Apparatus, systems and methods for producing coherent symbols in a single frequency network
First Claim
1. A method for producing a plurality of coherent symbols from a plurality of digital RF transmitters having a plurality of Trellis coders, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the plurality of digital RF transmitters;
inserting an initialization packet into the digital signal, the initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, setting each one of the plurality of Trellis coders to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters; and
transmitting the digital signal containing the initialization packet to the plurality of digital RF transmitters.
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Abstract
A system, method, apparatus and computer code are provided for producing coherent symbols from digital RF transmitters. A multiplexer receives a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the digital RF transmitters and inserts a first initialization packet into the digital signal, where the initialization packets implicit position in the digital signal will signal data framing in the digital RF transmitters. Where the initialization packet contains stuff bytes for deterministically initializing Trellis coders in the digital RF transmitters. A transport stream emitter transmits the digital signal to the plurality of digital RF transmitters.
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80 Claims
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1. A method for producing a plurality of coherent symbols from a plurality of digital RF transmitters having a plurality of Trellis coders, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the plurality of digital RF transmitters; inserting an initialization packet into the digital signal, the initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, setting each one of the plurality of Trellis coders to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters; and transmitting the digital signal containing the initialization packet to the plurality of digital RF transmitters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for producing one or more initialization packets, comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from a plurality of digital RF transmitters; a packet inserter operable to insert an initialization packet into the digital signal, the initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, setting each one of the plurality of Trellis coders to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters; and a transmitter operable to transmit the digital signal to the plurality of digital RF transmitters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to produce a plurality of coherent symbols from a plurality of digital RF transmitters having a plurality of Trellis coders, said control logic comprising:
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computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the plurality of digital RF transmitters; computer readable program code means for causing the computer to insert an initialization packet into the digital signal, the initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, for setting each one of the plurality of Trellis coders to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters; and computer readable program code means for causing the computer to transmit the digital signal to the plurality of digital RF transmitters. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A system for producing coherent symbols from a plurality of RF transmitters having a plurality of Trellis coders, comprising:
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a distribution network; a multiplexer operable to receive a digital signal and insert an initialization packet into the digital signal and to transmit the digital signal over a distribution network; and a plurality of modulators operable to receive the digital signal from the distribution network and modulate the digital signal, and wherein the initialization packet contains a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, setting each one of a plurality of Trellis coders in the plurality of modulators to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. An apparatus for producing a plurality of coherent symbols from a plurality of digital RF transmitters having a plurality of Trellis coders, comprising:
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means for receiving a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the plurality of digital RF transmitters; means for inserting an initialization packet into the digital signal, the initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes positioned in predetermined byte positions, respectively, setting each one of the plurality of Trellis coders to a predetermined state as a corresponding stuff byte enters; and means for transmitting the digital signal to the plurality of digital RF transmitters. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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