Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system

• US 8,300,569 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2012
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Jae Hyung, Choi, In Hwan, Suh, Jong Yeul, Kim, Jin Pil, Lee, Chul Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US13/406,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20120155419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 246 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.02, 455/3.03, 455/3.06, 455/150.1, 455/414.3, 455/414.1, 455/204, 455/205, 370/208, 370/312, 370/328, 370/329, 370/330, 370/349, 370/398, 370/486, 370/535, 375/240, 375/240.01, 375/270, 725/62, 725/63, 725/81, 725/85, 725/100, 725/118, 725/120, 725/123, 725/131, 725/139, 725/142, 725/143, 714/755, 714/756, 714/758, 714/776, 714/784, 714/792
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95

Abstract

A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter includes performing, by a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder, RS encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data and building at least primary RS frames belonging to a primary ensemble or secondary RS frames belonging to a secondary ensemble depending on RS frame mode information that indicates a single frame mode or a dual frame mode; mapping each of the built at least primary or secondary RS frames into groups, wherein each of the groups includes known data sequences, a fast information channel (FIC) segment, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and transmitting a transmission frame containing the groups.

Claims

1. A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter, the method comprising:

performing, by a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder, RS encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data and building at least primary RS frames belonging to a primary ensemble or secondary RS frames belonging to a secondary ensemble depending on RS frame mode information that indicates a single frame mode or a dual frame mode;

mapping each of the built at least primary or secondary RS frames into groups, wherein each of the groups comprises known data sequences, a fast information channel (FIC) segment, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and

transmitting a transmission frame containing the groups,

wherein at least one FIC segment transmitted through the transmission frame includes status information of a mobile service, wherein at least one FIC segment transmitted through the transmission frame includes an ensemble identifier to identify one of the primary ensemble and the secondary ensemble,

wherein the status information of the mobile service is assigned with two bits, wherein a first bit indicates whether the mobile service is active or inactive, and a second bit indicates whether the mobile service is hidden or not,

wherein the ensemble identifier comprises a parade identifier to identify a parade which carries at least the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble, and

wherein the TPC data include FIC version information, the RS frame mode information and the parade identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a least significant 7 bits of the ensemble identifier correspond to the parade identifier.

3. The method 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 method 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 method of claim 1, wherein the primary RS frames are built when the RS frame mode information indicates the single frame mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary RS frames and the secondary RS frames are built when the RS frame mode information indicates the dual frame mode.

7. A broadcast transmitter comprising:

a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder for performing RS encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data and building at least primary RS frames belonging to a primary ensemble or secondary RS frames belonging to a secondary ensemble depending on RS frame mode information that indicates a single frame mode or a dual frame mode;

a group formatting means for mapping each of the built at least primary or secondary RS frames into groups, wherein each of the groups comprises known data sequences, a fast information channel (FIC) segment, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and

a transmitting means for transmitting a transmission frame containing the groups,

wherein at least one FIC segment transmitted through the transmission frame includes status information of a mobile service, wherein at least one FIC segment transmitted through the transmission frame includes an ensemble identifier to identify one of the primary ensemble and the secondary ensemble,

wherein the status information of the mobile service is assigned with two bits, wherein a first bit indicates whether the mobile service is active or inactive, and a second bit indicates whether the mobile service is hidden or not,

wherein the ensemble identifier comprises a parade identifier to identify a parade which carries at least the primary ensemble or the secondary ensemble, and

wherein the TPC data include FIC version information, the RS frame mode information and the parade identifier.

8. The broadcast transmitter of claim 7, wherein a least significant 7 bits of the ensemble identifier correspond to the parade identifier.

9. The broadcast transmitter of claim 8, wherein the primary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 0.

10. The broadcast transmitter of claim 8, wherein the secondary ensemble is identified by the ensemble identifier when a most significant bit (MSB) of the ensemble identifier is set to 1.

11. The broadcast transmitter of claim 7, wherein the primary RS frames are built when the RS frame mode information indicates the single frame mode.

12. The broadcast transmitter of claim 7, wherein the primary RS frames and the secondary RS frames are built when the RS frame mode information indicates the dual frame mode.