Abstract:
The present invention relates to a channel encoder for an enhancement layer of a digital-multimedia-broadcasting transmitting device, a digital broadcasting transmitting device, a digital broadcasting receiving device, and an extension structure of sub-channel configuration field (FIG0/1 ) for designating a protection level of sub-channel at the enhancement layer. In a channel encoder for the enhancement layer according to the invention, the channel encoder is included in a hierarchical DMB transmitting unit that modulates a base layer transport stream and a enhancement layer transport stream for video and audio by a base layer modulation system and an enhancement layer modulation system, respectively, and performs symbol mapping of the enhancement layer according to the position of a constellation based on the base layer modulation system. Furthermore, the hierarchical DMB transmitting unit includes an energy dispersal scrambler that disperses energy of the enhancement layer transport stream, and a turbo encoder that receives a double-binary input vector corresponding to an output of the energy dispersal scrambler and encodes it by using a double-binary circular recursive systematic code.
Abstract:
Provided are hierarchical modulation apparatus and method using a pilot signal and an apparatus and method for receiving a hierarchically modulated signal. The hierarchical modulation apparatus comprises a first encoder encoding a first layer signal sequence, a second encoder encoding a second layer signal sequence, a pilot inserting unit inserting a pilot signal into the signal sequence encoded by the second encoder, and a hierarchical modulator modulating the signals output from the first encoder and the pilot inserting unit and combining the modulated signals.
Abstract:
A hierarchical demodulation device channel estimates a reference symbol based on a given symbol to generate a channel estimate of the reference symbol, channel estimates a plurality of information symbols based on the channel estimate of the reference symbol to generate channel estimates of a plurality of information symbols, channel estimates a plurality of service symbols based on the channel estimates of a plurality of information symbols to generate channel estimates of a plurality of service symbols, channel equalizes a signal based on the channel estimate of the reference symbol, the channel estimates of a plurality of information symbols, and the channel estimates of a plurality of service symbols, and hierarchically separates the channel equalized signal to generate a first hierarchical modulation signal and a second hier¬ archical modulation signal. Therefore, receiving performance of the low priority signals can be improved without influencing the high priority signals while maintaining compatibility with the existing system.
Abstract:
A hierarchical modulation device modulates a plurality of first hierarchical symbols according to a first modulation method to generate a plurality of first hierarchical modulation symbols, inserts a plurality of pilot symbols into a plurality of second hierarchical symbols to generate a plurality of pilot insertion symbols, modulates a plurality of pilot insertion symbols according to a second modulation method to generate a plurality of second hierarchical modulation symbols, and maps a plurality of first hierarchical modulation symbols and the plurality of second hier archical modulation symbols in the signal space to generate a plurality of hierarchical modulation symbols. Therefore, the hierarchical modulation device can improve receiving performance of the enhancement layer without influencing the base layer.
Abstract:
Provided are an apparatus and method for selecting an optimal signal using auxiliary equalization in a diversity receiver. The optimal signal selecting apparatus includes: a plurality of sync recovery units for extracting sync information from baseband signals, which are candidate signals, except a baseband signal selected as a current optimal signal a plurality of auxiliary equalizers for channel-equalizing the candidate signals based on the extracted sync information; a plurality of SNR measuring units for measuring signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of the candidate signals inputted to the auxiliary equalizers and the candidates signals equalized in the auxiliary equalizers; and an optimal signal selector for selecting an optimal candidate signal from the candidate signals by using the extracted sync information and the measured SNRs, and replacing the optimal signal with the optimal candidate signal when reception quality of the current optimal signal is poor.
Abstract:
Provided are a beam combining and hybrid beam selection method that can improve digital broadcasting reception performance by combining more than two beam output signals (beam combination type) instead of simply selecting one of beam output signals (beam selection type), or even selecting an optimal method between the beam selection type and the beam combination type, and a digital broadcasting receiving apparatus using the same. The beam selecting method includes: a) calculating SMNRs (mainpath signal to multipath signal and noise ratios) with respect to a plurality of beam output signals, formed according to directions from a plurality of antenna output signals whose phases are shifted depending on arrangement positions of array antennas, by using corresponding channel impulse responses; b) selecting a first predetermined number of beam output signals according to magnitudes of the SMNRs by comparing the calculated SMNRs with respect to the respective beam output signals; c) calculating a delay time between mainpath signals of the selected beam output signals, and generating a combined beam output signal by combining the two beam output signals by adjusting the calculated delay time; d) when the SMNR of the combined beam output signal is less than the maximal SMNR of the selected beam output signals, calculating an SDMR (mainpath signal to dominant multipath signal ratio) with respect to the respective beam output signals, and selecting a beam output signal having the greatest SDMR; and e) calculating an SMNR of the combined beam output signal using channel impulse response of the combined beam output signal, and comparing the calculated SMNR with a maximal value among the SMNRs of the selected beam output signals; and f) when the SMNR of the combined beam output signal is greater than or equal to the maximal SMNR of the selected output signals, selecting the combined beam output signal generated in step c).
Abstract:
In a terrestrial DMB, a transmitting apparatus multiplexes a plurality of service streams generated for any service to a plurality of ensembles. In this case, the same sending time data is constructed in a time stamp field of each frame for each of a plurality of ensembles. With this configuration, a plurality of transmitting apparatuses can send a plurality of transmission frames including service streams for the same service at the same point of time, and thus receiving apparatuses can actually receive a plurality of transmission frames at the same point of time.
Abstract:
In a method of transmitting broadcasting signals, a transmission frame has the same configuration as that of the existing terrestrial DMB signal. A transmission frame including a base layer service stream is modulated to a base layer, and a transmission frame including an enhancement layer service stream is modulated to an enhancement layer. The enhancement layer service stream is composed of additional data that is not included in the base layer service stream, in order to provide an enhancement layer service. In this way, the method can provide a high-quality service requiring high transmission efficiency while being compatible with the existing terrestrial DMB system. The high transmission efficiency means a higher data transfer rate than that of the existing terrestrial DMB system.
Abstract:
A transmission device and receiving device for providing high-quality multimedia services in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) transmission system is provided. The transmission device separates input multimedia contents into a base layer elementary stream and an enhancement layer elementary stream, encodes the base layer elementary stream and the enhancement layer elementary stream, transforms the base layer elementary stream and the enhancement layer elementary stream into a base layer SL packet and an enhancement layer SL packet, transforms the base layer SL packet and the enhancement layer SL packet into a base layer PES packet and an enhancement layer PES packet, and multiplexes the base layer PES packet and the enhancement layer PES packet according to a base layer elementary stream and an enhancement layer elementary stream and outputs a base layer TS packet and an enhancement layer TS packet.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus and method for a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service. The DMB transmitter includes a base layer transmission processor for encoding base layer stream, an enhancement layer transmission processor for encoding enhancement layer stream, and a hierarchical transmitter for transmitting the base layer stream and the enhancement layer stream by allocating a predetermined bit value through encoding the base layer stream outputted from the base layer transmission processor and the enhancement layer stream outputted from the enhancement layer transmission processor based on gray coding and performing hierarchical symbol mapping.