Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 9,525,512 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2014
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, In Hwan, Suh, Jong Yeul, Lee, Chul Soo, Song, Jae Hyung, Kim, Jin Pil
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M
• Application Number:
  US14/509,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20150033099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/55 for traffic information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0061 Error detection codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/02 Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/015 High-definition television systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/088 the inserted signal being digital
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A digital broadcasting system is provided. The system includes an RS (Reed-Solomon) encoder configured to encode mobile service data for FEC (Forward Error Correction) to build RS frames including the mobile service data and a signaling information table, a signaling encoder configured to encode signaling information including fast information channel (FIC) data and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, a group formatter configured to form data groups, wherein at least one of the data groups includes encoded mobile service data, known data sequences, the FIC data and the TPC data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the broadcast signal including a parade of the data groups.

Claims

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

an encoder for encoding service data for FEC (Forward Error Correction);

a signaling encoder for encoding signaling information for fast service acquisition;

a generator for generating a data unit that includes the encoded service data and the encoded signaling information; and

a transmission unit for transmitting the broadcast signal that includes the data unit,

wherein the signaling information includes information for identifying a broadcast stream via which the signaling information is transmitted, information indicating a number of services in the identified broadcast stream, information indicating if each of the services is protected and information indicating a channel number of each of the services.

2. The transmitting system of claim 1, wherein:

the broadcast signal further includes transmission parameters for the service data; and

the transmission parameters include a code rate.

3. The transmitting system of claim 2, wherein the transmission parameters further include version information indicating a version of the signaling information for the fast service acquisition.

4. The transmitting system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast signal further includes a signaling information table to access a service of the service data.

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

encoding service data for FEC (Forward Error Correction);

encoding signaling information for fast service acquisition;

generating a data unit that includes the encoded service data and the encoded signaling information; and

transmitting the broadcast signal that includes the data unit,

wherein the signaling information includes information for identifying a broadcast stream via which the signaling information is transmitted, information indicating a number of services in the identified broadcast stream, information indicating if each of the services is protected and information indicating a channel number of each of the services.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the broadcast signal further includes transmission parameters for the service data; and

the transmission parameters include a code rate.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmission parameters further include version information indicating a version of the signaling information for the fast service acquisition.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the broadcast signal further includes a signaling information table to access a service of the service data.