Concatenated coded vestigial sideband modulation for high definition television
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1. A method of transmitting a digital signal over a television channel, the method comprising the steps ofReed-Solomon encoding the digital signal,generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
- 1,representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation,generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations, andapplying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to said television channel.
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Abstract
A modulation scheme for HDTV, for example, uses a concatenated code comprised of a Reed-Solomon coder followed by an N-dimensional trellis coder whose N-dimensional output symbols with N>1, are used to modulate a one-dimensional vestigial sideband modulator. Specifically, each N-dimensional symbol is a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points--specifically signal points of a one-dimensional VSB constellation.
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1. A method of transmitting a digital signal over a television channel, the method comprising the steps of
Reed-Solomon encoding the digital signal, generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N> - 1,
representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation, generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations, and applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to said television channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for transmitting a digital signal over a television channel, the apparatus comprising
means for Reed-Solomon encoding the digital signal, means for generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N> - 1,
means for representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation, and means for generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations and for applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to said television channel. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of processing a television channel signal, said television channel signal having been generated by Reed-Solomon encoding a digital signal;
- generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
1;
representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation;
generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations; and
applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to a television channel to produce said television channel signal;
said method comprising the step ofreceiving said television channel signal from said television channel, and recovering said digital signal from said received television channel signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
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30. A method for processing a television channel signal, said television channel signal having been generated by Reed-Solomon encoding a digital signal;
- interleaving the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal;
generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols in response to the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
1;
representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation;
generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations; and
applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to a television channel to produce said television channel signal;
said method comprising the steps ofreceiving said television channel signal from said television channel, demodulating said television channel signal to generate a demodulated signal; Viterbi decoding said demodulated signal to recover said sequence of N-dimensional symbols, deinterleaving the recovered sequence of N-dimensional symbols, and Reed-Solomon decoding the deinterleaved symbols to recover said digital signal.
- interleaving the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal;
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31. Apparatus for processing a television channel signal, said television channel signal having been generated by Reed-Solomon encoding a digital signal;
- generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
1;
representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation;
generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations; and
applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to a television channel to produce said television channel signal;
said apparatus comprisingmeans for receiving said television channel signal from said television channel, and means for recovering said digital signal from said received television channel signal. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols as a function of the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
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42. Apparatus for processing a television channel signal, said television channel signal having been generated by Reed-Solomon encoding a digital signal;
- interleaving the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal;
generating a sequence of N-dimensional symbols in response to the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal using an N-dimensional trellis code, N>
1;
representing each of said symbols as a sequence of N one-dimensional signal points of a one-dimensional M-ary transmitter constellation;
generating a vestigial sideband modulation signal which represents the resulting sequence of signal point representations; and
applying said vestigial sideband modulation signal to a television channel to produce said television channel signal;
said apparatus comprisingmeans for receiving said television channel signal from said television channel, means for demodulating said television channel signal to generate a demodulated signal; means for Viterbi decoding said demodulated signal to recover said sequence of N-dimensional symbols, means for deinterleaving the recovered sequence of N-dimensional symbols, and means for Reed-Solomon decoding the deinterleaved symbols to recover said digital signal.
- interleaving the Reed-Solomon-encoded signal;
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