APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS

• US 20160197753A1
• Filed: 01/06/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, Jaeho, Ko, Woosuk, Hong, Sungryong
• Granted Patent: US 9,537,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/33 by plural channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/42 Arrangements for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2627 Modulators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2649 Demodulators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/20 Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/236 Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• 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: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for sending a broadcast signal. The method includes formatting input streams into multiple data pipes (DPs). Formatting the input streams into the multiple DPs includes splitting the input streams into multiple data streams, deleting a null packet included in a data stream, and forming a baseband frame (BBF) by adding a header to the data stream. The baseband frame includes a deleted null packet (DNP) field indicative of the number of deleted null packets, and the DNP field comprises at least one of a first DNP or a second DNP.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising:

formatting input stream into one or more physical layer pipes (PLPs);

encoding data of the one or more PLPs;

generating at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded data; and

modulating the at least one signal frame using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme and transmitting the broadcast signal comprising the at least one modulated signal frame,

wherein the input stream comprises multiple packets,

wherein the multiple packets comprise at least one of a null packet or a data packet,

wherein the null packet included in the input stream is deleted,

wherein a number of the deleted null packet is counted,

wherein one or more data packets follow a deleted null packet (DNP) field,

wherein the deleted null packet (DNP) field is an information indicating the number of the deleted null packet, and

wherein the DNP field is set as the counted value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input stream comprises a deleted null packet indicator (DNPI) field indicative of whether or not a next packet is a null packet.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the DNPI field is set as a value indicating that a next packet is a null packet, the DNP field is inserted into a data packet subsequent to a data packet comprising the DNPI field.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a header of the data packet is generated by compressing a packet identifier (PID) or deleting the PID.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the DNP field comprises at least one of a first DNP or a second DNP.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the DNP field comprises only the first DNP if the number of the deleted null packet is a specific number or less, and

the DNP field comprises the first DNP and the second DNP if the number of the deleted null packet is a specific number or more.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the first DNP is set as a specific value indicative of a specific number of null packets if the first DNP and the second DNP are included in the DNP field, and

the second DNP is set as a value obtained by subtracting the value of the first DNP from a total number of deleted null packets.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the second DNP is placed next to the first DNP.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data packet is a TS (Transport Stream) packet.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the DNPI field is included in the header of the data packet.

11. A transmission apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising:

an input formatting module configured to format input stream into one or more physical layer pipes (PLPs);

a bit interleaved coding and modulation (BICM) module configured to encode data of the one or more PLPs;

a frame building module configured to generate at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded data; and

an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) generation module configured to modulate the at least one signal frame using an OFDM scheme and transmit the broadcast signal comprising the at least one modulated signal frame,

wherein the input stream comprises multiple packets,

wherein the multiple packets comprise at least one of a null packet or a data packet,

wherein the transmission apparatus further comprising;

a null packet deletion module configured to delete the null packet included in the input stream; and

wherein the transmission apparatus comprises a DNP insertion module configured to insert a deleted null packet (DNP) field,

wherein a number of the deleted null packet is counted,

wherein one or more data packets follow the deleted null packet (DNP) field,

wherein the deleted null packet (DNP) field is an information indicating the number of the deleted null packet, and

wherein the DNP field is set as the counted value.

12. The transmission apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transmission apparatus further comprises:

a null packet counter module configured to count the number of the deleted null packet.

13. The transmission apparatus of claim 12, wherein:

the input stream comprises a header of the data packet comprises a deleted null packet indicator (DNPI) field indicating whether a next packet is a null packet.

14. A receiving apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, the apparatus comprising:

a demapping and decoding module; and

an output processor module restoring one or more physical layer pipes (PLPs) output from the demapping and decoding module to input stream,

wherein the output processor module includes

a baseband frame processor block decoding information transmitted to a header of a baseband frame and restoring the input stream by using the decoded information,

wherein the input stream comprises multiple packets,

wherein the multiple packets comprise at least one of a null packet or a data packet,

wherein the null packet included in the input stream is deleted,

wherein a number of the deleted null packet is counted,

wherein one or more data packets follow a deleted null packet (DNP) field,

wherein the deleted null packet (DNP) field is an information indicating the number of the deleted null packet, and

wherein the DNP field is set as the counted value.