Apparatus and method for re-synthesizing signals
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a plurality of digitally multiplexed signals, each digitally multiplexed signal associated with a different physical transmission channel, and for simultaneously recovering from at least two of the digital multiplexes a plurality of bit streams; and
a transmitter for inserting the plurality of bit streams into different digital multiplexes and for modulating the different digital multiplexes for transmission on different transmission channels.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus and a method for re-synthesizing signals. The apparatus includes a receiver for receiving a plurality of digitally multiplexed signals, each digitally multiplexed signal associated with a different physical transmission channel, and for simultaneously recovering from at least two of the digital multiplexes a plurality of bit streams. The apparatus also includes a transmitter for inserting the plurality of bit streams into different digital multiplexes and for modulating the different digital multiplexes for transmission on different transmission channels. The method involves receiving a first signal having a plurality of different program streams in different frequency channels, selecting a set of program streams from the plurality of different frequency channels, combining the set of program streams to form a second signal, and transmitting the second signal.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a plurality of digitally multiplexed signals, each digitally multiplexed signal associated with a different physical transmission channel, and for simultaneously recovering from at least two of the digital multiplexes a plurality of bit streams; and a transmitter for inserting the plurality of bit streams into different digital multiplexes and for modulating the different digital multiplexes for transmission on different transmission channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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18. A method for re-synthesizing signals comprising:
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receiving a first signal having a plurality of different program streams in different frequency channels; selecting a set of program streams from said plurality of different frequency channels; combining said set of program streams to form a second signal; and transmitting said second signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An integrated circuit for use in a receiving system, which receives signals representing a plurality of channels, the integrated circuit comprising:
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a demultiplexing element for demultiplexing a received sampled signal to produce a plurality of first data streams; a transform element for transforming said plurality of first data streams into a plurality of transform output signals, and for transforming at least two of said plurality of transform output signals into a plurality of second data streams; a bit stream processing element for processing said plurality of transform output signals to select a set of bit streams and to combine said selected bit streams into said at least two transform output signals; and a multiplexing element for mulitplexing said plurality of second data streams and outputting a sampled signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for re-synthesizing signals comprising:
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means for receiving a first signal having a plurality of bit streams from different frequency channels; means for translating said first signal into a set of signals representing said plurality of different frequency channels; means for selecting a set of bit streams from said set of signals; means for combining said set of bit streams to form a second signal; and
means for transmitting said second signal.
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