METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN A CENTRAL RADIO STATION AND AT LEAST ONE TRANSMITTER

• US 20090158378A1
• Filed: 12/10/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Hagemeier, Denis
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,216 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/118
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/79 characterised by transmission among broadcast stations

Abstract

First data is transmitted between a central radio station and at least one transmitter, where the first data is in first data fields of data packets and useful data is in second data fields of the data packets. The first data fields in this context are pre-reserved by the central radio station for the transmission of second data between the transmitter(s) and the receivers.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data between a central radio station and at least one transmitter, comprising:

generating a plurality of data packets having a plurality of first data fields including first data and a plurality of second data fields including useful data to be communicated between the central radio station and a plurality of receivers associated with at least one radio subscriber,

wherein the first data fields are pre-reserved, by the central radio station, for second data to be communicated between the at least one transmitter and the plurality of receivers.

2. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the useful data are video data and/or audio data of a digital television signal according to the Advanced Television Systems Committee standard.

3. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the first data between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter include operational data assigned to at least one targeted transmitter to control each targeted transmitter by the central radio station.

4. The method of transmitting according to claim 3, wherein the operational data further include at least one of software-update data, configuration data, data for remote diagnosis, data for remote servicing, data for remote inspection, and control data to cause a remote action.

5. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the first data between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter include operational data of an operational information system between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

6. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the second data between the at least one transmitter and the plurality of receivers include channel estimation data to synchronize the plurality of receivers with the at least one transmitter and to provide signal equalization.

7. The method of transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first data are transmitted for each transmitter.

8. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a given partial volume of the first data and an entire volume of the first data is determined for a respective transmitter and displayed by addressing the respective transmitter.

9. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the first data are transmitted in every datastream packet between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

10. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the first data are transmitted in every n^th datastream packet between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

11. The method of transmitting according to claim 1, wherein the first data are transmitted acyclically between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

12. A transmission system for transmitting data, comprising:

a central radio station;

at least one transmitter in communication with the central radio station and a plurality of receivers associated with at least one radio subscriber; and

a packet generator configured to generate a plurality of data packets having a plurality of first data fields including first data and a plurality of second data fields including useful data to be communicated between the central radio station and a plurality of receivers,

wherein the first data fields are pre-reserved, by the central radio station, for second data to be communicated between the at least one transmitter and the plurality of receivers.

13. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the useful data are at least one of video and audio data of a digital radio signal according to the Advanced Television Systems Committee standard.

14. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter include operational data assigned to at least one targeted transmitter to control each targeted transmitter by the central radio station.

15. The transmission system according to claim 14, wherein the operational data further include at least one of software-update data, configuration data, data for remote diagnosis, data for remote servicing, data for remote inspection, and control data to cause a remote action.

16. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter include operational data of an operational information system between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

17. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the second data between the at least one transmitter and the plurality of receivers include channel estimation data to synchronize the plurality of receivers with the at least one transmitter and to provide signal equalization.

18. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data are transmitted for each transmitter.

19. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein at least one of a given partial volume of the first data and an entire volume of the first data is determined for a respective transmitter and displayed by addressing the respective transmitter.

20. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data are transmitted in every datastream packet between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

21. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data are transmitted in every n^th datastream packet between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.

22. The transmission system according to claim 12, wherein the first data are transmitted acyclically between the central radio station and the at least one transmitter.