Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090129450 | Apparatus and method for corresponding frequency synchronization in on-channel repeater - Provided is a frequency synchronizing apparatus and method that can synchronize frequencies between receiving signals and transmitting signals by extracting a carrier error and sampling timing error information in a synchronization process of the receiving signal from a main transmitter or another repeater and reflecting them in the transmitting signal in an on-channel repeater. The apparatus includes a carrier recovery means for compensating a carrier frequency error of a receiving signal; a timing recovery means for compensating a sampling timing error of the receiving signal; a carrier error reflecting means for reflecting the carrier frequency error extracted from the carrier recovery means to a transmitting signal; and a timing error reflecting means for reflecting the sampling timing error extracted from the timing recovery means to the transmitting signal. The present invention is used to form an on-channel repeating network in any transmission system including a digital television broadcasting system. | 05-21-2009 |
20090209201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ON-CHANNEL REPEATER - Provided are an on-channel repeater and a method thereof. The on-channel repeater can extract reception channel information from signals transmitted from a main transmitter or another repeater, compensate for channel distortion caused on a transmission channel by inversely reflecting the extracted reception channel information to the received signals, and transmit the channel-distortion compensated signals through the same channel as a reception channel, and a method thereof. The on-channel repeater includes: a receiver for receiving RF signals transmitted from outside; a down-converter for down-converting the received RF signals into signals of a desired band; a channel-estimator for estimating an inverse value of a reception channel based on the down-converted signals; an adaptation filter for compensating for channel distortion by using a filter having the inverse value of the estimated reception channel; an up-converter for up-converting the channel distortion-compensated signals into RF signals; and a transmitter for transmitting the up-converted RF signals. | 08-20-2009 |
20100146141 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting digital broadcasting signals and a method and apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting signals that divide a stream into a plurality of layers according to characteristics of the stream, that independently process the layers, and that dynamically allocate frequencies on the basis of the processed signals. A method of transmitting digital broadcasting signals includes dividing a single stream into a plurality of layers according to characteristics of the stream; performing encoding and mapping on each of the layers; and dynamically allocating a frequency to each of the layers on the basis of the number of symbols for each layer. | 06-10-2010 |
20100175096 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL AND TRANSMISSION FRAME-FORM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a transmission method, a transmission apparatus, a reception method, and a reception apparatus of a digital broadcasting signal that can add frame header information to a front portion of a transmission frame in a transmission system for digital broadcasting to thereby determine a different transmission mode, modulation level, hierarchical modulation, error correction code, and the like for each temporally different transmission frame, and a transmission frame structure thereof. The transmission frame structure includes a frame header containing multiplexing information of the transmission frame, and a frame body containing data information associated with a service provided by the transmission frame. Also, the frame header may include a frame synchronization signal unit including synchronization signal information for extracting a start position of the transmission frame and a frame information unit including multiplexing information of data contained in the transmission frame. The multiplexing information denotes information associated with a transmission mode, a modulation level, a hierarchical modulation, and an error correction code of the data contained in the transmission frame. | 07-08-2010 |
20100220720 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF, AND RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - In a digital broadcasting signal transmission system, a transmission frame includes a frame body and a frame header, and the frame body is divided into a plurality of sub-bands in the frequency domain and is divided into a plurality of symbols in the time domain. The frame header is provided in the former part of the transmission frame and is transmitted with a signal in the time domain. The frame body includes a plurality of services, and the services respectively receive at least one sub-band and at least one symbol. The frame header includes information on the plurality of services, and information on the plurality of services includes information on the sub-band and the symbol to which the services are allocated, information on channel encoding levels of the services, and information on digital modulation levels of the services. | 09-02-2010 |
20100265996 | REPEATER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING SYNCHRONOUS FREQUENCY THEREOF - A repeater having different input and output frequencies converts a signal received with the input frequency to a first intermediate frequency signal based on a local oscillating frequency for intermediate frequency conversion, and converts the first intermediate frequency signal to a second intermediate frequency signal by performing digital processing on the first intermediate frequency signal. Then, the repeater generates a first frequency tone signal that corresponds to a difference between the input and output frequencies, and generates a second frequency tone signal from the local oscillating frequency for intermediate frequency conversion and the first frequency tone signal. The repeater up-converts the second intermediate frequency signal to the output frequency based on the second frequency tone signal, and transmits the signal. | 10-21-2010 |
20110103513 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTING FOR TERRESTRIAL DTV BROADCASTING SIGNAL AND ADDITIONAL DATA - Provided is a transmission apparatus and method for a terrestrial digital TV (DTV) broadcast and additional data using a multi-antenna. To transmit additional data inserted in a base band of a terrestrial DTV broadcast signal using a plurality of transmission antennas, the additional data signal may be temporal and spatial encoded or may be temporal and spatial multiplexed, and may be combined with a base band DTV broadcast signal before modulation and thus, a transmission efficiency of the additional data may increase without affecting a performance of an existing terrestrial DTV broadcast receiver. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a first repeater configured to repeat information bits of data to be transmitted a first repetition number of times; an interleaver configured to interleave the information bits repeated the first repetition number of times; an accumulator configured to accumulate-code the interleaved information bits; a second repeater configured to repeat the accumulate-coded information bits a second repetition number of times; a puncturer configured to puncture the information bits repeated the second repetition number of times; and a P/S converter configured to convert the punctured information bits and the information bits of the data and output RA-coded information bits. | 05-05-2011 |
20110154164 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR TERRESTRIAL DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING - Provided is a terrestrial digital broadcasting transmitter. The terrestrial digital broadcasting transmitter may include a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder to RS-encode an inputted broadcast signal, a forward error correction (FEC) encoder to channel-encode an inputted additional signal associated with the broadcast signal, a selector to select the RS-encoded broadcast signal or the channel-encoded additional signal, and a vestigial side band (VSB) transmitting part to transmit, to a receiver via a transmitting antenna, the selected signal, the selected signal being the RS-encoded broadcast signal or the channel-encoded additional signal selected by the selector. | 06-23-2011 |
20110234901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON BROADCASTING SIGNALS - An apparatus for transmitting broadcasting content including a control signal in a broadcasting network, the apparatus includes: a modulator configured to modulate broadcasting content by a predetermined modulation method; a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal for remote control of infrastructure; an adder configured to add the control signal to the modulated broadcasting content; and a DTV transmitter configured to convert the added signal to a DTV broadcasting signal and transmit the DTV broadcasting signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110292810 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data transmission apparatus of a communication system includes a main data generator configured to generate main data corresponding to a main broadcasting service of broadcasting services; a main signal generator configured to generate a main signal of the main data; an additional data generator configured to generate a plurality of additional data corresponding to various additional services of the broadcasting services; an additional signal generator configured to generate a plurality of additional signals of the plurality of additional data; a power controller configured to control average power of the plurality of additional signals; a coupler configured to couple the main signal and the plurality of additional signals controlled in the average power thereof, and generate a broadcasting signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the broadcasting signal. | 12-01-2011 |
20120044419 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING BROADCAST DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system. The method for transmitting and receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system includes receiving the main data encoded with symbols having a plurality of levels; deciding whether levels of main data symbols encoded with symbols having the plurality of levels belong to a first group; and mapping the main data symbols to extended levels by using modulation values of the additional data if it is decided that the levels of the main data symbols belong to the first group. | 02-23-2012 |
20120185909 | RELAY APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ANCILLARY DATA FOR A TERRESTRIAL DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCAST, AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a relay apparatus for transmitting ancillary data and to a method for same, and particularly, to a relay apparatus for transmitting ancillary data for a terrestrial digital television broadcast and to a method for same. The apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a relay apparatus for relaying a digital broadcast (DTV) signal containing ancillary data; a receiving and processing unit for receiving the ancillary data and DTV signal via a receiving antenna, down-converting the received signal into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and demodulating the IF signal; an equalizing unit for removing noise and a multipath signal from the signal output from the receiving and processing unit, and outputting the resulting signal; an ancillary data extraction unit for extracting the ancillary data from the signal output from the equalizing unit, and outputting the extracted ancillary data; an adder for adding the output from the ancillary data extraction unit to the DTV signal output from the equalization unit; and a transmitting and processing unit for modulating the output from the adder, up-converting the modulated output into a transmitting RF band, amplifying the transmitting power, and transmitting the amplified power via a transmitting antenna. | 07-19-2012 |
20120320168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN THE PROVISION OF A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT INTERACTIVE 3DTV BROADCASTING SERVICES - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a plurality of transport interactive 3DTV broadcasting services in the provision of higher definition 3D video service and 3D data service, while maintaining the compatibility with the existing digital TV broadcasts or 3DTV services. To this end, an input 3D video is encoded to generate a 3D additional video base stream and a 3D additional video enhanced stream. Engineer information for defining engineers, which includes 3D broadcasting service configuration information, is generated, and then an encoded 2D base video stream, an encoded audio stream, the encoded 3D additional video base stream and the engineer information are multiplexed and transmitted via a base layer. The 3D additional video enhanced stream is multiplexed and transmitted via an enhanced layer. | 12-20-2012 |
20130114767 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CHANNEL ESTIMATION ACCURACY IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for calculating a correlation value using a first channel impulse response estimated from a received signal, determining a weight value based on the correlation value, applying the weight value to the first channel impulse response, and estimating a second channel impulse response is provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130129015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING A BROADCAST SIGNAL IN A DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving a broadcast signal in a digital broadcast system. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating a main signal using main data; generating an additional signal, the power of which is lower than that of the main signal, using a plurality of additional data; generating an additional signal frame using the additional signal and a frame header; and generating a broadcast signal using the main signal and an additional signal frame. The frame header is used in selectively extracting the plurality of additional data from the additional signal frame. According to the present invention, additional data can be efficiently transmitted while maintaining compatibility with existing digital broadcasting systems. | 05-23-2013 |
20130343392 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF, AND RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - In a digital broadcasting signal transmission system, a transmission frame includes a frame body and a frame header, and the frame body is divided into a plurality of sub-bands in the frequency domain and is divided into a plurality of symbols in the time domain. The frame header is provided in the former part of the transmission frame and is transmitted with a signal in the time domain. The frame body includes a plurality of services, and the services respectively receive at least one sub-band and at least one symbol. The frame header includes information on the plurality of services, and information on the plurality of services includes information on the sub-band and the symbol to which the services are allocated, information on channel encoding levels of the services, and information on digital modulation levels of the services. | 12-26-2013 |