Digital broadcast system, and data processing method

• US 8,279,773 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Jae Hyung, Choi, In Hwan, Hong, Ho Taek, Kwak, Kook Yeon, Kim, Byoung Gill, Suh, Jong Yeul, Kim, Jin Pil, Song, Won Gyu, Lee, Chul Soo, Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Hyoung Gon, Lee, Joon Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US12/692,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/329, 370/390, 370/419
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0047 Decoding adapted to other signal detection operation in conjunction with sequence estimation or equalization H04L25/03286
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/006 Trellis-coded modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0065 Serial concatenated codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0071 Use of interleaving interleaving per se H03M13/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0093 Point-to-multipoint
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• 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 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• 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 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6433 Digital Storage Media - Command and Control Protocol [DSM-CC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and at the same time the system can quickly cope with the channel variation.

Claims

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

randomizing mobile service data;

performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on an RS frame payload including the randomized mobile service data in order to generate an RS frame;

encoding transmission parameter channel (TPC) data and fast information channel (FIC) data with a first encoding code, wherein the FIC data include cross-layer information to enable fast mobile service acquisition, and wherein the TPC data include FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data;

encoding data of the RS frame with a second encoding code;

outputting mobile service data packets including the encoded TPC data and FIC data and the encoded data of the RS frame, wherein each of the mobile service data packets includes an MPEG header having a packet identifier (PID);

trellis encoding data of the mobile service data packets; and

transmitting a broadcast signal including the trellis-encoded data and a table including access information of an Internet Protocol (IP) stream of the mobile service data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first encoding code is a Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code (PCCC) and the second encoding code is a Serial Concatenated Convolutional Code (SCCC).

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

mapping the encoded data of the RS frame to a plurality of data groups, wherein each of the plurality of data groups includes the encoded TPC and FIC data and a plurality of known data sequences, and wherein at least two of the plurality of known data sequences differ from each other in length.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of known data sequences is repeated within a same pattern in each of the plurality of data groups.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the TPC and FIC data are inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence of the plurality of known data sequences.

6. A transmitting system comprising:

a randomizer for randomizing mobile service data;

an RS frame encoder for performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on an RS frame payload including the randomized mobile service data in order to generate an RS frame;

a signaling encoder for encoding transmission parameter channel (TPC) data and fast information channel (FIC) data with a first encoding code, wherein the FIC data carries cross-layer information to enable fast mobile service acquisition, and wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data;

a block processor for encoding data of the RS frame with a second encoding code;

a packet formatter for outputting mobile service data packets including the encoded TPC data and FIC data and the encoded data of the RS frame, wherein each of the mobile service data packets includes an MPEG header having a packet identifier (PID);

a trellis encoding unit for trellis encoding data of the mobile service data packets; and

a transmitting unit for transmitting a broadcast signal including the trellis-encoded and a table including access information of an Internet Protocol (IP) stream of the mobile service data.

7. The transmitting system of claim 6, wherein the first encoding code is a Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code (PCCC) and the second encoding code is a Serial Concatenated Convolutional Code (SCCC).

8. The transmitting system of claim 6, further comprising:

a group formatter for mapping the encoded data of the RS frame to a plurality of data groups, wherein each of the plurality of data groups includes the encoded TPC and FIC data and a plurality of known data sequences, and wherein at least two of the plurality of known data sequences differ from each other in length.

9. The transmitting system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the plurality of known data sequences is repeated within a same pattern in each of the plurality of data groups.

10. The transmitting system of claim 8, wherein the TPC and FIC data are inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence of the plurality of known data sequences.

11. A method of processing a broadcast signal in a receiving system, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal comprising a plurality of data groups, each of the plurality of data groups comprising fast information channel (FIC) data including cross-layer information to enable fast mobile service acquisition, transmission parameter channel (TPC) data including FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data, and mobile service data;

demodulating the received broadcast signal;

trellis decoding the demodulated broadcast signal;

building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame including the mobile service data of the trellis-decoded broadcast signal;

performing error correction decoding on the RS frame;

derandomizing the mobile service data of the error-correction-decoded RS frame;

obtaining a table including access information of an IP stream for the derandomized mobile service data from the error-correction-decoded RS frame;

acquiring the IP stream based upon the obtained table; and

decoding an audio or video data delivered through the acquired IP stream,

wherein the TPC data and the FIC data are encoded with a first encoding code and the mobile service data is encoded with a second encoding code.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first encoding code is a Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code (PCCC) and the second encoding code is a Serial Concatenated Convolutional Code (SCCC).

13. The method of claim 11,

wherein each of the plurality of data groups further includes a plurality of known data sequences, and

wherein at least two of the plurality of known data sequences differ from each other in length.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of known data sequences is repeated within a same pattern in each of the plurality of data groups.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the TPC data and the FIC data are inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence of the plurality of known data sequences.

16. A receiving system comprising:

a tuner for receiving a broadcast signal comprising a plurality of data groups, each of the plurality of data groups comprising fast information channel (FIC) data including cross-layer information to enable fast mobile service acquisition, transmission parameter channel (TPC) data including FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data, and mobile service data;

a demodulator for demodulating the received broadcast signal;

a first decoder for trellis decoding the demodulated broadcast signal;

a second decoder for building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame including the mobile service data of the trellis-decoded broadcast signal and performing error correction decoding on the RS frame;

a derandomizer for derandomizing the mobile service data of the error-correction-decoded RS frame;

a processor for obtaining a table including access information of an IP stream for the derandomized mobile service data from the error-correction-decoded RS frame, and acquiring the IP stream based upon the obtained table; and

a third decoder for decoding an audio or video data delivered through the acquired IP stream,

wherein the TPC data and FIC data are encoded with a first encoding code and the mobile service data is encoded with a second encoding code.

17. The receiving system of claim 16, wherein the first encoding code is a Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Code (PCCC) and the second encoding code is a Serial Concatenated Convolutional Code (SCCC).

18. The receiving system of claim 16,

wherein each of the plurality of data groups further includes a plurality of known data sequences, and

wherein at least two of the plurality of known data sequences differ from each other in length.

19. The receiving system of claim 18, wherein at least one of the plurality of known data sequences is repeated within a same pattern in each of the plurality of data groups.

20. The receiving system of claim 18, wherein the TPC data and the FIC data are inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence of the plurality of known data sequences.