Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 8,054,906 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Suh, Jong Yeul, Choi, In Hwan, Lee, Chul Soo, Kim, Jin Pil, Song, Jae Hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu; Shuwang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bolourchi; Nader
• Application Number:
  US12/234,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20090252253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 375/270
• US Class Current: 375/270
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/55 for traffic information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0061 Error detection codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/02 Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/015 High-definition television systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/088 the inserted signal being digital
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data therein are disclosed. The present invention includes a baseband processor unit receiving a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data, wherein the mobile service data can configure an RS frame and wherein the RS frame includes at least one of the mobile service data and a notification message and at least one of a first signaling information describing signaling information of a virtual channel for transmitting the mobile service data and a second signaling information describing signaling information on a notification channel for transmitting the notification message, a management processor unit accessing the notification message by parsing the second signaling information from the RS frame, the management processor unit processing the accessed notification message, the management processor unit storing the processed notification message in a storage device, and a presentation processor unit outputting the processes notification message to an output device.

Claims

1. A receiving system comprising:

a tuner for receiving a broadcast signal having data groups, wherein each of the data groups includes mobile service data, known data sequences, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the FIC data includes binding information between a service of the mobile service data and an ensemble, wherein the ensemble carries a signaling information table and includes either a primary ensemble or a secondary ensemble;

a demodulator for demodulating the received broadcast signal;

a first decoder for decoding the FIC data and the TPC data from the demodulated broadcast signal; and

a second decoder for decoding a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the mobile service data and the signaling information table from the demodulated broadcast signal,

wherein the RS frame includes a plurality of transport packets,

wherein each of the plurality of transport packets includes a header and a payload,

wherein the payload includes at least one Internet protocol (IP) datagram,

wherein the header includes a pointer field indicating a start position of a new IP datagram in the payload,

wherein the RS frame belongs to either the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble,

wherein the FIC data includes an ensemble identifier to identify the ensemble, and

wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for identifying an update of the FIC data.

2. The receiving system of claim 1, wherein 7 least significant bits of the ensemble identifier correspond to a parade identifier identifying a parade that carries at least the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble.

3. The receiving system of claim 2, wherein the primary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 0.

4. The receiving system of claim 2, wherein the secondary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 1.

5. The receiving system of claim 1,

wherein the signaling information table is received by at least one section, each of the at least one section comprising a section header and a section body, and

wherein the section header includes a table identifier and the ensemble identifier, and the section body includes access information of the mobile service data.

6. The receiving system of claim 5, wherein the signaling information table is differentiated by using the table identifier and the ensemble identifier.

7. The receiving system of claim 1, wherein:

each of the data groups further includes a plurality of data blocks; and

the FIC data and the TPC data are inserted into a specific data block of the plurality of data blocks.

8. The receiving system of claim 1, wherein at least two of the known data sequences have different lengths.

9. The receiving system of claim 1,

wherein the FIC data include a plurality of FIC segments,

wherein each of the plurality of FIC segments includes a FIC segment header and a FIC segment payload,

wherein one of the plurality of FIC segments is transmitted in a group, and

wherein one of the FIC segment payloads includes the ensemble identifier.

10. A method of processing broadcast data in a receiving system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a tuner, a broadcast signal having data groups, wherein each of the data groups includes mobile service data, known data sequences, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the FIC data includes binding information between a service of the mobile service data and an ensemble, wherein the ensemble carries a signaling information table and includes either a primary ensemble or a secondary ensemble;

demodulating, by a demodulator, the received broadcast signal;

decoding, by a first decoder, the FIC data and the TPC data from the demodulated broadcast signal; and

decoding, by a second decoder, a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the mobile service data and the signaling information table from the demodulated broadcast signal,

wherein the RS frame includes a plurality of transport packets,

wherein each of the plurality of transport packets includes a header and a payload,

wherein the payload includes at least one Internet protocol (IP) datagram,

wherein the header includes a pointer field indicating a start position of a new IP datagram in the payload,

wherein the RS frame belongs to either the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble,

wherein the FIC data includes an ensemble identifier to identify the ensemble, and

wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for identifying an update of the FIC data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein 7 least significant bits of the ensemble identifier correspond to a parade identifier identifying a parade that carries at least the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the primary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 0.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the secondary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 1.

14. The method of claim 10,

wherein the signaling information table is received by at least one section, each of the at least one section comprising a section header and a section body, and

wherein the section header includes a table identifier and the ensemble identifier, and the section body includes access information of the mobile service data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the signaling information table is differentiated by using the table identifier and the ensemble identifier.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein:

each of the data groups further includes a plurality of data blocks; and

the FIC data and the TPC data are inserted into a specific data block of the plurality of data blocks.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein at least two of the known data sequences have different lengths.

18. The method of claim 10,

wherein the FIC data include a plurality of FIC segments,

wherein each of the plurality of FIC segments includes a FIC segment header and a FIC segment payload,

wherein one of the plurality of FIC segments is transmitted in a group, and

wherein one of the FIC segment payloads includes the ensemble identifier.