Digital broadcasting system and data processing method

• US 9,674,673 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Won Gyu, Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Hyoung Gon, Song, Jae Hyung, Hong, Ho Taek, Suh, Jong Yeul, Choi, In Hwan, Kwak, Kook Yeon, Kim, Byoung Gill, Kim, Jin Pil, Lee, Chul Soo, Lee, Joon Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Baig, Adnan
• Application Number:
  US13/901,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20130250842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• 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

Abstract

A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed, which are robust to error when mobile service data are transmitted. To this end, additional encoding is performed for the mobile service data, whereby it is possible to strongly cope with fast channel change while giving robustness to the mobile service data.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal at an apparatus comprising a transmitter, the method comprising:

packetizing service data that includes at least a video file or an audio file into at least one Layered Coding Transport (LCT) packet;

packetizing the at least one LCT packet into at least one User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol (UDP/IP) packet;

generating a plurality of link layer packets having the at least one UDP/IP packet and service information for a service of the service data, wherein the service information includes major channel information and minor channel information related to the service;

encoding data in the plurality of link layer packets at a first code rate;

block interleaving the encoded data;

convolutional interleaving the block-interleaved data;

first encoding transmission parameters to add parity data, the transmission parameters including information for identifying the first code rate;

second encoding the first encoded transmission parameters at a second code rate;

allocating the convolutional interleaved data and the second encoded transmission parameters into a signal frame; and

transmitting the broadcast signal having the signal frame,

wherein the signal frame includes known data, the known data including first pattern known data and second pattern known data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal frame further includes a plurality of sub frames.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmission parameters further include sub frame information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service information further includes service type information identifying a type of the service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service information further includes hidden information of the service.

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

a first layer processor to packetize service data that includes at least a video file or an audio file into at least one Layered Coding Transport (LCT) packet;

a second layer processor to packetize the at least one LCT packet into at least one user datagram protocol/Internet protocol (UDP/IP) packet;

a third layer processor to generate a plurality of link layer packets having the at least one UDP/IP packet and service information for a service of the service data, wherein the service information includes major channel information and minor channel information related to the service;

an encoder to encode data in the plurality of link layer packets at a first code rate;

a first interleaver to block interleave the encoded data;

a second interleaver to convolutional interleave the block-interleaved data;

a first encoder to first encode transmission parameters to add parity data, the transmission parameters including information for identifying the first code rate;

a second encoder to second encode the first encoded transmission parameters at a second code rate; and

a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signal having a signal frame that includes the convolutional interleaved data and the second encoded transmission parameters,

wherein the signal frame further includes known data, the known data including first pattern known data and second pattern known data.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the signal frame further includes a plurality of sub frames.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the transmission parameters further include sub frame information.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the service information further includes service type information identifying a type of the service.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the service information further includes hidden information of the service.