Method to increase performance of secondary data in a hierarchical modulation scheme

• US 7,386,056 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2004
• Issued: 06/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG (Aptiv PLC)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Walker, Glenn A., Dibiaso, Eric A., Hiatt, Jr., Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHU, PHUONG M
• Application Number:
  US10/995,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20050117669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• Field of Search: 375/260, 375/261, 375/341, 375/329, 370/207, 370/232, 455/562.1
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18513 Transmission in a satellite or space-based system
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18523 Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite service arrangements specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving H04H40/90; picture transmission via satellite H04N1/00103; television transmission via satellite H04N7/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/005 Iterative decoding, including iteration between signal detection and decoding operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0066 Parallel concatenated codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/183 Multiresolution systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2603 Signal structure ensuring backward compatibility with legacy system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2604 Multiresolution systems by means of multiresolution subcarriers H04L27/183, H04L27/3488
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2626 Arrangements specific to the transmitter only
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3488 Multiresolution systems

Abstract

The present invention provides a receiver for use in a SDAR system, the receiver including a receiving unit having satellite signal detection means for detecting a transmit signal transmitted from a satellite, the transmit signal produced when the transmitter modulates a primary data stream with a secondary data stream on a carrier wave associated with the satellite; and at least one demodulator coupled to the receiving unit and configured to demodulate the transmit signal.

Claims

1. A digital data transmission system, comprising:

a receiving unit for detecting a transmit signal transmitted from a satellite, the transmit signal produced when a transmitter modulates a primary data stream with a secondary data stream on a carrier wave associated with the satellite; and

at least one demodulator coupled to said receiving unit and configured to demodulate the transmit signal,

wherein the transmit signal is produced when the transmitter modulates the primary and the secondary data on the carrier wave using a M-PSK modulating scheme, and

wherein the transmit signal is produced when the primary and the secondary data are re-encoded on the carrier wave using an OFDM modulation scheme, the OFDM modulation scheme dividing the carrier wave into multiple sub-carrier waves each having one of a M-PSK, D-MPSK and pi/4 D-MPSK modulation scheme.

2. A method of receiving transmitted data, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a transmit signal transmitted from a satellite and comprising a first level data and a second level data modulated on a carrier wave associated with the satellite;

interpreting the transmit signal; and

providing the interpreted signal to an output unit,

wherein the step of detecting includes a step of retrieving the first and the second level data, the second level data spread over multiple symbols, and a step of decoding the first and the second level data, the first and the second level data encoded using different forward error correction schemes, wherein the first level data is encoded using one of a block forward error correction algorithm and a convolutional forward error correction algorithm, and the second level data is encoded using one of a turbo coding forward error correction algorithm and a low density parity check coding forward error correction algorithm.