Added information insertion apparatus and method in broadcasting system

• US 8,675,691 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korean Broadcasting System (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Ik, Kim, Heung-Mook, Suh, Young-Woo, Lee, Jaekwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): FOUD, HICHAM B
• Application Number:
  US13/131,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20110228865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,601 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/510
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0059 Convolutional codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0065 Serial concatenated codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2627 Modulators
• 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 21/4382 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 7/08 Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band , e.g. by time division H04N7/007 takes precedence

Abstract

The embodiments provide an additional information insertion apparatus for a broadcasting system. The system includes a broadcasting signal transmitter configured to transmit a broadcasting signal along with a data extractor configured to extract a modulated signal by dividing the modulated signal from a modulator of the broadcasting signal transmitter. An additional data generator is configured to extract synchronization of the broadcasting signal from the extracted broadcasting signal, modulate the additional information based on the extracted synchronization, and generate a level of the modulated additional information to be a smaller level than a signal level of the modulated signal by as much as a predetermined value. A data synthesizer is provided to insert the additional data from the data generator into the modulated broadcasting signal.

Claims

1. An additional information insertion apparatus for a broadcasting system, comprising:

a broadcasting signal transmitter configured to transmit a broadcasting signal;

a data extractor configured to extract a modulated signal by dividing the modulated signal from a modulator of the broadcasting signal transmitter;

an additional data generator configured to extract synchronization of the broadcasting signal from the extracted broadcasting signal, generate additional data, modulate the additional data based on the extracted synchronization, and generate a level of the modulated additional data to be a smaller level than a signal level of the modulated signal as much as a predetermined value; and

a data synthesizer configured to insert the additional data from the data generator into the modulated broadcasting signal.

2. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the broadcasting signal transmitter uses the same method of modulating the broadcasting signal to modulate the additional data.

3. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a delay controller configured to delay the modulated signal of the broadcasting signal transmitter as long as a processing delay time of the additional data generator.

4. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a second data extractor configured to divide a predetermined part of the broadcasting signal having the additional data; and

a correction circuit configured to obtain synchronization information from the divided data and output the obtained synchronization information,

wherein the additional data generator further corrects synchronization of the broadcasting signal and the additional data using the synchronization information provided from the correction circuit.

5. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the additional data generator includes:

a receiver configured to obtain synchronization information from the extracted signal from the data extractor;

a sync controlling and data generating unit configured to generate additional data to be synchronized with the broadcasting signal using synchronization information provided from the receiver; and

a transmitter configured to convert data generated from the synchronization controlling and data generating unit as a level of the modulator, and transmit the converted data to the data synthesizer.

6. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 5, wherein the receiver includes:

an RF/IF input unit configured to receive an extracted signal from the data extractor;

a down-converter configured to convert the received signal of the RF/IF input unit to a baseband;

an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal to a digital signal by receiving data from the down-converter; and

a demodulator and sync recovery unit configured to obtain synchronization information by demodulating the converted data from the analog-to-digital converter.

7. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 5, wherein the synchronization controlling and data generating unit includes:

a data generator configured to generate additional data; and

a timing/delay controller configured to control timing and synchronization with an input frame based on synchronization detected in the receiver.

8. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 7, further comprising an injection level controller configured to control an injection level based on a size of additional signal generated by the data generator.

9. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a frequency synthesizer configured to provide frequency synchronization information collected from the down-converter and frequency synchronization information collected from the demodulator and sync recovery unit.

10. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 5, wherein the transmitter includes:

a modulator configured to modulate the generated additional data from the receiver identically to a signal of the broadcasting signal transmitter;

a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert digital data modulated from the modulator to analog data;

an up-converter configured to convert frequency to a frequency band that a system use using a same frequency of the down-converter;

a low noise amplifier configured to amplify the frequency up-converted signal; and

an RF/IF output unit configured to generate data to be inserted in a band and a size required by a system based on the amplified signal from the low noise amplifier.

11. The additional information insertion apparatus of claim 4, wherein the correction circuit includes:

an RF/IF input unit configured to extract a target signal from an RF or IF band input signal received from the data extraxtor;

a down-converter configured to perform down-converting of the target signal from the RF/IF input unit to an IF or a baseband signal and provide frequency information to a frequency synthesizer of the additional data generator;

an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal of the down-converter to a digital signal; and

a demodulator and timing offset detector configured to demodulate the converted data to a baseband signal, extract timing synchronization information, and provide synchronization information to a timing/delay controller of the additional data generator.

12. A method for inserting information in a broadcasting system, comprising:

modulating a broadcasting signal and transmitting the modulated broadcasting signal;

extracting the broadcasting signal by dividing the modulated broadcasting signal;

extracting synchronization of the broadcasting signal from the extracted broadcasting signal, generating additional data, modulating the additional data based on the extracted synchronization, and generating a level of the modulated additional data to be a smaller level than a level of the modulated broadcasting signal as much as a predetermined value; and

inserting the generated additional data into the modulated broadcasting signal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

delaying the modulated broadcasting signal as long as a processing delay time of the generation the a level of the modulated additional data.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the additional data is inserted from a time point of the generation a level of the modulated additional data.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the additional data is inserted at frame synchronization.