Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 8,018,886 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Byoung Gill, Suh, Jong Yeul, Lee, Hyoung Gon, Hong, Ho Taek, Choi, In Hwan, Lee, Chul Soo, Kim, Jin Pil, Song, Jae Hyung, Song, Won Gyu, Kwak, Kook Yeon, Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Joon Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, ANH VU H
• Application Number:
  US12/164,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20090034652A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed, which are robust to error when mobile service data are transmitted. To this end, additional encoding is performed for the mobile service data, whereby it is possible to strongly cope with fast channel change while giving robustness to the mobile service data.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter, the method comprising:

pre-processing mobile data, wherein pre-processing the mobile data comprises;

encoding the mobile data to build a 2-dimensional Reed-Solomon (RS) frame through which the mobile data belonging to an ensemble including a service of the mobile data is RS-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, wherein the encoded RS frame is separated into a plurality of portions,

forming data groups of the mobile data, wherein each data group includes signaling information, known data sequences and one of the plurality of portions, wherein the signaling information includes fast information channel (FIC) data having cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer and wherein the signaling information further includes transmission parameter channel (TPC) data indicating a version of the FIC data,

removing placeholders for main data and non-systematic RS parity data in the data groups,

replacing placeholders for MPEG-2 headers in the data groups with MPEG-2 headers having packet IDs of mobile data packets, and

forming mobile data packets including data in the data groups;

multiplexing the mobile data packets and main data packets including main data;

performing systematic RS encoding on main data in the multiplexed data packets and non-systematic RS encoding on mobile data in the multiplexed data packets; and

transmitting a transmission frame including the RS encoded main data and the RS encoded mobile data, wherein a parade of the formed data groups is transmitted during slots in the transmission frame, the slots being basic time periods for multiplexing the mobile data and the main data, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of sub-frames and wherein the TPC data includes information indicating a current sub-frame number within the transmission frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a payload of the RS frame includes 187 transport packets of the mobile data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a row of the payload of the RS frame includes a transport packet of the mobile data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the transport packet has a 2-byte header.

5. An apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal, the apparatus comprising:

a pre-processor configured to pre-process mobile data, the pre-processor comprising;

a first encoder configured to encode the mobile data to build a 2-dimensional Reed-Solomon (RS) frame through which an ensemble including a service of the mobile data is RS-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, wherein the encoded RS frame is separated to a plurality of portions,

a group formatter configured to form data groups of the mobile data, wherein each data group includes signaling information, known data sequences and one of the plurality of portions, wherein the signaling information includes fast information channel (FIC) data having cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer and wherein the signaling information further includes transmission parameter channel (TPC) data indicating a version of the FIC data, and

a packet formatter configured to remove placeholders for main data and non-systematic RS parity data in the data groups, replace placeholders for MPEG-2 headers in the data groups with MPEG-2 headers having packet IDs of mobile data packets, and form mobile data packets including data in the data groups;

a multiplexer configured to multiplex the mobile data packets and main data packets including main data;

a second encoder configured to perform systematic RS encoding on main data in the multiplexed data packets and non-systematic RS encoding on mobile data in the multiplexed data packets; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission frame including the RS encoded main data and the RS encoded mobile data, wherein a parade of the formed data groups is transmitted during slots in the transmission frame, the slots being basic time periods for multiplexing the mobile data and the main data, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, and wherein the TPC data includes information indicating a current sub-frame number within the transmission frame.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a payload of the RS frame includes 187 transport packets of the mobile data.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein a row of the payload of the RS frame includes a transport packet of the mobile data.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the transport packet has a 2-byte header.