Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 8,102,920 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2008
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Suh, Jong Yeul, Choi, In Hwan, Hong, Ho Taek, Kwak, Kook Yeon, Kim, Byoung Gill, Song, Jae Hyung, Kim, Jin Pil, Song, Won Gyu, Lee, Chul Soo, Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Hyoung Gon, Lee, Joon Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): LIU, BEN H
• Application Number:
  US12/167,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20090060044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,301 Days
• Field of Search: 375/24.24, 375/265, 714/758, 725/54
• US Class Current: 375/240.27
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/55 for traffic information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0029 interpolation of received data signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/04 Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals H04L7/0075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2383 Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/14 Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of processing data in digital broadcasting system. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including mobile broadcast service data and main broadcast service data, wherein the mobile broadcast service data configures a data group, wherein the data group is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein N number of known data sequences are inserted in some regions among the plurality of regions, and wherein a transmission parameter is inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence, among the N number of known data sequences, detecting the transmission parameter from the mobile broadcast service data, controlling power based upon the detected transmission parameter, thereby receiving a data group including requested mobile broadcast service data, extracting video data from the mobile broadcast service data and decoding the extracted video data, the decoding step comprising performing overlap smoothing on the video data and performing loop filtering on the overlap-smoothed video data.

Claims

1. A method of processing a digital broadcast signal including mobile service data, the method comprising:

first randomizing the mobile service data;

building a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the randomized mobile service data, the RS frame being a two-dimensional data frame through which the mobile service data is RS encoded at one of a plurality of RS codes and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoded;

dividing the built RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, each of the RS frame portions having a length of PL bytes;

encoding signaling data including transmission parameters for signaling the mobile service data;

forming data groups, each of the data groups including data of each of the plurality of RS frame portions and the encoded signaling data;

forming mobile service data packets including data in the formed data groups;

multiplexing the mobile service data packets with main service data packets including main service data;

second randomizing data in the multiplexed main service data packets and a portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets; and

transmitting the digital broadcast signal including the randomized data and another portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets,

wherein the mobile service data includes video data, and a picture of the video data includes blocks.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the blocks includes pixels adjacent to a block boundary area of the blocks, the pixels having pixel values providing a standard of filtering for the block boundary area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission parameters include information indicating an RS code for the RS frame.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling data further includes a Fast Information Channel (FIC) including cross-layer information for mobile service acquisition, and wherein a Transmission Parameter Channel (TPC) includes FIC version information for identifying updates of the FIC.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the PL bytes are determined by factors including a coding rate for data included in each data region of the data groups, and stuffing bytes are added to at least one RS frame portion when a length of the at least one RS frame portion is less than the PL bytes.

6. An apparatus for processing a digital broadcast signal including mobile service data, the apparatus comprising:

a first randomizer configured to first randomize the mobile service data;

a frame encoder configured to build a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the randomized mobile service data, the RS frame being a two-dimensional data frame through which the mobile service data is RS encoded at one of a plurality of RS codes and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoded;

a frame divider configured to divide the built RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, each of the RS frame portions having a length of PL bytes;

a signaling encoder configured to encode signaling data including transmission parameters for signaling the mobile service data;

a group formatter configured to form data groups, each of the data groups including data of each of the plurality of RS frame portions and the encoded signaling data;

a packet formatter configured to form mobile service data packets including data in the formed data groups;

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

a second randomizer configured to second randomize data in the multiplexed main service data packets and a portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the digital broadcast signal including the randomized data and another portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets,

wherein the mobile service data includes video data, and a picture of the video data includes blocks.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the blocks includes pixels adjacent to a block boundary area of the blocks, the pixels having pixel values providing a standard of filtering for the block boundary area.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the transmission parameters include information indicating an RS code for the RS frame.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the signaling data further includes a Fast Information Channel (FIC) including cross-layer information for mobile service acquisition, and wherein a Transmission Parameter Channel (TPC) includes FIC version information for identifying updates of the FIC.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the PL bytes are determined by factors including a coding rate for data included in each data region of the data groups, and stuffing bytes are added to at least one RS frame portion when a length of the at least one RS frame portion is less than the PL bytes.

11. A method of receiving a digital broadcast signal including mobile service data, the method comprising:

receiving the digital broadcast signal including the mobile service data and signaling data, wherein the mobile service data includes video data, wherein the mobile service data and signaling data are processed in steps comprising;

first randomizing the mobile service data,

building a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the randomized mobile service data, the RS frame being a two-dimensional data frame through which the mobile service data is RS encoded at one of a plurality of RS codes and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoded,

dividing the built RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, each of the RS frame portions having a length of PL bytes;

encoding signaling data including transmission parameters for signaling the mobile service data,

forming data groups, each of the data groups including data of each of the plurality of RS frame portions and the encoded signaling data,

forming mobile service data packets including data in the formed data groups,

multiplexing the mobile service data packets with main service data packets including main service data, and

second randomizing data in the multiplexed main service data packets and a portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets;

obtaining the mobile service data from the received digital broadcast signal; and

extracting the video data from the obtained mobile service data, wherein a picture of the video data includes blocks.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

decoding the extracted video data, wherein decoding the extracted video data comprises determining whether to perform filtering for a block boundary area based on a result from comparing a function value including a difference between pixels adjacent to the block boundary area to a threshold,

wherein in decoding the extracted video data, the filtering for the block boundary area is not performed when the function value is greater than the threshold.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmission parameters include information indicating an RS code for the RS frame.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the signaling data further includes a Fast Information Channel (FIC) including cross-layer information for mobile service acquisition, and wherein a Transmission Parameter Channel (TPC) includes FIC version information for identifying updates of the FIC.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the PL bytes are determined by factors including a coding rate for data included in each data region of the data groups, and stuffing bytes are added to at least one RS frame portion when a length of the at least one RS frame portion is less than the PL bytes.

16. An apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal including mobile service data, the method comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive the digital broadcast signal including the mobile service data and signaling data, wherein the mobile service data includes video data, wherein the mobile service data and signaling data are processed in steps comprising;

first randomizing the mobile service data,

building a Reed Solomon (RS) frame including the randomized mobile service data, the RS frame being a two-dimensional data frame through which the mobile service data is RS encoded at one of a plurality of RS codes and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoded,

dividing the built RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, each of the RS frame portions having a length of PL bytes,

encoding signaling data including transmission parameters for signaling the mobile service data,

forming data groups, each of the data groups including data of each of the plurality of RS frame portions and the encoded signaling data,

forming mobile service data packets including data in the formed data groups,

multiplexing the mobile service data packets with main service data packets including main service data, and

second randomizing data in the multiplexed main service data packets and a portion of data included in the multiplexed mobile service data packets;

an obtaining unit configured to obtain the mobile service data from the received digital broadcast signal; and

an extracting unit configured to extract the video data from the obtained mobile service data, wherein a picture of the video data includes blocks.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

a decoding unit configured to decode the extracted video data, wherein the decoding unit is further configured to determine whether to perform filtering for a block boundary area based on a result from comparing a function value including a difference between pixels adjacent to the block boundary area to a threshold, wherein the decoding unit is further configured to decode the extracted video data without the filtering for the block boundary area when the function value is greater than the threshold.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the transmission parameters include information indicating an RS code for the RS frame.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the signaling data further includes a Fast Information Channel (FIC) including cross-layer information for mobile service acquisition, and wherein a Transmission Parameter Channel (TPC) includes FIC version information for identifying updates of the FIC.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the PL bytes are determined by factors including a coding rate for data included in each data region of the data groups, and stuffing bytes are added to at least one RS frame portion when a length of the at least one RS frame portion is less than the PL bytes.