METHOD OF PROCESSING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM
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Abstract
A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The method for processing data may enhance the receiving performance of the receiving system by performing additional coding and multiplexing processes on the traffic information data and transmitting the processed data. Thus, robustness is provided to the traffic information data, thereby enabling the data to respond strongly against the channel environment which is always under constant and vast change.
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47 Claims
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1-35. -35. (canceled)
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36. A method of processing a digital broadcast signal in a transmitter, the method comprising:
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pre-processing enhanced data, the pre-processing comprising; forming an Reed Solomon (RS) frame including parity data and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum data, the RS frame is comprised of a plurality of rows including the enhanced data, each of the rows having same size, wherein the forming the RS frame comprises; performing an RS encoding the enhanced data in a column direction of an RS frame payload to add the parity data for each of columns in the RS frame payload; and performing a CRC coding the RS encoded enhanced data in a row direction of the RS frame payload to add the CRC checksum data for each of the rows in the RS frame payload; formatting enhanced data packets including the enhanced data in the formed RS frame; first multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets having main audio and video (AV) data; systematic RS encoding data in the multiplexed main data packets and non-systematic RS encoding data in the multiplexed enhanced data packets; trellis-encoding the systematic or non-systematic RS encoded data at a trellis encoder, the trellis encoder having at least one memory, the at least one memory being initialized at a beginning of a known data sequence; second multiplexing field synchronization data and segment synchronization data with the trellis-encoded data; modulating the multiplexed data; and transmitting the modulated data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An apparatus for processing a digital broadcast signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a pre-processor configured to pre-process enhanced data, the pre-processor comprising; a frame encoder configured to form an Reed Solomon (RS) frame including parity data and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum data, the RS frame is comprised of a plurality of rows including the enhanced data, each of the rows having same size, wherein the frame encoder is further configured to; perform an RS encoding the enhanced data in a column direction of an RS frame payload to add the parity data for each of columns in the RS frame payload; and perform a CRC coding the RS encoded enhanced data in a row direction of the RS frame payload to add the CRC checksum data for each of the rows in the RS frame payload; a packet formatter configured to format enhanced data packets including the enhanced data in the formed RS frame; a first multiplexer configured to first multiplex the enhanced data packets with main data packets having main audio and video (AV) data; an RS encoder configured to systematic RS encode data in the multiplexed main data packets and non-systematic RS encode data in the multiplexed enhanced data packets; a trellis encoder configured to trellis-encode the systematic or non-systematic RS encoded data at a trellis encoder, the trellis encoder having at least one memory, the at least one memory being initialized at a beginning of a known data sequence; a second multiplexer configured to multiplex field synchronization data and segment synchronization data with the trellis-encoded data; a modulator configured to modulate the multiplexed data; and a RF up converter configured to transmit the modulated data. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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