping information includes source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, first destination IP address information and first port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the ROUTE protocol, and

wherein the bootstrapping information includes second destination IP address information and second port number information of packets carrying the SLS information for the service in response to the protocol type information identifying that the SLS information is delivered using the MMT protocol.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the SLT information further includes version information of a protocol identified by the protocol type information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the SLT information further includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information to access a server providing the SLS information through a broadband network or a server providing Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the SLT information further includes type information for identifying whether the URL information is a URL for access to the server providing the SLS information or a URL for access to the server providing the ESG data.