Apparatus and method for providing broadcasting service and system thereof

• US 8,787,821 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2009
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lim, Hyoungsoo, Lee, Jae-Young, Kim, Heung-Mook, Lee, Soo-In
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego, Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US13/130,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20110221909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• Field of Search: 455 301- 305, 455/74, 455/105, 455/503, 455/515, 455/526, 455/39, 348/725, 348/726, 348/729, 348/907, 725/63, 725/67, 725/68, 725/100, 725/131
• US Class Current: 455/3.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/322 Power control of broadcast channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for providing a broadcasting service in a single frequency broadcasting network, and a system thereof. The apparatus for receiving broadcasting signals includes an RF receiver configured to receive an RF broadcasting signal having identification information to identify a broadcasting signal transmitter and down-convert the received RF broadcasting signal; a reception characteristic measurer configured to measure reception characteristics of the RF broadcasting signal based on the identification information and generate reception characteristic information; and a reception characteristic transmitter configured to transmit the reception characteristic information to a broadcasting system.

Claims

1. An apparatus for receiving broadcasting signals, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) receiver configured to receive an RF broadcasting signal including identification information for identifying a broadcasting signal transmitter and down-convert the received RF broadcasting signal;

a reception characteristic measurer configured to measure reception characteristics of the RF broadcasting signal based on the identification information and generate reception characteristic information; and

a reception characteristic transmitter configured to transmit the reception characteristic information to a broadcasting system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller configured to select the reception characteristic information equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold among the reception characteristic information and provide the selected reception characteristic information to the reception characteristic transmitter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reception characteristic transmitter transmits the reception characteristic information to a network controller which controls the reception characteristics of the RF broadcasting signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reception characteristic transmitter transmits the reception characteristic information to the broadcasting signal transmitter.

5. A method for receiving broadcasting signals, comprising:

receiving an RF broadcasting signal including identification information for identifying a broadcasting signal transmitter and down-converting the received RF broadcasting signals;

measuring reception characteristics of the RF broadcasting signals based on the identification information to generate reception characteristic information; and

transmitting the reception characteristic information to a broadcasting system.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selecting the reception characteristic information equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold among the reception characteristic information generated in said measuring the reception characteristic information of the RF broadcasting signals corresponding to the identification information to generate the reception characteristic information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein in said transmitting the reception characteristic information to the broadcasting system, the reception characteristic information is transmitted to a network controller for controlling the reception characteristic of the RF broadcasting signals.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein in said transmitting the reception characteristic information to the broadcasting system,

the reception characteristic information is transmitted to the broadcasting signal transmitter.