Abstract:
PURPOSE: An error-correction code method using layer modulation and an apparatus thereof are provided to enable variable control of error-correction code rate using layer modulation. CONSTITUTION: An interface unit(310) is input with transmitted-data. The first forward error correction encoder(320) produces first parity bits for forward error correction of the transmitted data by the application of first forward error correction code. A second forward error correction encoder(330) produces second parity bits by applying second forward error correction codes on the transmitted data or the first parity bits. A layer modulator(340) modulates the transmitted-data and the first parity bits into an HP stream. The layer modulator modulates the second parity bits into an LP(Low Priority) stream.