Method of providing an emergency alert service via a mobile broadcasting and apparatus therefor

• US 9,929,820 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2016
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Sejin, Kim, Jeongwoo, Kwak, Minsung
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCALLUM, LATRESA A
• Application Number:
  US15/336,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20170048012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/71 Wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A device providing an emergency alert service via a mobile broadcasting according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an RS frame encoder configured to generate an RS frame, which is a 2^nd dimensional data frame, in a manner of performing an RS (Reed-Solomon)-CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) encoding on an ensemble comprising a mobile data for a mobile broadcasting service and a service signaling channel containing an access information on the mobile broadcasting service, an RS frame divider configured to divide the generated RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, a signaling encoder configured to generate a signaling data comprising a TPC (Transmission Parameter Channel) for signaling a transmission parameter of the mobile broadcasting and a FIC (Fast Information Channel) containing a connection information between the ensemble and the broadcasting service, a data group formatter configured to generate a data group containing a part of the signaling data and the RS frame portion, and a broadcasting signal generating unit configured to generate a mobile broadcasting signal containing the data group.

Claims

1. A method of providing an emergency alert in a broadcast transmitter, the method comprising:

generating service data of broadcast services;

generating service acquisition data including information for service acquisition of the broadcast services;

generating an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message, wherein the emergency alert message includes message identification information for identifying the emergency alert message and information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message;

generating wake-up information indicating whether a broadcast receiver is to be woken up;

transmitting a broadcast signal including the service data, the emergency alert table, the service acquisition data and the wake-up information,

wherein the wake-up information allows the broadcast receiver to distinguish a new wake-up call from a previous wake-up call by a change of its value,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

FEC (Forward Error Correction) encoding the service data of the broadcast services; and

generating data frames by using the FEC encoded service data and the wake-up information, wherein the broadcast signal includes the data frames.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wake-up information is represented by at least 2 bits.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiver in a standby mode wakes up only for the wake-up call for the corresponding emergency.

5. An apparatus for providing an emergency alert as a broadcast transmitter, the apparatus comprising:

a generator that generates service data of broadcast services, service acquisition data including information for service acquisition of the broadcast services, an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message, and wake-up information indicating whether a broadcast receiver is to be woken up, wherein the emergency alert message includes message identification information for identifying the emergency alert message and information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message; and

a transmitting unit that transmits a broadcast signal including the service data, the emergency alert table, the service acquisition data and the wake-up information,

wherein the wake-up information allows the broadcast receiver to distinguish a new wake-up call from a previous wake-up call by a change of its value,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up cell by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a FEC (Forward Error Correction) encoder that FEC encodes the service data of the broadcast services; and

a frame encoder that generates data frames by using the FEC encoded service data and the wake-up information, wherein the broadcast signal includes the data frames.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the wake-up information is represented by at least 2 bits.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the broadcast receiver in a standby mode wakes up only for the wake-up call for the corresponding emergency.

9. A method of processing an emergency alert in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including broadcast service data of broadcast services, service acquisition data including information for service acquisition of the broadcast services, and an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message, wherein the emergency alert message includes message identification information for identifying the emergency alert message and information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message; and

decoding the broadcast service data, the service acquisition data, and the emergency alert table in the received broadcast signal,

wherein the received broadcast signal further includes wake-up information indicating whether the broadcast receiver is to be woken up,

wherein the wake-up information allows the broadcast receiver to distinguish a new wake-up call from a previous wake-up call by a change of its value,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the wake-up information includes at least 2 bits.

11. A broadcast receiver for processing an emergency alert, the broadcast receiver comprising:

a receiver that receives a broadcast signal including broadcast service data of broadcast services, service acquisition data including information for service acquisition of the broadcast services, and an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message, wherein the emergency alert message includes message identification information for identifying the emergency alert message and information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message; and

a decoder that decodes the broadcast service data, the service acquisition data, and the emergency alert table in the received broadcast signal,

wherein the received broadcast signal further includes wake-up information indicating whether the broadcast receiver is to be woken up,

wherein the wake-up information allows the broadcast receiver to distinguish a new wake-up call from a previous wake-up call by a change of its value,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

12. The broadcast receiver of claim 11, wherein the wake-up information includes at least 2 bits.