Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 8,374,249 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation), Sunvelope Solar, Inc.
• 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:
  US13/327,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20120093235A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 375240-24029
• US Class Current: 375/240.24
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/91 Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
• 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 21/4382 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

Abstract

A method for transmitting a broadcast signal is presented. The method includes. Building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame corresponding to an ensemble of a service of mobile data, the RS frame being a 2-dimensional data frame through which the mobile data belonging to the ensemble are Reed Solomon-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions, encoding signaling information, wherein the signaling information includes fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data wherein the FIC data includes cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer, mapping data in one portion of the plurality of portions to data groups, formatting data packets having data in the data groups, and transmitting a transmission frame having a parade of the data groups, wherein the TPC data includes an identifier of the parade and version information of the FIC data.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal, the method comprising:

building a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame corresponding to an ensemble of a service of mobile data, the RS frame being a 2-dimensional data frame through which the mobile data belonging to the ensemble are Reed Solomon-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, wherein the ensemble is a collection of services providing same quality of service;

dividing the RS frame into a plurality of portions;

encoding signaling data, wherein the signaling data includes fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the FIC data includes cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer;

mapping data in one portion of the plurality of portions to data groups,

wherein at least one of the data groups includes the encoded signaling data and known data sequences, and

wherein the encoded signaling data is located between a first known data sequence of the known data sequences and a second known data sequence of the known data sequences;

formatting data packets having data in the data groups; and

transmitting a transmission frame having a parade of the data groups, wherein the TPC data includes an identifier of the parade and version information of the FIC data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

block encoding data of the one portion by a block unit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the parade carries one or two ensembles.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of slots, and

wherein one of the data groups is assigned to one of the plurality of slots in such a manner that the plurality of slots having consecutive slot numbers carry the data groups having inconsecutive group numbers.

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

an encoder configured to build an a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame corresponding to an ensemble of a service of mobile data, the RS frame being a 2-dimensional data frame through which the mobile data belonging to the ensemble are Reed Solomon-cyclic redundancy check (RS-CRC) encoded, wherein the ensemble is a collection of services providing same quality of service;

a divider configured to divide the RS frame into a plurality of portions;

a signaling encoder configured to encode signaling data, wherein the signaling data includes fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the FIC data includes cross layer information between a physical layer and an upper layer;

a group formatter configured to map data in one portion of the plurality of portions to data groups, wherein at least one of the data groups includes the encoded signaling data and known data sequences, wherein the encoded signaling data is located between a first known data sequence of the known data sequences and a second known data sequence of the known data sequences;

a packet formatter configured to format data packets having data in the data groups; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission frame having a parade of the data groups, wherein the TPC data includes an identifier of the parade and version information of the FIC data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a block encoder configured to block encode data of the one portion by a block unit.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the parade carries one or two ensembles.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the transmission frame includes a plurality of slots, and

wherein one of the data groups is assigned to one of the plurality of slots in such a manner that the plurality of slots having consecutive slot numbers carry the data groups having inconsecutive group numbers.