ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus and method

• US 8,831,368 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Ryu, Joon Gyu, Oh, Deock Gil
• Primary Examiner(s): Alavi, Amir
• Application Number:
  US13/423,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20130051693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 382/232, 382/233, 382/235, 382/239, 375/240.01, 375/240.02, 375/240.08, 375/240.1, 375/240.11, 375/240.16, 375/E07.001, 370/212, 370/217, 370/468, 708/250, 709/247
• US Class Current: 382/239
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/423 Transmitter side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/74 of satellite networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/30 characterised by the use of a return channel, e.g. for collecting users' opinions, for returning broadcast space/time information or for requesting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/32 Arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations, e.g. malfunction or breakdown of receiving stations
• 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 21/6143 involving transmission via a satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6379 directed to encoder , e.g. for requesting a lower encoding rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite

Abstract

Provided are an adaptive coding modulation (ACM)-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a transmitter configured to analyze whether or not it is raining in a region where a receiver is present on the basis of channel state information (CSI) provided by the receiver, encode and/or modulate an image signal according to the analysis result, and provide the encoded and/or modulated image signal through a single band or multiple bands. On the basis of a result of analyzing whether or not it is raining in a region where a receiver is present, it is possible to effectively prevent signal attenuation caused by rain by providing image signals having different resolutions through multiple bands when the region is in a rainfall state.

Claims

1. An adaptive coding modulation ACM-based

simulcast transmission and reception apparatus, comprising:

a transmitter configured to analyze whether or not it is raining in a region where a receiver is present on the basis of channel state information (CSI) provided by the receiver, encode and/or modulate an image signal according to the analysis result, and provide the encoded and/or modulated image signal through a single band or multiple bands,

wherein the transmitter includes;

an analyzer configured to analyze whether or not it is raining in the region where the receiver is present on the basis of the CSI;

a generator configured to generate an image signal of which a resolution has been adjusted on the basis of an original image signal according to the analysis result of the analyzer;

an encoder configured to encode and/or modulate the image signal generated by the generator according to the analysis result of the analyzer; and

a transmission unit configured to provide the image signal encoded and/or modulated by the encoder through the single band or the multiple bands according to the analysis result of the analyzer.

2. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CSI provided by the receiver includes at least one of a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR).

3. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus of claim 2 or claim 1, wherein the generator generates at least two image signals having different resolutions when the analyzer analyzes that the region where the receiver is present is in a rainfall state, and generates one image signal when the analyzer analyzes that the region where the receiver is present is in a non-rainfall state.

4. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus of claim 3, wherein, when the at least two image signals are generated by the generator, the encoder applies a higher coding rate and/or a higher-order modulation scheme to an image signal having a relatively high resolution between the at least two image signals in comparison with an image signal having a relatively low resolution.

5. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception apparatus of claim 3, wherein the transmission unit provides the at least two image signals through the multiple bands when the analyzer analyzes that the region where the receiver is present is in the rainfall state, and provides the one image signal through the single band when the analyzer analyzes that the region where the receiver is present is in the non-rainfall state.

6. An adaptive coding modulation (ACM)-based simulcast transmission and reception method, comprising:

receiving channel state information (CSI)resulting from reception of an image signal from a receiver;

analyzing whether or not it is raining in a region where the receiver is resent on the basis of the CSI;

generating an image of which a resolution has been adjusted on the basis of an or image signal according to the result of analyzing whether or not it is raining;

encoding and/or modulating the image signal of which the resolution has been adjusted according to the result of analyzing whether or not it is raining; and

providing the encoded and/or modulated image signal through a single band or multiple bands according to the result of analyzing whether or not it is raining,

wherein generating the image signal of which the resolution has been adjusted includes;

generating at least two image signals having different resolutions when it is analyzed that the region where the receiver is present is in a rainfall state; and

generating one image signal when it is analyzed that the region where the receiver is present is in a non-rainfall state.

7. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception method of claim 6, wherein receiving the CSI includes receiving the CSI including at least one of a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR).

8. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception method of claim 7 or claim 6, wherein encoding and/or modulating the image signal of which the resolution has been adjusted includes, when the at least two image signals are generated, applying a higher coding rate and/or higher-order modulation scheme to an image signal having a relatively high resolution between the at least two image signals in comparison with an image signal having a relatively low resolution.

9. The ACM-based simulcast transmission and reception method of claim 7 or claim 6, wherein providing the encoded and/or modulated image signal through the single band or the multiple bands includes

providing the at least two image signals through the multiple bands when it is analyzed that the region where the receiver is present is in the rainfall state, and

providing the one image signal through the single band when it is analyzed that the region where the receiver is present is in the non-rainfall state.