Multi-subcarrier modulation for HDTV transmission
First Claim
1. A method for processing an information signal comprising the steps ofseparating the information signal into a plurality of classes of information such that at least one of the plurality of classes of information is more important for reception of the information signal than the other ones of the plurality of classes of information,encoding the plurality of classes of information to provide a plurality of encoded symbols such that the more important information has more error protection than the remaining ones of the plurality of classes of information, andmodulating the plurality of encoded symbols into a plurality of subchannels within a frequency band, each subchannel occupying a different frequency spectrum.
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Abstract
A high definition television (HDTV) signal is transmitted by a multi-subcarrier transmission scheme in which each subcarrier is used to carry a different class of HDTV information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for processing an information signal comprising the steps of
separating the information signal into a plurality of classes of information such that at least one of the plurality of classes of information is more important for reception of the information signal than the other ones of the plurality of classes of information, encoding the plurality of classes of information to provide a plurality of encoded symbols such that the more important information has more error protection than the remaining ones of the plurality of classes of information, and modulating the plurality of encoded symbols into a plurality of subchannels within a frequency band, each subchannel occupying a different frequency spectrum.
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11. A method for transmitting a first signal in a frequency band allocated to a second signal comprising the step of
dividing the frequency band into a number of subchannels, separating the first signal into a plurality of classes of information such that at least one of the plurality of classes of information in more important for reception of the information signal than the other ones of the plurality of classes of information, and assigning the more important information to a subchannel that is different from those subchannels that are subject to substantial interference from the second signal.
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14. A method for transmitting a first signal in a frequency band allocated to a second signal comprising the steps of
dividing the frequency band into a number of subchannels, separating the first signal into a plurality of classes of information such that at least one of the plurality of classes of information is more important than the other ones of the plurality of classes of information for reception of the information signal, and assigning the more important information to a subchannel that does not contain a carrier of the second signal.
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16. A method for processing a signal, the signal being comprised of a plurality of subchannels, each subchannel carrying a class of information, with one subchannel carrying the more important information, said plurality of subchannels occupying a frequency band that is assigned to a different signal, with the subchannel that is carrying the more important information being different from those subchannels that are subject to substantial interference from the different signal, the method comprising the steps of
receiving the signal, filtering the received signal to provide the plurality of subchannels, demodulating each one of the received plurality of subchannels to provide a plurality of received encoded symbols, decoding each one of the plurality of received encoded symbols to provide the plurality of classes of information, and combining each one of the plurality of classes of information in a predetermined manner, which takes into account which subchannel carried the more important information, to recreate the information signal.
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17. Apparatus for processing an information signal comprising
means for separating the information signal into a plurality of classes of information such that at least one of the plurality of classes of information is more important than the other ones of the plurality of classes of information for reception of the information signal, means for providing unequal levels of error protection to the plurality of classes of information to provide a plurality of encoded symbols for each one of the plurality of classes of information such that the more important information has more error protection than the remaining ones of the plurality of classes of information, and means for modulating the plurality of encoded symbols for each one of the plurality of classes of information to a plurality of subchannels within a frequency band, each subchannel occupying a different frequency spectrum.
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24. Apparatus for processing a signal, the signal being comprised of a plurality of subchannels, each subchannel carrying a class of information, with one subchannel carrying the more important information, said plurality of subchannels occupying a frequency band that is assigned to a different signal, with the subchannel that is carrying the more important information being different from those subchannels that are subject to substantial interference from the different signal, the apparatus comprising
means for receiving the signal, means for filtering the received signal to provide the plurality of subchannels, means for demodulating each one of the received plurality of subchannels to provide a plurality of received encoded symbols, means for decoding each one of the plurality of received encoded symbols to provide the plurality of classes of information, and means for combining each one of the plurality of classes of information in a predetermined manner, which takes into account which subchannel carried the more important information, to recreate the information signal.
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