U.S. patent application number 17/332639 was filed with the patent office on 2021-11-18 for broadcast transmission device and operating method thereof, and broadcast reception device and operating method thereof.
This patent application is currently assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC.. The applicant listed for this patent is LG ELECTRONICS INC.. Invention is credited to Sungryong HONG, Woosuk KO, Kyoungsoo MOON, Sejin OH.
Application Number | 20210360329 17/332639 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000005741733 |
Filed Date | 2021-11-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20210360329 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
OH; Sejin ; et al. |
November 18, 2021 |
BROADCAST TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND
BROADCAST RECEPTION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
Abstract
A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast signal
includes a tuner configured to receive the broadcast signal
carrying a transport packet for real-time delivery, wherein the
transport packet for real-time delivery consists of at least one
packet payload and at least one packet header, and a processor
configured to extract the at least one packet header, wherein a
first extension header is included in the at least one packet
header, the first extension header includes timestamp information
having a 64-bit format depending on a specific value also included
in the first extension header, a second extension header is
included in the at least one packet header, and the second
extension header includes first information for SCT (sender current
time) of a broadcast sender and second information for ERT
(expected residual time).
Inventors: |
OH; Sejin; (Seoul, KR)
; KO; Woosuk; (Seoul, KR) ; HONG; Sungryong;
(Seoul, KR) ; MOON; Kyoungsoo; (Seoul,
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Applicant: |
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LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
Seoul |
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KR |
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Assignee: |
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Seoul
KR
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Family ID: |
1000005741733 |
Appl. No.: |
17/332639 |
Filed: |
May 27, 2021 |
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16866128 |
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11057684 |
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Jul 1, 2016 |
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PCT/KR2014/013081 |
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16866128 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H04N 21/4305 20130101;
H04L 65/607 20130101; H04N 21/6112 20130101; H04N 21/2381 20130101;
H04L 65/608 20130101; H04L 1/0041 20130101; H04L 1/0083 20130101;
H04N 21/8547 20130101; H04N 21/6125 20130101; H04N 21/6437
20130101; H04L 65/4076 20130101 |
International
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H04N 21/6437 20060101
H04N021/6437; H04N 21/2381 20060101 H04N021/2381; H04N 21/61
20060101 H04N021/61; H04L 29/06 20060101 H04L029/06; H04L 1/00
20060101 H04L001/00; H04N 21/43 20060101 H04N021/43; H04N 21/8547
20060101 H04N021/8547 |
Claims
1. A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast signal,
the digital broadcast receiver comprising: a tuner configured to
receive the broadcast signal carrying a transport packet for
real-time delivery, wherein the transport packet for real-time
delivery consists of at least one packet payload and at least one
packet header; and a processor configured to extract the at least
one packet header, wherein a first extension header is included in
the at least one packet header, further the first extension header
includes timestamp information having a 64-bit format depending on
a specific value also included in the first extension header, and
wherein a second extension header is included in the at least one
packet header, further the second extension header includes first
information for SCT (sender current time) of a broadcast sender and
second information for ERT (expected residual time).
2. The digital broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the first
extension header is different from the second extension header.
3. The digital broadcast receiver of claim 2, wherein the processor
obtains information about a structure type of the transport packet
for real-time delivery from the at least one packet header.
4. The digital broadcast receiver of claim 3, wherein the structure
type of the transport packet for real-time delivery comprises a
first structure type including a packet header, a header extension,
a payload identifier, and object data, a second structure type only
including a packet header and a header extension, and a third
structure type only including a packet header, a header extension,
and object data.
5. The digital broadcast receiver of claim 4, wherein the first
structure type further comprises offset information of object
data.
6. A method for receiving a broadcast signal in a digital broadcast
receiver, the method comprising: receiving the broadcast signal
carrying a transport packet for real-time delivery, wherein the
transport packet for real-time delivery consists of at least one
packet payload and at least one packet header; and extracting the
at least one packet header, wherein a first extension header is
included in the at least one packet header, further the first
extension header includes timestamp information having a 64-bit
format depending on a specific value also included in the first
extension header, and wherein a second extension header is included
in the at least one packet header, further the second extension
header includes first information for SCT (sender current time) of
a broadcast sender and second information for ERT (expected
residual time).
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first extension header is
different from the second extension header.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: obtaining information
about a structure type of the transport packet for real-time
delivery from the at least one packet header.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the structure type of the
transport packet for real-time delivery comprises a first structure
type including a packet header, a header extension, a payload
identifier, and object data, a second structure type only including
a packet header and a header extension, and a third structure type
only including a packet header, a header extension, and object
data.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first structure type further
comprises offset information of object data.
11. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal in a digital
broadcast transmitter, the method comprising: generating a
transport packet for real-time delivery, wherein the transport
packet for real-time delivery consists of at least one packet
payload and at least one packet header, wherein a first extension
header is included in the at least one packet header, further the
first extension header includes timestamp information having a
64-bit format depending on a specific value also included in the
first extension header, and wherein a second extension header is
included in the at least one packet header, further the second
extension header includes first information for SCT (sender current
time) of a broadcast sender and second information for ERT
(expected residual time); and transmitting the broadcast signal
carrying the transport packet for real-time delivery.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first extension header is
different from the second extension header.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein a structure type of the
transport packet for real-time delivery comprises a first structure
type including a packet header, a header extension, a payload
identifier, and object data, a second structure type only including
a packet header and a header extension, and a third structure type
only including a packet header, a header extension, and object
data.
14. The method of claim 14, wherein the first structure type
further comprises offset information of object data.
15. A digital broadcast transmitter for transmitting a broadcast
signal, the digital broadcast transmitter comprising: a processor
configured to generate a transport packet for real-time delivery,
wherein the transport packet for real-time delivery consists of at
least one packet payload and at least one packet header, wherein a
first extension header is included in the at least one packet
header, further the first extension header includes timestamp
information having a 64-bit format depending on a specific value
also included in the first extension header, and wherein a second
extension header is included in the at least one packet header,
further the second extension header includes first information for
SCT (sender current time) of a broadcast sender and second
information for ERT (expected residual time); and a transmitting
antenna configured to transmit the broadcast signal carrying the
transport packet for real-time delivery.
16. The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 15, wherein the
first extension header is different from the second extension
header.
17. The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 16, wherein a
structure type of the transport packet for real-time delivery
comprises a first structure type including a packet header, a
header extension, a payload identifier, and object data, a second
structure type only including a packet header and a header
extension, and a third structure type only including a packet
header, a header extension, and object data.
18. The digital broadcast transmitter of claim 17, wherein the
first structure type further comprises offset information of object
data.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser.
No. 16/866,128, filed on May 4, 2020, which is a Continuation of
U.S. application Ser. No. 15/109,526, filed on Jul. 1, 2016 (now
U.S. Pat. No. 10,694,260 issued on Jun. 23, 2020), which is the
National Phase of PCT International Application No.
PCT/KR2014/013081, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, which claims priority
under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No.
61/923,186, filed on Jan. 2, 2014, all of these applications are
hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the present
application.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0002] The present disclosure relates to a broadcast transmission
device and an operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception
device and an operating method thereof.
Discussion of the Related Art
[0003] Recent digital broadcasts require service and content
transmission synchronization methods for supporting hybrid
broadcasts to receive A/V through terrestrial broadcast networks
and A/V and enhancement data through internet network.
[0004] Especially, as one of the promising applications to be used
in the future DTV service, there are hybrid broadcast services
interworking with internet networks in addition to existing
terrestrial broadcast networks. The hybrid broadcast services
transmit enhancement data relating to a broadcast content
transmitted via terrestrial broadcast networks or part of broadcast
content, via internet networks in real-time, so that they allow
users to experience various contents. Therefore, required are a
broadcast transmission device and broadcast reception device for
transmitting and receiving broadcast contents through both
terrestrial broadcast networks and internet networks.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] Embodiments provide a broadcast transmission device and an
operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an
operating method thereof in order to support the next generation
hybrid broadcasts interworking with terrestrial broadcast networks
and internet networks.
[0006] Embodiments also provide a broadcast transmission device and
an operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and
an operating method thereof in order to use a payload format of
transport packet for media file format based data transfer on a
real-time content transport protocol of broadcast services.
[0007] Embodiments also provide a broadcast transmission device and
an operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and
an operating method thereof in order to use a transport packet
structure for transmitting a type of an object to be transmitted
and timing information of the object.
[0008] Embodiments also provide a broadcast transmission device and
an operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and
an operating method thereof in order to use a transport packet
structure for mapping of different timing information for each
object to be transmitted.
[0009] Embodiments also provide a broadcast transmission device and
an operating method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and
an operating method thereof in order to use a transport packet
structure for a dynamic configuration of a transport packet.
[0010] In one embodiment, a broadcast reception device includes: a
broadcast reception unit configured to receive a transport packet,
the transport packet divided into a packet payload including a
transport object that is a target of a transmission through a
packet and a packet header signaling the packet payload; and a
control unit configured to extract the packet header from the
transport packet, extract first information relating to a
presentation or decoding time point of the transport object from
the extracted packet header, and output the transport object on the
basis of the first information.
[0011] The control unit may obtain second information representing
a type of the transport object from the packet header.
[0012] The second information may represent that the type of the
transport object is at least one of a first type of an ISO BMFF
based regular file, a second type of an entity according to HTTP,
and a third type of an audio or video access unit.
[0013] The first information may include at least one of first time
information including a timestamp of the transport object and
second time information including a timestamp of a base timeline
mapped into the first time information.
[0014] The packet header may include location information of data
relating to the base timeline mapped into the first time
information.
[0015] The control unit may obtain information on whether the
second time information is included in the transport packet from
the packet header.
[0016] The control unit may obtain at least one of format
information of the first time information and format information of
the second time information from the packet header.
[0017] The control unit may obtain the first information and the
second information as part of the packet header from a header
extension selectively included in the packet header.
[0018] The control unit may obtain structure type information of
the transport packet from the packet header.
[0019] The structure type of the transport packet may include a
first structure type including a packet header, a header extension,
a payload identifier, and object data, a second structure type only
including a packet header and a header extension, and a third
structure type only including a packet header, a header extension,
and object data.
[0020] The first structure type may further include offset
information of object data.
[0021] In another embodiment, an operating method of a broadcast
reception device includes: receiving a transport packet, the
transport packet divided into a packet payload including a
transport object that is a target of a transmission through a
packet and a packet header signaling the packet payload; extracting
the packet header from the transport packet; obtaining first
information relating to a presentation or decoding time point of
the transport object from the extracted packet header; and
outputting the transport object on the basis of the first
information.
[0022] The method may further include obtaining second information
representing a type of the transport object from the packet
header.
[0023] The first information may include at least one of first time
information including a timestamp of the transport object and
second time information including a timestamp of a base timeline
mapped into the first time information.
[0024] The method may further include determining whether the
second time information is included in the packet header on the
basis of the extracted packet header.
[0025] The method may further include obtaining the first
information and the second information as part of the packet header
from a header extension selectively included in the packet
header.
[0026] The method may further include obtaining structure type
information of the transport packet from the packet header.
[0027] The structure type of the transport packet may include a
first structure type including a packet header, a header extension,
a payload identifier, and object data, a second structure type only
including a packet header and a header extension, and a third
structure type only including a packet header, a header extension,
and object data.
[0028] In further another embodiment, a broadcast transmission
device includes: a control unit configured to obtain a transport
object that is a target of a transmission through a packet, obtain
at least one of first information relating to a presentation or
decoding time point of the transport object and second information
representing a type of the transport object, and set at least one
of the obtained first information and second information in a
packet header to packetize data; and a transmission unit configured
to transmit the packetized data through a transport packet, wherein
the control unit sets the first information and the second
information, as part of the packet header, in a header extension
selectively included in the packet header.
[0029] In further another embodiment, an operating method of a
broadcast transmission device includes: obtaining a transport
object that is a target of a transmission through a packet;
obtaining at least one of first information relating to a
presentation or decoding time point of the transport object and
second information representing a type of the transport object;
setting the obtained first information and second information in a
packet header to packetize a transport packet; and transmitting the
packetized transport packet.
[0030] An embodiment of the present invention provides a broadcast
transmission device and an operating method thereof, and a
broadcast reception device and an operating method thereof, in
order for efficiently transmitting and receiving a corresponding
transport packet when one transport packet includes one file format
based media data or a plurality of file format based media
data.
[0031] Additionally, an embodiment of the present invention
provides a broadcast transmission device and an operating method
thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an operating method
thereof, in order for efficiently transmitting and receiving a
corresponding transport packet when one transport packet includes
at least one metadata.
[0032] Additionally, an embodiment of the present invention
provides a broadcast transmission device and an operating method
thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an operating method
thereof in order to use a transport packet structure for
transmitting a type of an object to be transmitted and timing
information of the object.
[0033] Additionally, an embodiment of the present invention
provides a broadcast transmission device and an operating method
thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an operating method
thereof in order to use a transport packet structure for mapping of
different timing information for each object to be transmitted.
[0034] Additionally, an embodiment of the present invention
provides a broadcast transmission device and an operating method
thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an operating method
thereof in order to use a transport packet structure for a dynamic
configuration of a transport packet.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0035] FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of an apparatus for
transmitting broadcast signals for future broadcast services
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0036] FIG. 2 illustrates an input formatting block according to
one embodiment of the present invention.
[0037] FIG. 3 illustrates an input formatting block according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[0038] FIG. 4 illustrates an input formatting block according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[0039] FIG. 5 illustrates a BICM block according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0040] FIG. 6 illustrates a BICM block according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0041] FIG. 7 illustrates a frame building block according to one
embodiment of the present invention.
[0042] FIG. 8 illustrates an OFMD generation block according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0043] FIG. 9 illustrates a structure of an apparatus for receiving
broadcast signals for future broadcast services according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0044] FIG. 10 illustrates a frame structure according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0045] FIG. 11 illustrates a signaling hierarchy structure of the
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0046] FIG. 12 illustrates preamble signaling data according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0047] FIG. 13 illustrates PLS1 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0048] FIG. 14 illustrates PLS2 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0049] FIG. 15 illustrates PLS2 data according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0050] FIG. 16 illustrates a logical structure of a frame according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0051] FIG. 17 illustrates PLS mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0052] FIG. 18 illustrates EAC mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0053] FIG. 19 illustrates FIC mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0054] FIG. 20 illustrates a type of DP according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0055] FIG. 21 illustrates DP mapping according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0056] FIG. 22 illustrates an FEC structure according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0057] FIG. 23 illustrates a bit interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0058] FIG. 24 illustrates a cell-word demultiplexing according to
an embodiment of the present invention.
[0059] FIG. 25 illustrates a time interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0060] FIG. 26 illustrates the basic operation of a twisted
row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0061] FIG. 27 illustrates an operation of a twisted row-column
block interleaver according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0062] FIG. 28 illustrates a diagonal-wise reading pattern of a
twisted row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0063] FIG. 29 illustrates interleaved XFECBLOCKs from each
interleaving array according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0064] FIG. 30 is a view of a protocol stack for supporting a
broadcast service according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0065] FIG. 31 is a view illustrating a broadcast transmission
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0066] FIG. 32 is a view of a broadcast transmission frame
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0067] FIG. 33 is a view illustrating a structure of a transport
packet transmitting a broadcast service according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0068] FIG. 34 is a view illustrating a value that a
network_protocol field has in a transport packet transmitting a
broadcast service according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0069] FIG. 35 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0070] FIG. 36 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast reception device according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
[0071] FIG. 37 is a view that a broadcast service signaling table
and broadcast service transmission path signaling information
signal broadcast service and a broadcast service transmission
path.
[0072] FIG. 38 is a view illustrating a broadcast service signaling
table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0073] FIG. 39 is a view illustrating a value that a
service_category field has in a broadcast service signaling table
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0074] FIG. 40 is a view of a broadcast service signaling table
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0075] FIG. 41 is a view of a stream identifier descriptor
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0076] FIG. 42 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
transmission device transmits a broadcast packet according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0077] FIG. 43 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
reception device receives a broadcast packet according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0078] FIG. 44 is a view illustrating a segment configuration
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0079] FIG. 45 is a view illustrating a structure of a real-time
transport protocol (RTP) packet according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0080] FIG. 46 is a view illustrating a media file format based on
an ISO base media file format (ISO BMFF) according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0081] FIG. 47 is a view illustrating a configuration of a payload
header in a packet payload according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0082] FIGS. 48 and 49 are views illustrating a payload
configuration of a transport packet in which one media data is
packetized in one packet.
[0083] FIGS. 50 and 51 are views illustrating a configuration of a
transport packet in which a plurality of media data are packetized
in one packet.
[0084] FIG. 52 is a view illustrating a payload configuration of a
transport packet (hereinafter referred to as a fragmented packet)
in which one media data is divided and packetized into a plurality
of transport packets.
[0085] FIG. 53 is a view illustrating a configuration of a payload
in a fragmented packet according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
[0086] FIG. 54 is a view when a broadcast transmission device
fragments an ISO BMFF based media file into a plurality of
packets.
[0087] FIG. 55 is a view illustrating first fragmentation unit data
packetized by the broadcast transmission device of FIG. 54.
[0088] FIGS. 56 to 58 are views illustrating a fragmentation unit
including remaining data except for the start data in the
fragmentation unit data of FIG. 54 according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0089] FIG. 59 is a view illustrating a timeline signaling table of
metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0090] FIG. 60 is a view illustrating a configuration of payload
data in which one metadata is packetized in payload data of a
transport packet.
[0091] FIG. 61 is a view when payload data of a transport packet
includes metadata for a timeline according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0092] FIG. 62 is a view when a plurality of metadata are
packetized in one transport packet.
[0093] FIG. 63 is a view when one transport packet includes several
timeline information.
[0094] FIG. 64 is a view illustrating a packet payload in which one
metadata is divided and packetized in a plurality of transport
packets.
[0095] FIG. 65 is a view illustrating a metadata fragment header
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0096] FIG. 66 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
reception device receives a broadcast packet according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0097] FIG. 67 is a view when video stream is transmitted using RTP
through broadcast network and video stream is transmitted using
file format based media data through an internet network.
[0098] FIG. 68 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
transport packet according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0099] FIG. 69 is a view illustrating a configuration of a packet
header according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0100] FIGS. 70 and 71 are views illustrating a configuration of an
expanded header including time information.
[0101] FIGS. 72 to 75 are views illustrating a configuration of a
header extension according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0102] FIG. 76 is a view illustrating a structure of a header
extension for supporting mapping with another timing information
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0103] FIG. 77 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast transmission device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0104] FIG. 78 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0105] FIG. 79 is a view illustrating a structure of a packet
header including information on a configuration of a transport
packet.
[0106] FIG. 80 is a view illustrating a configuration of the
transport packet described with reference to FIG. 79.
[0107] FIG. 81 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast transmission device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0108] FIG. 82 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0109] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be
described in more detail with reference to the accompanying
drawings, in order to allow those skilled in the art to easily
realize the present invention. The present invention may be
realized in different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments
described herein. Moreover, detailed descriptions related to
well-known functions or configurations will be ruled out in order
not to unnecessarily obscure subject matters of the present
invention. Like reference numerals refer to like elements
throughout.
[0110] In additional, when a part "includes" some components, this
means that the part does not exclude other components unless stated
specifically and further includes other components.
[0111] Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred
embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are
illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The detailed description,
which will be given below with reference to the accompanying
drawings, is intended to explain exemplary embodiments of the
present invention, rather than to show the only embodiments that
can be implemented according to the present invention. The
following detailed description includes specific details in order
to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention.
However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the
present invention may be practiced without such specific
details.
[0112] Although most terms used in the present invention have been
selected from general ones widely used in the art, some terms have
been arbitrarily selected by the applicant and their meanings are
explained in detail in the following description as needed. Thus,
the present invention should be understood based upon the intended
meanings of the terms rather than their simple names or
meanings.
[0113] The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for
transmitting and receiving broadcast signals for future broadcast
services. Future broadcast services according to an embodiment of
the present invention include a terrestrial broadcast service, a
mobile broadcast service, a UHDTV service, etc. The present
invention may process broadcast signals for the future broadcast
services through non-MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) or MIMO
according to one embodiment. A non-MIMO scheme according to an
embodiment of the present invention may include a MISO (Multiple
Input Single Output) scheme, a SISO (Single Input Single Output)
scheme, etc.
[0114] While MISO or MIMO uses two antennas in the following for
convenience of description, the present invention is applicable to
systems using two or more antennas.
[0115] The present invention may defines three physical layer (PL)
profiles--base, handheld and advanced profiles--each optimized to
minimize receiver complexity while attaining the performance
required for a particular use case. The physical layer (PHY)
profiles are subsets of all configurations that a corresponding
receiver should implement.
[0116] The three PHY profiles share most of the functional blocks
but differ slightly in specific blocks and/or parameters.
Additional PHY profiles can be defined in the future. For the
system evolution, future profiles can also be multiplexed with the
existing profiles in a single RF channel through a future extension
frame (FEF). The details of each PHY profile are described
below.
[0117] 1. Base Profile
[0118] The base profile represents a main use case for fixed
receiving devices that are usually connected to a roof-top antenna.
The base profile also includes portable devices that could be
transported to a place but belong to a relatively stationary
reception category. Use of the base profile could be extended to
handheld devices or even vehicular by some improved
implementations, but those use cases are not expected for the base
profile receiver operation.
[0119] Target SNR range of reception is from approximately 10 to 20
dB, which includes the 15 dB SNR reception capability of the
existing broadcast system (e.g. ATSC A/53). The receiver complexity
and power consumption is not as critical as in the battery-operated
handheld devices, which will use the handheld profile. Key system
parameters for the base profile are listed in below table 1.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 LDPC codeword length 16K, 64K bits
Constellation size 4~10 bpcu (bits per channel use) Time
de-interleaving .ltoreq.2.sup.19 data cells memory size Pilot
patterns Pilot pattern for fixed reception FFT size 16K, 32K
points
[0120] 2. Handheld Profile
[0121] The handheld profile is designed for use in handheld and
vehicular devices that operate with battery power. The devices can
be moving with pedestrian or vehicle speed. The power consumption
as well as the receiver complexity is very important for the
implementation of the devices of the handheld profile. The target
SNR range of the handheld profile is approximately 0 to 10 dB, but
can be configured to reach below 0 dB when intended for deeper
indoor reception.
[0122] In addition to low SNR capability, resilience to the Doppler
Effect caused by receiver mobility is the most important
performance attribute of the handheld profile. Key system
parameters for the handheld profile are listed in the below table
2.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 LDPC codeword length 16K bits Constellation
size 2~8 bpcu Time de-interleaving memory size .ltoreq.2.sup.18
data cells Pilot patterns Pilot patterns for mobile and indoor
reception FFT size 8K, 16K points
[0123] 3. Advanced Profile
[0124] The advanced profile provides highest channel capacity at
the cost of more implementation complexity. This profile requires
using MIMO transmission and reception, and UHDTV service is a
target use case for which this profile is specifically designed.
The increased capacity can also be used to allow an increased
number of services in a given bandwidth, e.g., multiple SDTV or
HDTV services.
[0125] The target SNR range of the advanced profile is
approximately 20 to 30 dB. MIMO transmission may initially use
existing elliptically-polarized transmission equipment, with
extension to full-power cross-polarized transmission in the future.
Key system parameters for the advanced profile are listed in below
table 3.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 LDPC codeword length 16K, 64K bits
Constellation size 8~12 bpcu Time de-interleaving .ltoreq.2.sup.19
data cells memory size Pilot patterns Pilot pattern for fixed
reception FFT size 16K, 32K points
[0126] In this case, the base profile can be used as a profile for
both the terrestrial broadcast service and the mobile broadcast
service. That is, the base profile can be used to define a concept
of a profile which includes the mobile profile. Also, the advanced
profile can be divided advanced profile for a base profile with
MIMO and advanced profile for a handheld profile with MIMO.
Moreover, the three profiles can be changed according to intention
of the designer.
[0127] The following terms and definitions may apply to the present
invention. The following terms and definitions can be changed
according to design.
[0128] auxiliary stream: sequence of cells carrying data of as yet
undefined modulation and coding, which may be used for future
extensions or as required by broadcasters or network operators
[0129] base data pipe: data pipe that carries service signaling
data
[0130] baseband frame (or BBFRAME): set of Kbch bits which form the
input to one FEC encoding process (BCH and LDPC encoding)
[0131] cell: modulation value that is carried by one carrier of the
OFDM transmission
[0132] coded block: LDPC-encoded block of PLS1 data or one of the
LDPC-encoded blocks of PLS2 data
[0133] data pipe: logical channel in the physical layer that
carries service data or related metadata, which may carry one or
multiple service(s) or service component(s).
[0134] data pipe unit: a basic unit for allocating data cells to a
DP in a frame.
[0135] data symbol: OFDM symbol in a frame which is not a preamble
symbol (the frame signaling symbol and frame edge symbol is
included in the data symbol)
[0136] DP_ID: this 8-bit field identifies uniquely a DP within the
system identified by the SYSTEM_ID
[0137] dummy cell: cell carrying a pseudo-random value used to fill
the remaining capacity not used for PLS signaling, DPs or auxiliary
streams
[0138] emergency alert channel: part of a frame that carries EAS
information data
[0139] frame: physical layer time slot that starts with a preamble
and ends with a frame edge symbol
[0140] frame repetition unit: a set of frames belonging to same or
different physical layer profile including a FEF, which is repeated
eight times in a super-frame
[0141] fast information channel: a logical channel in a frame that
carries the mapping information between a service and the
corresponding base DP
[0142] FECBLOCK: set of LDPC-encoded bits of a DP data
[0143] FFT size: nominal FFT size used for a particular mode, equal
to the active symbol period Ts expressed in cycles of the
elementary period T
[0144] frame signaling symbol: OFDM symbol with higher pilot
density used at the start of a frame in certain combinations of FFT
size, guard interval and scattered pilot pattern, which carries a
part of the PLS data
[0145] frame edge symbol: OFDM symbol with higher pilot density
used at the end of a frame in certain combinations of FFT size,
guard interval and scattered pilot pattern
[0146] frame-group: the set of all the frames having the same PHY
profile type in a super-frame.
[0147] future extension frame: physical layer time slot within the
super-frame that could be used for future extension, which starts
with a preamble
[0148] Futurecast UTB system: proposed physical layer broadcasting
system, of which the input is one or more MPEG2-TS or IP or general
stream(s) and of which the output is an RF signal
[0149] input stream: A stream of data for an ensemble of services
delivered to the end users by the system.
[0150] normal data symbol: data symbol excluding the frame
signaling symbol and the frame edge symbol
[0151] PHY profile: subset of all configurations that a
corresponding receiver should implement
[0152] PLS: physical layer signaling data consisting of PLS1 and
PLS2
[0153] PLS1: a first set of PLS data carried in the FSS symbols
having a fixed size, coding and modulation, which carries basic
information about the system as well as the parameters needed to
decode the PLS2
[0154] NOTE: PLS1 data remains constant for the duration of a
frame-group.
[0155] PLS2: a second set of PLS data transmitted in the FSS
symbol, which carries more detailed PLS data about the system and
the DPs
[0156] PLS2 dynamic data: PLS2 data that may dynamically change
frame-by-frame
[0157] PLS2 static data: PLS2 data that remains static for the
duration of a frame-group
[0158] preamble signaling data: signaling data carried by the
preamble symbol and used to identify the basic mode of the
system
[0159] preamble symbol: fixed-length pilot symbol that carries
basic PLS data and is located in the beginning of a frame
[0160] NOTE: The preamble symbol is mainly used for fast initial
band scan to detect the system signal, its timing, frequency
offset, and FFT-size.
[0161] reserved for future use: not defined by the present document
but may be defined in future
[0162] super-frame: set of eight frame repetition units
[0163] time interleaving block (TI block): set of cells within
which time interleaving is carried out, corresponding to one use of
the time interleaver memory
[0164] TI group: unit over which dynamic capacity allocation for a
particular DP is carried out, made up of an integer, dynamically
varying number of XFECBLOCKs
[0165] NOTE: The TI group may be mapped directly to one frame or
may be mapped to multiple frames. It may contain one or more TI
blocks.
[0166] Type 1 DP: DP of a frame where all DPs are mapped into the
frame in TDM fashion
[0167] Type 2 DP: DP of a frame where all DPs are mapped into the
frame in FDM fashion
[0168] XFECBLOCK: set of Ncells cells carrying all the bits of one
LDPC FECBLOCK
[0169] FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of an apparatus for
transmitting broadcast signals for future broadcast services
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0170] The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals for future
broadcast services according to an embodiment of the present
invention can include an input formatting block 1000, a BICM (Bit
interleaved coding & modulation) block 1010, a frame structure
block 1020, an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)
generation block 1030 and a signaling generation block 1040. A
description will be given of the operation of each module of the
apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals.
[0171] IP stream/packets and MPEG2-TS are the main input formats,
other stream types are handled as General Streams. In addition to
these data inputs, Management Information is input to control the
scheduling and allocation of the corresponding bandwidth for each
input stream. One or multiple TS stream(s), IP stream(s) and/or
General Stream(s) inputs are simultaneously allowed.
[0172] The input formatting block 1000 can demultiplex each input
stream into one or multiple data pipe(s), to each of which an
independent coding and modulation is applied. The data pipe (DP) is
the basic unit for robustness control, thereby affecting
quality-of-service (QoS). One or multiple service(s) or service
component(s) can be carried by a single DP. Details of operations
of the input formatting block 1000 will be described later.
[0173] The data pipe is a logical channel in the physical layer
that carries service data or related metadata, which may carry one
or multiple service(s) or service component(s).
[0174] Also, the data pipe unit: a basic unit for allocating data
cells to a DP in a frame.
[0175] In the BICM block 1010, parity data is added for error
correction and the encoded bit streams are mapped to complex-value
constellation symbols. The symbols are interleaved across a
specific interleaving depth that is used for the corresponding DP.
For the advanced profile, MIMO encoding is performed in the BICM
block 1010 and the additional data path is added at the output for
MIMO transmission. Details of operations of the BICM block 1010
will be described later.
[0176] The Frame Building block 1020 can map the data cells of the
input DPs into the OFDM symbols within a frame. After mapping, the
frequency interleaving is used for frequency-domain diversity,
especially to combat frequency-selective fading channels. Details
of operations of the Frame Building block 1020 will be described
later.
[0177] After inserting a preamble at the beginning of each frame,
the OFDM Generation block 1030 can apply conventional OFDM
modulation having a cyclic prefix as guard interval. For antenna
space diversity, a distributed MISO scheme is applied across the
transmitters. In addition, a Peak-to-Average Power Reduction (PAPR)
scheme is performed in the time domain. For flexible network
planning, this proposal provides a set of various FFT sizes, guard
interval lengths and corresponding pilot patterns. Details of
operations of the OFDM Generation block 1030 will be described
later.
[0178] The Signaling Generation block 1040 can create physical
layer signaling information used for the operation of each
functional block. This signaling information is also transmitted so
that the services of interest are properly recovered at the
receiver side. Details of operations of the Signaling Generation
block 1040 will be described later.
[0179] FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 illustrate the input formatting block 1000
according to embodiments of the present invention. A description
will be given of each figure.
[0180] FIG. 2 illustrates an input formatting block according to
one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an input
formatting module when the input signal is a single input
stream.
[0181] The input formatting block illustrated in FIG. 2 corresponds
to an embodiment of the input formatting block 1000 described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0182] The input to the physical layer may be composed of one or
multiple data streams. Each data stream is carried by one DP. The
mode adaptation modules slice the incoming data stream into data
fields of the baseband frame (BBF). The system supports three types
of input data streams: MPEG2-TS, Internet protocol (IP) and Generic
stream (GS). MPEG2-TS is characterized by fixed length (188 byte)
packets with the first byte being a sync-byte (0x47). An IP stream
is composed of variable length IP datagram packets, as signaled
within IP packet headers. The system supports both IPv4 and IPv6
for the IP stream. GS may be composed of variable length packets or
constant length packets, signaled within encapsulation packet
headers.
[0183] (a) shows a mode adaptation block 2000 and a stream
adaptation 2010 for signal DP and (b) shows a PLS generation block
2020 and a PLS scrambler 2030 for generating and processing PLS
data. A description will be given of the operation of each
block.
[0184] The Input Stream Splitter splits the input TS, IP, GS
streams into multiple service or service component (audio, video,
etc.) streams. The mode adaptation module 2010 is comprised of a
CRC Encoder, BB (baseband) Frame Slicer, and BB Frame Header
Insertion block.
[0185] The CRC Encoder provides three kinds of CRC encoding for
error detection at the user packet (UP) level, i.e., CRC-8, CRC-16,
and CRC-32. The computed CRC bytes are appended after the UP. CRC-8
is used for TS stream and CRC-32 for IP stream. If the GS stream
doesn't provide the CRC encoding, the proposed CRC encoding should
be applied.
[0186] BB Frame Slicer maps the input into an internal logical-bit
format. The first received bit is defined to be the MSB. The BB
Frame Slicer allocates a number of input bits equal to the
available data field capacity. To allocate a number of input bits
equal to the BBF payload, the UP packet stream is sliced to fit the
data field of BBF.
[0187] BB Frame Header Insertion block can insert fixed length BBF
header of 2 bytes is inserted in front of the BB Frame. The BBF
header is composed of STUFFI (1 bit), SYNCD (13 bits), and RFU (2
bits). In addition to the fixed 2-Byte BBF header, BBF can have an
extension field (1 or 3 bytes) at the end of the 2-byte BBF
header.
[0188] The stream adaptation 2010 is comprised of stuffing
insertion block and BB scrambler.
[0189] The stuffing insertion block can insert stuffing field into
a payload of a BB frame. If the input data to the stream adaptation
is sufficient to fill a BB-Frame, STUFFI is set to `0` and the BBF
has no stuffing field. Otherwise STUFFI is set to `1` and the
stuffing field is inserted immediately after the BBF header. The
stuffing field comprises two bytes of the stuffing field header and
a variable size of stuffing data.
[0190] The BB scrambler scrambles complete BBF for energy
dispersal. The scrambling sequence is synchronous with the BBF. The
scrambling sequence is generated by the feed-back shift
register.
[0191] The PLS generation block 2020 can generate physical layer
signaling (PLS) data. The PLS provides the receiver with a means to
access physical layer DPs. The PLS data consists of PLS1 data and
PLS2 data.
[0192] The PLS1 data is a first set of PLS data carried in the FSS
symbols in the frame having a fixed size, coding and modulation,
which carries basic information about the system as well as the
parameters needed to decode the PLS2 data. The PLS1 data provides
basic transmission parameters including parameters required to
enable the reception and decoding of the PLS2 data. Also, the PLS1
data remains constant for the duration of a frame-group.
[0193] The PLS2 data is a second set of PLS data transmitted in the
FSS symbol, which carries more detailed PLS data about the system
and the DPs. The PLS2 contains parameters that provide sufficient
information for the receiver to decode the desired DP. The PLS2
signaling further consists of two types of parameters, PLS2 Static
data (PLS2-STAT data) and PLS2 dynamic data (PLS2-DYN data). The
PLS2 Static data is PLS2 data that remains static for the duration
of a frame-group and the PLS2 dynamic data is PLS2 data that may
dynamically change frame-by-frame.
[0194] Details of the PLS data will be described later.
[0195] The PLS scrambler 2030 can scramble the generated PLS data
for energy dispersal.
[0196] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0197] FIG. 3 illustrates an input formatting block according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[0198] The input formatting block illustrated in FIG. 3 corresponds
to an embodiment of the input formatting block 1000 described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0199] FIG. 3 shows a mode adaptation block of the input formatting
block when the input signal corresponds to multiple input
streams.
[0200] The mode adaptation block of the input formatting block for
processing the multiple input streams can independently process the
multiple input streams.
[0201] Referring to FIG. 3, the mode adaptation block for
respectively processing the multiple input streams can include an
input stream splitter 3000, an input stream synchronizer 3010, a
compensating delay block 3020, a null packet deletion block 3030, a
head compression block 3040, a CRC encoder 3050, a BB frame slicer
3060 and a BB header insertion block 3070. Description will be
given of each block of the mode adaptation block.
[0202] Operations of the CRC encoder 3050, BB frame slicer 3060 and
BB header insertion block 3070 correspond to those of the CRC
encoder, BB frame slicer and BB header insertion block described
with reference to FIG. 2 and thus description thereof is
omitted.
[0203] The input stream splitter 3000 can split the input TS, IP,
GS streams into multiple service or service component (audio,
video, etc.) streams.
[0204] The input stream synchronizer 3010 may be referred as ISSY.
The ISSY can provide suitable means to guarantee Constant Bit Rate
(CBR) and constant end-to-end transmission delay for any input data
format. The ISSY is always used for the case of multiple DPs
carrying TS, and optionally used for multiple DPs carrying GS
streams.
[0205] The compensating delay block 3020 can delay the split TS
packet stream following the insertion of ISSY information to allow
a TS packet recombining mechanism without requiring additional
memory in the receiver.
[0206] The null packet deletion block 3030, is used only for the TS
input stream case. Some TS input streams or split TS streams may
have a large number of null-packets present in order to accommodate
VBR (variable bit-rate) services in a CBR TS stream. In this case,
in order to avoid unnecessary transmission overhead, null-packets
can be identified and not transmitted. In the receiver, removed
null-packets can be re-inserted in the exact place where they were
originally by reference to a deleted null-packet (DNP) counter that
is inserted in the transmission, thus guaranteeing constant
bit-rate and avoiding the need for time-stamp (PCR) updating.
[0207] The head compression block 3040 can provide packet header
compression to increase transmission efficiency for TS or IP input
streams. Because the receiver can have a priori information on
certain parts of the header, this known information can be deleted
in the transmitter.
[0208] For Transport Stream, the receiver has a-priori information
about the sync-byte configuration (0x47) and the packet length (188
Byte). If the input TS stream carries content that has only one
PID, i.e., for only one service component (video, audio, etc.) or
service sub-component (SVC base layer, SVC enhancement layer, MVC
base view or MVC dependent views), TS packet header compression can
be applied (optionally) to the Transport Stream. IP packet header
compression is used optionally if the input steam is an IP
stream.
[0209] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0210] FIG. 4 illustrates an input formatting block according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[0211] The input formatting block illustrated in FIG. 4 corresponds
to an embodiment of the input formatting block 1000 described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0212] FIG. 4 illustrates a stream adaptation block of the input
formatting module when the input signal corresponds to multiple
input streams.
[0213] Referring to FIG. 4, the mode adaptation block for
respectively processing the multiple input streams can include a
scheduler 4000, an 1-Frame delay block 4010, a stuffing insertion
block 4020, an in-band signaling 4030, a BB Frame scrambler 4040, a
PLS generation block 4050 and a PLS scrambler 4060. Description
will be given of each block of the stream adaptation block.
[0214] Operations of the stuffing insertion block 4020, the BB
Frame scrambler 4040, the PLS generation block 4050 and the PLS
scrambler 4060 correspond to those of the stuffing insertion block,
BB scrambler, PLS generation block and the PLS scrambler described
with reference to FIG. 2 and thus description thereof is
omitted.
[0215] The scheduler 4000 can determine the overall cell allocation
across the entire frame from the amount of FECBLOCKs of each DP.
Including the allocation for PLS, EAC and FIC, the scheduler
generate the values of PLS2-DYN data, which is transmitted as
in-band signaling or PLS cell in FSS of the frame. Details of
FECBLOCK, EAC and FIC will be described later.
[0216] The 1-Frame delay block 4010 can delay the input data by one
transmission frame such that scheduling information about the next
frame can be transmitted through the current frame for in-band
signaling information to be inserted into the DPs.
[0217] The in-band signaling 4030 can insert un-delayed part of the
PLS2 data into a DP of a frame.
[0218] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0219] FIG. 5 illustrates a BICM block according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0220] The BICM block illustrated in FIG. 5 corresponds to an
embodiment of the BICM block 1010 described with reference to FIG.
1.
[0221] As described above, the apparatus for transmitting broadcast
signals for future broadcast services according to an embodiment of
the present invention can provide a terrestrial broadcast service,
mobile broadcast service, UHDTV service, etc.
[0222] Since QoS (quality of service) depends on characteristics of
a service provided by the apparatus for transmitting broadcast
signals for future broadcast services according to an embodiment of
the present invention, data corresponding to respective services
needs to be processed through different schemes. Accordingly, the a
BICM block according to an embodiment of the present invention can
independently process DPs input thereto by independently applying
SISO, MISO and MIMO schemes to the data pipes respectively
corresponding to data paths. Consequently, the apparatus for
transmitting broadcast signals for future broadcast services
according to an embodiment of the present invention can control QoS
for each service or service component transmitted through each
DP.
[0223] (a) shows the BICM block shared by the base profile and the
handheld profile and (b) shows the BICM block of the advanced
profile.
[0224] The BICM block shared by the base profile and the handheld
profile and the BICM block of the advanced profile can include
plural processing blocks for processing each DP.
[0225] A description will be given of each processing block of the
BICM block for the base profile and the handheld profile and the
BICM block for the advanced profile.
[0226] A processing block 5000 of the BICM block for the base
profile and the handheld profile can include a Data FEC encoder
5010, a bit interleaver 5020, a constellation mapper 5030, an SSD
(Signal Space Diversity) encoding block 5040 and a time interleaver
5050.
[0227] The Data FEC encoder 5010 can perform the FEC encoding on
the input BBF to generate FECBLOCK procedure using outer coding
(BCH), and inner coding (LDPC). The outer coding (BCH) is optional
coding method. Details of operations of the Data FEC encoder 5010
will be described later.
[0228] The bit interleaver 5020 can interleave outputs of the Data
FEC encoder 5010 to achieve optimized performance with combination
of the LDPC codes and modulation scheme while providing an
efficiently implementable structure. Details of operations of the
bit interleaver 5020 will be described later.
[0229] The constellation mapper 5030 can modulate each cell word
from the bit interleaver 5020 in the base and the handheld
profiles, or cell word from the Cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 in
the advanced profile using either QPSK, QAM-16, non-uniform QAM
(NUQ-64, NUQ-256, NUQ-1024) or non-uniform constellation (NUC-16,
NUC-64, NUC-256, NUC-1024) to give a power-normalized constellation
point, e1. This constellation mapping is applied only for DPs.
Observe that QAM-16 and NUQs are square shaped, while NUCs have
arbitrary shape. When each constellation is rotated by any multiple
of 90 degrees, the rotated constellation exactly overlaps with its
original one. This "rotation-sense" symmetric property makes the
capacities and the average powers of the real and imaginary
components equal to each other. Both NUQs and NUCs are defined
specifically for each code rate and the particular one used is
signaled by the parameter DP_MOD filed in PLS2 data.
[0230] The SSD encoding block 5040 can precode cells in two (2D),
three (3D), and four (4D) dimensions to increase the reception
robustness under difficult fading conditions.
[0231] The time interleaver 5050 can operates at the DP level. The
parameters of time interleaving (TI) may be set differently for
each DP. Details of operations of the time interleaver 5050 will be
described later.
[0232] A processing block 5000-1 of the BICM block for the advanced
profile can include the Data FEC encoder, bit interleaver,
constellation mapper, and time interleaver. However, the processing
block 5000-1 is distinguished from the processing block 5000
further includes a cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 and a MIMO
encoding block 5020-1.
[0233] Also, the operations of the Data FEC encoder, bit
interleaver, constellation mapper, and time interleaver in the
processing block 5000-1 correspond to those of the Data FEC encoder
5010, bit interleaver 5020, constellation mapper 5030, and time
interleaver 5050 described and thus description thereof is
omitted.
[0234] The cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 is used for the DP of the
advanced profile to divide the single cell-word stream into dual
cell-word streams for MIMO processing. Details of operations of the
cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 will be described later.
[0235] The MIMO encoding block 5020-1 can processing the output of
the cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 using MIMO encoding scheme. The
MIMO encoding scheme was optimized for broadcasting signal
transmission. The MIMO technology is a promising way to get a
capacity increase but it depends on channel characteristics.
Especially for broadcasting, the strong LOS component of the
channel or a difference in the received signal power between two
antennas caused by different signal propagation characteristics
makes it difficult to get capacity gain from MIMO. The proposed
MIMO encoding scheme overcomes this problem using a rotation-based
pre-coding and phase randomization of one of the MIMO output
signals.
[0236] MIMO encoding is intended for a 2.times.2 MIMO system
requiring at least two antennas at both the transmitter and the
receiver. Two MIMO encoding modes are defined in this proposal;
full-rate spatial multiplexing (FR-SM) and full-rate full-diversity
spatial multiplexing (FRFD-SM). The FR-SM encoding provides
capacity increase with relatively small complexity increase at the
receiver side while the FRFD-SM encoding provides capacity increase
and additional diversity gain with a great complexity increase at
the receiver side. The proposed MIMO encoding scheme has no
restriction on the antenna polarity configuration.
[0237] MIMO processing is required for the advanced profile frame,
which means all DPs in the advanced profile frame are processed by
the MIMO encoder. MIMO processing is applied at DP level. Pairs of
the Constellation Mapper outputs NUQ (e1,i and e2,i) are fed to the
input of the MIMO Encoder. Paired MIMO Encoder output (g1,i and
g2,i) is transmitted by the same carrier k and OFDM symbol 1 of
their respective TX antennas.
[0238] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0239] FIG. 6 illustrates a BICM block according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0240] The BICM block illustrated in FIG. 6 corresponds to an
embodiment of the BICM block 1010 described with reference to FIG.
1.
[0241] FIG. 6 illustrates a BICM block for protection of physical
layer signaling (PLS), emergency alert channel (EAC) and fast
information channel (FIC). EAC is a part of a frame that carries
EAS information data and FIC is a logical channel in a frame that
carries the mapping information between a service and the
corresponding base DP. Details of the EAC and FIC will be described
later.
[0242] Referring to FIG. 6, the BICM block for protection of PLS,
EAC and FIC can include a PLS FEC encoder 6000, a bit interleaver
6010 and a constellation mapper 6020.
[0243] Also, the PLS FEC encoder 6000 can include a scrambler, BCH
encoding/zero insertion block, LDPC encoding block and LDPC parity
puncturing block. Description will be given of each block of the
BICM block.
[0244] The PLS FEC encoder 6000 can encode the scrambled PLS 1/2
data, EAC and FIC section.
[0245] The scrambler can scramble PLS1 data and PLS2 data before
BCH encoding and shortened and punctured LDPC encoding.
[0246] The BCH encoding/zero insertion block can perform outer
encoding on the scrambled PLS 1/2 data using the shortened BCH code
for PLS protection and insert zero bits after the BCH encoding. For
PLS1 data only, the output bits of the zero insertion may be
permutted before LDPC encoding.
[0247] The LDPC encoding block can encode the output of the BCH
encoding/zero insertion block using LDPC code. To generate a
complete coded block, Cldpc, parity bits, Pldpc are encoded
systematically from each zero-inserted PLS information block, Ildpc
and appended after it.
C.sub.ldpc=[I.sub.ldpc P.sub.ldpc]=[i.sub.0, i.sub.1, . . . ,
i.sub.K.sub.ldpc.sub.-1, p.sub.0, p.sub.1, . . . ,
p.sub.N.sub.ldpc.sub.-K.sub.ldpc.sub.-1]
[0248] The LDPC code parameters for PLS1 and PLS2 are as following
table 4.
TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Signaling K.sub.ldpc code Type K.sub.sig
K.sub.bch N.sub.bch_parity (=N.sub.bch) N.sub.ldpc
N.sub.ldpc_parity rate Q.sub.ldpc PLS1 342 1020 60 1080 4320 3240
1/4 36 PLS2 <1021 >1020 2100 2160 7200 5040 3/10 56
[0249] The LDPC parity punturing block can perform puncturing on
the PLS1 data and PLS 2 data.
[0250] When shortening is applied to the PLS1 data protection, some
LDPC parity bits are punctured after LDPC encoding. Also, for the
PLS2 data protection, the LDPC parity bits of PLS2 are punctured
after LDPC encoding. These punctured bits are not transmitted.
[0251] The bit interleaver 6010 can interleave the each shortened
and punctured PLS1 data and PLS2 data.
[0252] The constellation mapper 6020 can map the bit interleaved
PLS1 data and PLS2 data onto constellations.
[0253] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0254] FIG. 7 illustrates a frame building block according to one
embodiment of the present invention.
[0255] The frame building block illustrated in FIG. 7 corresponds
to an embodiment of the frame building block 1020 described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0256] Referring to FIG. 7, the frame building block can include a
delay compensation block 7000, a cell mapper 7010 and a frequency
interleaver 7020. Description will be given of each block of the
frame building block.
[0257] The delay compensation block 7000 can adjust the timing
between the data pipes and the corresponding PLS data to ensure
that they are co-timed at the transmitter end. The PLS data is
delayed by the same amount as data pipes are by addressing the
delays of data pipes caused by the Input Formatting block and BICM
block. The delay of the BICM block is mainly due to the time
interleaver 5050. In-band signaling data carries information of the
next TI group so that they are carried one frame ahead of the DPs
to be signaled. The Delay Compensating block delays in-band
signaling data accordingly.
[0258] The cell mapper 7010 can map PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary
streams and dummy cells into the active carriers of the OFDM
symbols in the frame. The basic function of the cell mapper 7010 is
to map data cells produced by the TIs for each of the DPs, PLS
cells, and EAC/FIC cells, if any, into arrays of active OFDM cells
corresponding to each of the OFDM symbols within a frame. Service
signaling data (such as PSI (program specific information)/SI) can
be separately gathered and sent by a data pipe. The Cell Mapper
operates according to the dynamic information produced by the
scheduler and the configuration of the frame structure. Details of
the frame will be described later.
[0259] The frequency interleaver 7020 can randomly interleave data
cells received from the cell mapper 7010 to provide frequency
diversity. Also, the frequency interleaver 7020 can operate on very
OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols using a
different interleaving-seed order to get maximum interleaving gain
in a single frame.
[0260] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0261] FIG. 8 illustrates an OFMD generation block according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0262] The OFMD generation block illustrated in FIG. 8 corresponds
to an embodiment of the OFMD generation block 1030 described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0263] The OFDM generation block modulates the OFDM carriers by the
cells produced by the Frame Building block, inserts the pilots, and
produces the time domain signal for transmission. Also, this block
subsequently inserts guard intervals, and applies PAPR
(Peak-to-Average Power Radio) reduction processing to produce the
final RF signal.
[0264] Referring to FIG. 8, the frame building block can include a
pilot and reserved tone insertion block 8000, a 2D-eSFN encoding
block 8010, an IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) block 8020, a
PAPR reduction block 8030, a guard interval insertion block 8040, a
preamble insertion block 8050, other system insertion block 8060
and a DAC block 8070. Description will be given of each block of
the frame building block.
[0265] The pilot and reserved tone insertion block 8000 can insert
pilots and the reserved tone.
[0266] Various cells within the OFDM symbol are modulated with
reference information, known as pilots, which have transmitted
values known a priori in the receiver. The information of pilot
cells is made up of scattered pilots, continual pilots, edge
pilots, FSS (frame signaling symbol) pilots and FES (frame edge
symbol) pilots. Each pilot is transmitted at a particular boosted
power level according to pilot type and pilot pattern. The value of
the pilot information is derived from a reference sequence, which
is a series of values, one for each transmitted carrier on any
given symbol. The pilots can be used for frame synchronization,
frequency synchronization, time synchronization, channel
estimation, and transmission mode identification, and also can be
used to follow the phase noise.
[0267] Reference information, taken from the reference sequence, is
transmitted in scattered pilot cells in every symbol except the
preamble, FSS and FES of the frame. Continual pilots are inserted
in every symbol of the frame. The number and location of continual
pilots depends on both the FFT size and the scattered pilot
pattern. The edge carriers are edge pilots in every symbol except
for the preamble symbol. They are inserted in order to allow
frequency interpolation up to the edge of the spectrum. FSS pilots
are inserted in FSS(s) and FES pilots are inserted in FES. They are
inserted in order to allow time interpolation up to the edge of the
frame.
[0268] The system according to an embodiment of the present
invention supports the SFN network, where distributed MISO scheme
is optionally used to support very robust transmission mode. The
2D-eSFN is a distributed MISO scheme that uses multiple TX
antennas, each of which is located in the different transmitter
site in the SFN network.
[0269] The 2D-eSFN encoding block 8010 can process a 2D-eSFN
processing to distorts the phase of the signals transmitted from
multiple transmitters, in order to create both time and frequency
diversity in the SFN configuration. Hence, burst errors due to low
flat fading or deep-fading for a long time can be mitigated.
[0270] The IFFT block 8020 can modulate the output from the 2D-eSFN
encoding block 8010 using OFDM modulation scheme. Any cell in the
data symbols which has not been designated as a pilot (or as a
reserved tone) carries one of the data cells from the frequency
interleaver. The cells are mapped to OFDM carriers.
[0271] The PAPR reduction block 8030 can perform a PAPR reduction
on input signal using various PAPR reduction algorithm in the time
domain.
[0272] The guard interval insertion block 8040 can insert guard
intervals and the preamble insertion block 8050 can insert preamble
in front of the signal. Details of a structure of the preamble will
be described later. The other system insertion block 8060 can
multiplex signals of a plurality of broadcast
transmission/reception systems in the time domain such that data of
two or more different broadcast transmission/reception systems
providing broadcast services can be simultaneously transmitted in
the same RF signal bandwidth. In this case, the two or more
different broadcast transmission/reception systems refer to systems
providing different broadcast services. The different broadcast
services may refer to a terrestrial broadcast service, mobile
broadcast service, etc. Data related to respective broadcast
services can be transmitted through different frames.
[0273] The DAC block 8070 can convert an input digital signal into
an analog signal and output the analog signal. The signal output
from the DAC block 7800 can be transmitted through multiple output
antennas according to the physical layer profiles. A Tx antenna
according to an embodiment of the present invention can have
vertical or horizontal polarity.
[0274] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions according to
design.
[0275] FIG. 9 illustrates a structure of an apparatus for receiving
broadcast signals for future broadcast services according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0276] The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals for future
broadcast services according to an embodiment of the present
invention can correspond to the apparatus for transmitting
broadcast signals for future broadcast services, described with
reference to FIG. 1.
[0277] The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals for future
broadcast services according to an embodiment of the present
invention can include a synchronization & demodulation module
9000, a frame parsing module 9010, a demapping & decoding
module 9020, an output processor 9030 and a signaling decoding
module 9040. A description will be given of operation of each
module of the apparatus for receiving broadcast signals.
[0278] The synchronization & demodulation module 9000 can
receive input signals through m Rx antennas, perform signal
detection and synchronization with respect to a system
corresponding to the apparatus for receiving broadcast signals and
carry out demodulation corresponding to a reverse procedure of the
procedure performed by the apparatus for transmitting broadcast
signals.
[0279] The frame parsing module 9100 can parse input signal frames
and extract data through which a service selected by a user is
transmitted. If the apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals
performs interleaving, the frame parsing module 9100 can carry out
deinterleaving corresponding to a reverse procedure of
interleaving. In this case, the positions of a signal and data that
need to be extracted can be obtained by decoding data output from
the signaling decoding module 9400 to restore scheduling
information generated by the apparatus for transmitting broadcast
signals.
[0280] The demapping & decoding module 9200 can convert the
input signals into bit domain data and then deinterleave the same
as necessary. The demapping & decoding module 9200 can perform
demapping for mapping applied for transmission efficiency and
correct an error generated on a transmission channel through
decoding. In this case, the demapping & decoding module 9200
can obtain transmission parameters necessary for demapping and
decoding by decoding the data output from the signaling decoding
module 9400.
[0281] The output processor 9300 can perform reverse procedures of
various compression/signal processing procedures which are applied
by the apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals to improve
transmission efficiency. In this case, the output processor 9300
can acquire necessary control information from data output from the
signaling decoding module 9400. The output of the output processor
8300 corresponds to a signal input to the apparatus for
transmitting broadcast signals and may be MPEG-TSs, IP streams (v4
or v6) and generic streams.
[0282] The signaling decoding module 9400 can obtain PLS
information from the signal demodulated by the synchronization
& demodulation module 9000. As described above, the frame
parsing module 9100, demapping & decoding module 9200 and
output processor 9300 can execute functions thereof using the data
output from the signaling decoding module 9400.
[0283] FIG. 10 illustrates a frame structure according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0284] FIG. 10 shows an example configuration of the frame types
and FRUs in a super-frame. (a) shows a super frame according to an
embodiment of the present invention, (b) shows FRU (Frame
Repetition Unit) according to an embodiment of the present
invention, (c) shows frames of variable PHY profiles in the FRU and
(d) shows a structure of a frame.
[0285] A super-frame may be composed of eight FRUs. The FRU is a
basic multiplexing unit for TDM of the frames, and is repeated
eight times in a super-frame.
[0286] Each frame in the FRU belongs to one of the PHY profiles,
(base, handheld, advanced) or FEF. The maximum allowed number of
the frames in the FRU is four and a given PHY profile can appear
any number of times from zero times to four times in the FRU (e.g.,
base, base, handheld, advanced). PHY profile definitions can be
extended using reserved values of the PHY_PROFILE in the preamble,
if required.
[0287] The FEF part is inserted at the end of the FRU, if included.
When the FEF is included in the FRU, the minimum number of FEFs is
8 in a super-frame. It is not recommended that FEF parts be
adjacent to each other.
[0288] One frame is further divided into a number of OFDM symbols
and a preamble. As shown in (d), the frame comprises a preamble,
one or more frame signaling symbols (FSS), normal data symbols and
a frame edge symbol (FES).
[0289] The preamble is a special symbol that enables fast
Futurecast UTB system signal detection and provides a set of basic
transmission parameters for efficient transmission and reception of
the signal. The detailed description of the preamble will be will
be described later.
[0290] The main purpose of the FSS(s) is to carry the PLS data. For
fast synchronization and channel estimation, and hence fast
decoding of PLS data, the FSS has more dense pilot pattern than the
normal data symbol. The FES has exactly the same pilots as the FSS,
which enables frequency-only interpolation within the FES and
temporal interpolation, without extrapolation, for symbols
immediately preceding the FES.
[0291] FIG. 11 illustrates a signaling hierarchy structure of the
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0292] FIG. 11 illustrates the signaling hierarchy structure, which
is split into three main parts: the preamble signaling data 11000,
the PLS1 data 11010 and the PLS2 data 11020. The purpose of the
preamble, which is carried by the preamble symbol in every frame,
is to indicate the transmission type and basic transmission
parameters of that frame. The PLS1 enables the receiver to access
and decode the PLS2 data, which contains the parameters to access
the DP of interest. The PLS2 is carried in every frame and split
into two main parts: PLS2-STAT data and PLS2-DYN data. The static
and dynamic portion of PLS2 data is followed by padding, if
necessary.
[0293] FIG. 12 illustrates preamble signaling data according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0294] Preamble signaling data carries 21 bits of information that
are needed to enable the receiver to access PLS data and trace DPs
within the frame structure. Details of the preamble signaling data
are as follows:
[0295] PHY_PROFILE: This 3-bit field indicates the PHY profile type
of the current frame. The mapping of different PHY profile types is
given in below table 5.
TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Value PHY Profile 000 Base profile 001
Handheld profile 010 Advanced profiled 011~110 Reserved 111 FEF
[0296] FFT_SIZE: This 2 bit field indicates the FFT size of the
current frame within a frame-group, as described in below table
6.
TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Value FFT size 00 8K FFT 01 16K FFT 10 32K
FFT 11 Reserved
[0297] GI_FRACTION: This 3 bit field indicates the guard interval
fraction value in the current super-frame, as described in below
table 7.
TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Value GI_FRACTION 000 1/5 001 1/10 010 1/20
011 1/40 100 1/80 101 1/160 110~111 Reserved
[0298] EAC_FLAG: This 1 bit field indicates whether the EAC is
provided in the current frame. If this field is set to `1`,
emergency alert service (EAS) is provided in the current frame. If
this field set to `0`, EAS is not carried in the current frame.
This field can be switched dynamically within a super-frame.
[0299] PILOT_MODE: This 1-bit field indicates whether the pilot
mode is mobile mode or fixed mode for the current frame in the
current frame-group. If this field is set to `0`, mobile pilot mode
is used. If the field is set to `1`, the fixed pilot mode is
used.
[0300] PAPR_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether PAPR reduction
is used for the current frame in the current frame-group. If this
field is set to value `1`, tone reservation is used for PAPR
reduction. If this field is set to `0`, PAPR reduction is not
used.
[0301] FRU_CONFIGURE: This 3-bit field indicates the PHY profile
type configurations of the frame repetition units (FRU) that are
present in the current super-frame. All profile types conveyed in
the current super-frame are identified in this field in all
preambles in the current super-frame. The 3-bit field has a
different definition for each profile, as show in below table
8.
TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 Current Current Current PHY_PROFILE =
PHY_PROFILE = Current PHY_PROFILE = `001` `010` PHY_PROFILE = `000`
(base) (handheld) (advanced) `111` (FEF) FRU_CONFIGURE = Only base
Only handheld Only advanced Only FEF 000 profile present profile
present profile present present FRU_CONFIGURE = Handheld Base
profile Base profile Base profile 1XX profile present present
present present FRU_CONFIGURE = Advanced Advanced Handheld Handheld
X1X profile present profile present profile present profile present
FRU_CONFIGURE = FEF present FEF present FEF present Advanced XX1
profile present
[0302] RESERVED: This 7-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0303] FIG. 13 illustrates PLS1 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0304] PLS1 data provides basic transmission parameters including
parameters required to enable the reception and decoding of the
PLS2. As above mentioned, the PLS1 data remain unchanged for the
entire duration of one frame-group. The detailed definition of the
signaling fields of the PLS1 data are as follows:
[0305] PREAMBLE_DATA: This 20-bit field is a copy of the preamble
signaling data excluding the EAC_FLAG.
[0306] NUM_FRAME_FRU: This 2-bit field indicates the number of the
frames per FRU.
[0307] PAYLOAD_TYPE: This 3-bit field indicates the format of the
payload data carried in the frame-group. PAYLOAD_TYPE is signaled
as shown in table 9.
TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 value Payload type 1XX TS stream is
transmitted X1X IP stream is transmitted XX1 GS stream is
transmitted
[0308] NUM_FSS: This 2-bit field indicates the number of FSS
symbols in the current frame.
[0309] SYSTEM_VERSION: This 8-bit field indicates the version of
the transmitted signal format. The SYSTEM_VERSION is divided into
two 4-bit fields, which are a major version and a minor
version.
[0310] Major version: The MSB four bits of SYSTEM_VERSION field
indicate major version information. A change in the major version
field indicates a non-backward-compatible change. The default value
is `0000`. For the version described in this standard, the value is
set to `0000`.
[0311] Minor version: The LSB four bits of SYSTEM_VERSION field
indicate minor version information. A change in the minor version
field is backward-compatible.
[0312] CELL_ID: This is a 16-bit field which uniquely identifies a
geographic cell in an ATSC network. An ATSC cell coverage area may
consist of one or more frequencies, depending on the number of
frequencies used per Futurecast UTB system. If the value of the
CELL_ID is not known or unspecified, this field is set to `0`.
[0313] NETWORK_ID: This is a 16-bit field which uniquely identifies
the current ATSC network.
[0314] SYSTEM_ID: This 16-bit field uniquely identifies the
Futurecast UTB system within the ATSC network. The Futurecast UTB
system is the terrestrial broadcast system whose input is one or
more input streams (TS, IP, GS) and whose output is an RF signal.
The Futurecast UTB system carries one or more PHY profiles and FEF,
if any. The same Futurecast UTB system may carry different input
streams and use different RF frequencies in different geographical
areas, allowing local service insertion. The frame structure and
scheduling is controlled in one place and is identical for all
transmissions within a Futurecast UTB system. One or more
Futurecast UTB systems may have the same SYSTEM_ID meaning that
they all have the same physical layer structure and
configuration.
[0315] The following loop consists of FRU_PHY_PROFILE,
FRU_FRAME_LENGTH, FRU_GI_FRACTION, and RESERVED which are used to
indicate the FRU configuration and the length of each frame type.
The loop size is fixed so that four PHY profiles (including a FEF)
are signaled within the FRU. If NUM_FRAME_FRU is less than 4, the
unused fields are filled with zeros.
[0316] FRU_PHY_PROFILE: This 3-bit field indicates the PHY profile
type of the (i+1)th (i is the loop index) frame of the associated
FRU. This field uses the same signaling format as shown in the
table 8.
[0317] FRU_FRAME_LENGTH: This 2-bit field indicates the length of
the (i+1)th frame of the associated FRU. Using FRU_FRAME_LENGTH
together with FRU_GI_FRACTION, the exact value of the frame
duration can be obtained.
[0318] FRU_GI_FRACTION: This 3-bit field indicates the guard
interval fraction value of the (i+1)th frame of the associated FRU.
FRU_GI_FRACTION is signaled according to the table 7.
[0319] RESERVED: This 4-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0320] The following fields provide parameters for decoding the
PLS2 data.
[0321] PLS2 FEC TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the FEC type used
by the PLS2 protection. The FEC type is signaled according to table
10. The details of the LDPC codes will be described later.
TABLE-US-00010 TABLE 10 Content PLS2 FEC type 00 4K-1/4 and 7K-3/10
LDPC codes 01~11 Reserved
[0322] PLS2_MOD: This 3-bit field indicates the modulation type
used by the PLS2. The modulation type is signaled according to
table 11.
TABLE-US-00011 TABLE 11 Value PLS2_MODE 000 BPSK 001 QPSK 010
QAM-16 011 NUQ-64 100~111 Reserved
[0323] PLS2_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
Ctotal_partial_block, the size (specified as the number of QAM
cells) of the collection of full coded blocks for PLS2 that is
carried in the current frame-group. This value is constant during
the entire duration of the current frame-group.
[0324] PLS2_STAT_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates the size, in
bits, of the PLS2-STAT for the current frame-group. This value is
constant during the entire duration of the current frame-group.
[0325] PLS2_DYN_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates the size, in
bits, of the PLS2-DYN for the current frame-group. This value is
constant during the entire duration of the current frame-group.
[0326] PLS2_REP_FLAG: This 1-bit flag indicates whether the PLS2
repetition mode is used in the current frame-group. When this field
is set to value `1`, the PLS2 repetition mode is activated. When
this field is set to value `0`, the PLS2 repetition mode is
deactivated.
[0327] PLS2_REP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
Ctotal_partial_block, the size (specified as the number of QAM
cells) of the collection of partial coded blocks for PLS2 carried
in every frame of the current frame-group, when PLS2 repetition is
used. If repetition is not used, the value of this field is equal
to 0. This value is constant during the entire duration of the
current frame-group.
[0328] PLS2_NEXT_FEC_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the FEC type
used for PLS2 that is carried in every frame of the next
frame-group. The FEC type is signaled according to the table
10.
[0329] PLS2_NEXT_MOD: This 3-bit field indicates the modulation
type used for PLS2 that is carried in every frame of the next
frame-group. The modulation type is signaled according to the table
11.
[0330] PLS2_NEXT_REP_FLAG: This 1-bit flag indicates whether the
PLS2 repetition mode is used in the next frame-group. When this
field is set to value `1`, the PLS2 repetition mode is activated.
When this field is set to value `0`, the PLS2 repetition mode is
deactivated.
[0331] PLS2_NEXT_REP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
Ctotal_full_block, the size (specified as the number of QAM cells)
of the collection of full coded blocks for PLS2 that is carried in
every frame of the next frame-group, when PLS2 repetition is used.
If repetition is not used in the next frame-group, the value of
this field is equal to 0. This value is constant during the entire
duration of the current frame-group.
[0332] PLS2_NEXT_REP_STAT_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates the
size, in bits, of the PLS2-STAT for the next frame-group. This
value is constant in the current frame-group.
[0333] PLS2_NEXT_REP_DYN_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates the
size, in bits, of the PLS2-DYN for the next frame-group. This value
is constant in the current frame-group.
[0334] PLS2_AP_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether additional
parity is provided for PLS2 in the current frame-group. This value
is constant during the entire duration of the current frame-group.
The below table 12 gives the values of this field. When this field
is set to `00`, additional parity is not used for the PLS2 in the
current frame-group.
TABLE-US-00012 TABLE 12 Value PLS2-AP mode 00 AP is not provided 01
AP1 mode 10~11 Reserved
[0335] PLS2_AP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates the size
(specified as the number of QAM cells) of the additional parity
bits of the PLS2. This value is constant during the entire duration
of the current frame-group.
[0336] PLS2_NEXT_AP_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether
additional parity is provided for PLS2 signaling in every frame of
next frame-group. This value is constant during the entire duration
of the current frame-group. The table 12 defines the values of this
field
[0337] PLS2_NEXT_AP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates the size
(specified as the number of QAM cells) of the additional parity
bits of the PLS2 in every frame of the next frame-group. This value
is constant during the entire duration of the current
frame-group.
[0338] RESERVED: This 32-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0339] CRC_32: A 32-bit error detection code, which is applied to
the entire PLS1 signaling.
[0340] FIG. 14 illustrates PLS2 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0341] FIG. 14 illustrates PLS2-STAT data of the PLS2 data. The
PLS2-STAT data are the same within a frame-group, while the
PLS2-DYN data provide information that is specific for the current
frame.
[0342] The details of fields of the PLS2-STAT data are as
follows:
[0343] FIC_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether the FIC is used
in the current frame-group. If this field is set to `1`, the FIC is
provided in the current frame. If this field set to `0`, the FIC is
not carried in the current frame. This value is constant during the
entire duration of the current frame-group.
[0344] AUX_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether the auxiliary
stream(s) is used in the current frame-group. If this field is set
to `1`, the auxiliary stream is provided in the current frame. If
this field set to `0`, the auxiliary stream is not carried in the
current frame. This value is constant during the entire duration of
current frame-group.
[0345] NUM_DP: This 6-bit field indicates the number of DPs carried
within the current frame. The value of this field ranges from 1 to
64, and the number of DPs is NUM_DP+1.
[0346] DP_ID: This 6-bit field identifies uniquely a DP within a
PHY profile.
[0347] DP_TYPE: This 3-bit field indicates the type of the DP. This
is signaled according to the below table 13.
TABLE-US-00013 TABLE 13 Value DP Type 000 DP Type 1 001 DP Type 2
010~111 reserved
[0348] DP_GROUP_ID: This 8-bit field identifies the DP group with
which the current DP is associated. This can be used by a receiver
to access the DPs of the service components associated with a
particular service, which will have the same DP_GROUP_ID.
[0349] BASE_DP_ID: This 6-bit field indicates the DP carrying
service signaling data (such as PSI/SI) used in the Management
layer. The DP indicated by BASE_DP_ID may be either a normal DP
carrying the service signaling data along with the service data or
a dedicated DP carrying only the service signaling data
[0350] DP_FEC_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the FEC type used by
the associated DP. The FEC type is signaled according to the below
table 14.
TABLE-US-00014 TABLE 14 Value FEC_TYPE 00 16K LDPC 01 64K LDPC
10~11 Reserved
[0351] DP_COD: This 4-bit field indicates the code rate used by the
associated DP. The code rate is signaled according to the below
table 15.
TABLE-US-00015 TABLE 15 Value Code rate 0000 5/15 0001 6/15 0010
7/15 0011 8/15 0100 9/15 0101 10/15 0110 11/15 0111 12/15 1000
13/15 1001~1111 Reserved
[0352] DP_MOD: This 4-bit field indicates the modulation used by
the associated DP. The modulation is signaled according to the
below table 16.
TABLE-US-00016 TABLE 16 Value Modulation 0000 QPSK 0001 QAM-16 0010
NUQ-64 0011 NUQ-256 0100 NUQ-1024 0101 NUC-16 0110 NUC-64 0111
NUC-256 1000 NUC-1024 1001~1111 reserved
[0353] DP_SSD_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether the SSD mode
is used in the associated DP. If this field is set to value `1`,
SSD is used. If this field is set to value `0`, SSD is not
used.
[0354] The following field appears only if PHY_PROFILE is equal to
`010`, which indicates the advanced profile:
[0355] DP_MIMO: This 3-bit field indicates which type of MIMO
encoding process is applied to the associated DP. The type of MIMO
encoding process is signaled according to the table 17.
TABLE-US-00017 TABLE 17 Value MIMO encoding 0000 FR-SM 0001 FRFD-SM
010~111 reserved
[0356] DP_TI_TYPE: This 1-bit field indicates the type of
time-interleaving. A value of `0` indicates that one TI group
corresponds to one frame and contains one or more TI-blocks. A
value of `1` indicates that one TI group is carried in more than
one frame and contains only one TI-block.
[0357] DP_TI_LENGTH: The use of this 2-bit field (the allowed
values are only 1, 2, 4, 8) is determined by the values set within
the DP_TI_TYPE field as follows:
[0358] If the DP_TI_TYPE is set to the value `1`, this field
indicates PI, the number of the frames to which each TI group is
mapped, and there is one TI-block per TI group (NTI=1). The allowed
PI values with 2-bit field are defined in the below table 18.
[0359] If the DP_TI_TYPE is set to the value `0`, this field
indicates the number of TI-blocks NTI per TI group, and there is
one TI group per frame (PI=1). The allowed PI values with 2-bit
field are defined in the below table 18.
TABLE-US-00018 TABLE 18 2-bit field P.sub.I N.sub.TI 00 1 1 01 2 2
10 4 3 11 8 4
[0360] DP_FRAME_INTERVAL: This 2-bit field indicates the frame
interval (IJUMP) within the frame-group for the associated DP and
the allowed values are 1, 2, 4, 8 (the corresponding 2-bit field is
`00`, `01`, `10`, or `11`, respectively). For DPs that do not
appear every frame of the frame-group, the value of this field is
equal to the interval between successive frames. For example, if a
DP appears on the frames 1, 5, 9, 13, etc., this field is set to
`4`. For DPs that appear in every frame, this field is set to
`1`.
[0361] DP_TI_BYPASS: This 1-bit field determines the availability
of time interleaver 5050. If time interleaving is not used for a
DP, it is set to `1`. Whereas if time interleaving is used it is
set to `0`.
[0362] DP_FIRST_FRAME_IDX: This 5-bit field indicates the index of
the first frame of the super-frame in which the current DP occurs.
The value of DP_FIRST_FRAME_IDX ranges from 0 to 31
[0363] DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX: This 10-bit field indicates the maximum
value of DP_NUM_BLOCKS for this DP. The value of this field has the
same range as DP_NUM_BLOCKS.
[0364] DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the type of the
payload data carried by the given DP. DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is signaled
according to the below table 19.
TABLE-US-00019 TABLE 19 Value Payload Type 00 TS. 01 IP 10 GS 11
reserved
[0365] DP_INBAND_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether the
current DP carries in-band signaling information. The in-band
signaling type is signaled according to the below table 20.
TABLE-US-00020 TABLE 20 Value In-band mode 00 In-band signaling is
not carried. 01 INBAND-PLS is carried only 10 INBAND-ISSY is
carried only 11 INBAND-PLS and INBAND-ISSY are carried
[0366] DP_PROTOCOL_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the protocol
type of the payload carried by the given DP. It is signaled
according to the below table 21 when input payload types are
selected.
TABLE-US-00021 TABLE 21 If DP_PAYLOAD_ If DP_PAYLOAD_ If
DP_PAYLOAD_ Value TYPE Is TS TYPE Is IP TYPE Is GS 00 MPEG2-TS IPv4
(Note) 01 Reserved IPv6 Reserved 10 Reserved Reserved Reserved 11
Reserved Reserved Reserved
[0367] DP_CRC_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether CRC encoding
is used in the Input Formatting block. The CRC mode is signaled
according to the below table 22.
TABLE-US-00022 TABLE 22 Value CRC mode 00 Not used 01 CRC-8 10
CRC-16 11 CRC-32
[0368] DNP MODE: This 2-bit field indicates the null-packet
deletion mode used by the associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set
to TS (`00`). DNP_MODE is signaled according to the below table 23.
If DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is not TS (`00`), DNP_MODE is set to the value
`00`.
TABLE-US-00023 TABLE 23 Value Null-packet deletion mode 00 Not used
01 DNP-NORMAL 10 DNP-OFFSET 11 reserved
[0369] ISSY_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates the ISSY mode used by
the associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to TS (`00`). The
ISSY_MODE is signaled according to the below table 24 If
DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is not TS (`00`), ISSY_MODE is set to the value
`00`.
TABLE-US-00024 TABLE 24 Value ISSY mode 00 Not used 01 ISSY-UP 10
ISSY-BBF 11 reserved
[0370] HC_MODE_TS: This 2-bit field indicates the TS header
compression mode used by the associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is
set to TS (`00`). The HC_MODE_TS is signaled according to the below
table 25.
TABLE-US-00025 TABLE 25 Value Header compression mode 00 HC_MODE_TS
1 01 HC_MODE_TS 2 10 HC_MODE_TS 3 11 HC_MODE_TS 4
[0371] HC_MODE_IP: This 2-bit field indicates the IP header
compression mode when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to IP (`01`). The
HC_MODE_IP is signaled according to the below table 26.
TABLE-US-00026 TABLE 26 Value Header compression mode 00 No
compression 01 HC_MODE_IP 1 10~11 reserved
[0372] PID : This 13-bit field indicates the PID number for TS
header compression when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to TS (`00`) and
HC_MODE_TS is set to `01` or `10`.
[0373] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0374] The following field appears only if FIC_FLAG is equal to
`1`:
[0375] FIC_VERSION: This 8-bit field indicates the version number
of the FIC.
[0376] FIC_LENGTH_BYTE: This 13-bit field indicates the length, in
bytes, of the FIC.
[0377] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0378] The following field appears only if AUX_FLAG is equal to
`1`:
[0379] NUM_AUX: This 4-bit field indicates the number of auxiliary
streams. Zero means no auxiliary streams are used.
[0380] AUX_CONFIG_RFU: This 8-bit field is reserved for future
use.
[0381] AUX_STREAM_TYPE: This 4-bit is reserved for future use for
indicating the type of the current auxiliary stream.
[0382] AUX_PRIVATE_CONFIG: This 28-bit field is reserved for future
use for signaling auxiliary streams.
[0383] FIG. 15 illustrates PLS2 data according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0384] FIG. 15 illustrates PLS2-DYN data of the PLS2 data. The
values of the PLS2-DYN data may change during the duration of one
frame-group, while the size of fields remains constant.
[0385] The details of fields of the PLS2-DYN data are as
follows:
[0386] FRAME_INDEX: This 5-bit field indicates the frame index of
the current frame within the super-frame. The index of the first
frame of the super-frame is set to `0`.
[0387] PLS_CHANGE_COUNTER: This 4-bit field indicates the number of
super-frames ahead where the configuration will change. The next
super-frame with changes in the configuration is indicated by the
value signaled within this field. If this field is set to the value
`0000`, it means that no scheduled change is foreseen: e.g., value
`1` indicates that there is a change in the next super-frame.
[0388] FIC_CHANGE_COUNTER: This 4-bit field indicates the number of
super-frames ahead where the configuration (i.e., the contents of
the FIC) will change. The next super-frame with changes in the
configuration is indicated by the value signaled within this field.
If this field is set to the value `0000`, it means that no
scheduled change is foreseen: e.g. value `0001` indicates that
there is a change in the next super-frame.
[0389] RESERVED: This 16-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0390] The following fields appear in the loop over NUM_DP, which
describe the parameters associated with the DP carried in the
current frame.
[0391] DP_ID: This 6-bit field indicates uniquely the DP within a
PHY profile.
[0392] DP_START: This 15-bit (or 13-bit) field indicates the start
position of the first of the DPs using the DPU addressing scheme.
The DP_START field has differing length according to the PHY
profile and FFT size as shown in the below table 27.
TABLE-US-00027 TABLE 27 DP_START field size PHY profile 64K 16K
Base 13 bit 15 bit Handheld -- 13 bit Advanced 13 bit 15 bit
[0393] DP_NUM_BLOCK: This 10-bit field indicates the number of FEC
blocks in the current TI group for the current DP. The value of
DP_NUM_BLOCK ranges from 0 to 1023
[0394] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0395] The following fields indicate the FIC parameters associated
with the EAC.
[0396] EAC_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates the existence of the
EAC in the current frame. This bit is the same value as the
EAC_FLAG in the preamble.
[0397] EAS_WAKE_UP_VERSION_NUM: This 8-bit field indicates the
version number of a wake-up indication.
[0398] If the EAC_FLAG field is equal to `1`, the following 12 bits
are allocated for EAC_LENGTH_BYTE field. If the EAC_FLAG field is
equal to `0`, the following 12 bits are allocated for
EAC_COUNTER.
[0399] EAC_LENGTH_BYTE: This 12-bit field indicates the length, in
byte, of the EAC.
[0400] EAC_COUNTER: This 12-bit field indicates the number of the
frames before the frame where the EAC arrives.
[0401] The following field appears only if the AUX_FLAG field is
equal to `1`:
[0402] AUX_PRIVATE_DYN: This 48-bit field is reserved for future
use for signaling auxiliary streams. The meaning of this field
depends on the value of AUX_STREAM_TYPE in the configurable
PLS2-STAT.
[0403] CRC_32: A 32-bit error detection code, which is applied to
the entire PLS2.
[0404] FIG. 16 illustrates a logical structure of a frame according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0405] As above mentioned, the PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary
streams and dummy cells are mapped into the active carriers of the
OFDM symbols in the frame. The PLS1 and PLS2 are first mapped into
one or more FSS(s). After that, EAC cells, if any, are mapped
immediately following the PLS field, followed next by FIC cells, if
any. The DPs are mapped next after the PLS or EAC, FIC, if any.
Type 1 DPs follows first, and Type 2 DPs next. The details of a
type of the DP will be described later. In some case, DPs may carry
some special data for EAS or service signaling data. The auxiliary
stream or streams, if any, follow the DPs, which in turn are
followed by dummy cells. Mapping them all together in the above
mentioned order, i.e. PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary streams and
dummy data cells exactly fill the cell capacity in the frame.
[0406] FIG. 17 illustrates PLS mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0407] PLS cells are mapped to the active carriers of FSS(s).
Depending on the number of cells occupied by PLS, one or more
symbols are designated as FSS(s), and the number of FSS(s) NFSS is
signaled by NUM_FSS in PLS1. The FSS is a special symbol for
carrying PLS cells. Since robustness and latency are critical
issues in the PLS, the FSS(s) has higher density of pilots allowing
fast synchronization and frequency-only interpolation within the
FSS.
[0408] PLS cells are mapped to active carriers of the NFSS FSS(s)
in a top-down manner as shown in an example in FIG. 17. The PLS1
cells are mapped first from the first cell of the first FSS in an
increasing order of the cell index. The PLS2 cells follow
immediately after the last cell of the PLS1 and mapping continues
downward until the last cell index of the first FSS. If the total
number of required PLS cells exceeds the number of active carriers
of one FSS, mapping proceeds to the next FSS and continues in
exactly the same manner as the first FSS.
[0409] After PLS mapping is completed, DPs are carried next. If
EAC, FIC or both are present in the current frame, they are placed
between PLS and "normal" DPs.
[0410] FIG. 18 illustrates EAC mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0411] EAC is a dedicated channel for carrying EAS messages and
links to the DPs for EAS. EAS support is provided but EAC itself
may or may not be present in every frame. EAC, if any, is mapped
immediately after the PLS2 cells. EAC is not preceded by any of the
FIC, DPs, auxiliary streams or dummy cells other than the PLS
cells. The procedure of mapping the EAC cells is exactly the same
as that of the PLS.
[0412] The EAC cells are mapped from the next cell of the PLS2 in
increasing order of the cell index as shown in the example in FIG.
18. Depending on the EAS message size, EAC cells may occupy a few
symbols, as shown in FIG. 18.
[0413] EAC cells follow immediately after the last cell of the
PLS2, and mapping continues downward until the last cell index of
the last FSS. If the total number of required EAC cells exceeds the
number of remaining active carriers of the last FSS mapping
proceeds to the next symbol and continues in exactly the same
manner as FSS(s). The next symbol for mapping in this case is the
normal data symbol, which has more active carriers than a FSS.
[0414] After EAC mapping is completed, the FIC is carried next, if
any exists. If FIC is not transmitted (as signaled in the PLS2
field), DPs follow immediately after the last cell of the EAC.
[0415] FIG. 19 illustrates FIC mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0416] shows an example mapping of FIC cell without EAC and (b)
shows an example mapping of FIC cell with EAC.
[0417] FIC is a dedicated channel for carrying cross-layer
information to enable fast service acquisition and channel
scanning. This information primarily includes channel binding
information between DPs and the services of each broadcaster. For
fast scan, a receiver can decode FIC and obtain information such as
broadcaster ID, number of services, and BASE_DP_ID. For fast
service acquisition, in addition to FIC, base DP can be decoded
using BASE_DP_ID. Other than the content it carries, a base DP is
encoded and mapped to a frame in exactly the same way as a normal
DP. Therefore, no additional description is required for a base DP.
The FIC data is generated and consumed in the Management Layer. The
content of FIC data is as described in the Management Layer
specification.
[0418] The FIC data is optional and the use of FIC is signaled by
the FIC_FLAG parameter in the static part of the PLS2. If FIC is
used, FIC_FLAG is set to `1` and the signaling field for FIC is
defined in the static part of PLS2. Signaled in this field are
FIC_VERSION, and FIC_LENGTH_BYTE. FIC uses the same modulation,
coding and time interleaving parameters as PLS2. FIC shares the
same signaling parameters such as PLS2_MOD and PLS2_FEC. FIC data,
if any, is mapped immediately after PLS2 or EAC if any. FIC is not
preceded by any normal DPs, auxiliary streams or dummy cells. The
method of mapping FIC cells is exactly the same as that of EAC
which is again the same as PLS.
[0419] Without EAC after PLS, FIC cells are mapped from the next
cell of the PLS2 in an increasing order of the cell index as shown
in an example in (a). Depending on the FIC data size, FIC cells may
be mapped over a few symbols, as shown in (b).
[0420] FIC cells follow immediately after the last cell of the
PLS2, and mapping continues downward until the last cell index of
the last FSS. If the total number of required FIC cells exceeds the
number of remaining active carriers of the last FSS, mapping
proceeds to the next symbol and continues in exactly the same
manner as FSS(s). The next symbol for mapping in this case is the
normal data symbol which has more active carriers than a FSS.
[0421] If EAS messages are transmitted in the current frame, EAC
precedes FIC, and FIC cells are mapped from the next cell of the
EAC in an increasing order of the cell index as shown in (b).
[0422] After FIC mapping is completed, one or more DPs are mapped,
followed by auxiliary streams, if any, and dummy cells.
[0423] FIG. 20 illustrates a type of DP according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0424] shows type 1 DP and (b) shows type 2 DP.
[0425] After the preceding channels, i.e., PLS, EAC and FIC, are
mapped, cells of the DPs are mapped. A DP is categorized into one
of two types according to mapping method:
[0426] Type 1 DP: DP is mapped by TDM
[0427] Type 2 DP: DP is mapped by FDM
[0428] The type of DP is indicated by DP_TYPE field in the static
part of PLS2. FIG. 20 illustrates the mapping orders of Type 1 DPs
and Type 2 DPs. Type 1 DPs are first mapped in the increasing order
of cell index, and then after reaching the last cell index, the
symbol index is increased by one. Within the next symbol, the DP
continues to be mapped in the increasing order of cell index
starting from p=0. With a number of DPs mapped together in one
frame, each of the Type 1 DPs are grouped in time, similar to TDM
multiplexing of DPs.
[0429] Type 2 DPs are first mapped in the increasing order of
symbol index, and then after reaching the last OFDM symbol of the
frame, the cell index increases by one and the symbol index rolls
back to the first available symbol and then increases from that
symbol index. After mapping a number of DPs together in one frame,
each of the Type 2 DPs are grouped in frequency together, similar
to FDM multiplexing of DPs.
[0430] Type 1 DPs and Type 2 DPs can coexist in a frame if needed
with one restriction; Type 1 DPs always precede Type 2 DPs. The
total number of OFDM cells carrying Type 1 and Type 2 DPs cannot
exceed the total number of OFDM cells available for transmission of
DPs:
D.sub.DP1+D.sub.DP2.ltoreq.D.sub.DP [Math figure 2]
[0431] where DDP1 is the number of OFDM cells occupied by Type 1
DPs, DDP2 is the number of cells occupied by Type 2 DPs. Since PLS,
EAC, FIC are all mapped in the same way as Type 1 DP, they all
follow "Type 1 mapping rule". Hence, overall, Type 1 mapping always
precedes Type 2 mapping.
[0432] FIG. 21 illustrates DP mapping according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0433] shows an addressing of OFDM cells for mapping type 1 DPs and
(b) shows an addressing of OFDM cells for mapping for type 2
DPs.
[0434] Addressing of OFDM cells for mapping Type 1 DPs (0, . . . ,
DDP1-1) is defined for the active data cells of Type 1 DPs. The
addressing scheme defines the order in which the cells from the TIs
for each of the Type 1 DPs are allocated to the active data cells.
It is also used to signal the locations of the DPs in the dynamic
part of the PLS2.
[0435] Without EAC and FIC, address 0 refers to the cell
immediately following the last cell carrying PLS in the last FSS.
If EAC is transmitted and FIC is not in the corresponding frame,
address 0 refers to the cell immediately following the last cell
carrying EAC. If FIC is transmitted in the corresponding frame,
address 0 refers to the cell immediately following the last cell
carrying FIC. Address 0 for Type 1 DPs can be calculated
considering two different cases as shown in (a). In the example in
(a), PLS, EAC and FIC are assumed to be all transmitted. Extension
to the cases where either or both of EAC and FIC are omitted is
straightforward. If there are remaining cells in the FSS after
mapping all the cells up to FIC as shown on the left side of
(a).
[0436] Addressing of OFDM cells for mapping Type 2 DPs (0, . . . ,
DDP2-1) is defined for the active data cells of Type 2 DPs. The
addressing scheme defines the order in which the cells from the TIs
for each of the Type 2 DPs are allocated to the active data cells.
It is also used to signal the locations of the DPs in the dynamic
part of the PLS2.
[0437] Three slightly different cases are possible as shown in (b).
For the first case shown on the left side of (b), cells in the last
FSS are available for Type 2 DP mapping. For the second case shown
in the middle, FIC occupies cells of a normal symbol, but the
number of FIC cells on that symbol is not larger than CFSS. The
third case, shown on the right side in (b), is the same as the
second case except that the number of FIC cells mapped on that
symbol exceeds CFSS.
[0438] The extension to the case where Type 1 DP(s) precede Type 2
DP(s) is straightforward since PLS, EAC and FIC follow the same
"Type 1 mapping rule" as the Type 1 DP(s).
[0439] A data pipe unit (DPU) is a basic unit for allocating data
cells to a DP in a frame.
[0440] A DPU is defined as a signaling unit for locating DPs in a
frame. A Cell Mapper 7010 may map the cells produced by the TIs for
each of the DPs. A Time interleaver 5050 outputs a series of
TI-blocks and each TI-block comprises a variable number of
XFECBLOCKs which is in turn composed of a set of cells. The number
of cells in an XFECBLOCK, Ncells, is dependent on the FECBLOCK
size, Nldpc, and the number of transmitted bits per constellation
symbol. A DPU is defined as the greatest common divisor of all
possible values of the number of cells in a XFECBLOCK, Ncells,
supported in a given PHY profile. The length of a DPU in cells is
defined as LDPU. Since each PHY profile supports different
combinations of FECBLOCK size and a different number of bits per
constellation symbol, LDPU is defined on a PHY profile basis.
[0441] FIG. 22 illustrates an FEC structure according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0442] FIG. 22 illustrates an FEC structure according to an
embodiment of the present invention before bit interleaving. As
above mentioned, Data FEC encoder may perform the FEC encoding on
the input BBF to generate FECBLOCK procedure using outer coding
(BCH), and inner coding (LDPC). The illustrated FEC structure
corresponds to the FECBLOCK. Also, the FECBLOCK and the FEC
structure have same value corresponding to a length of LDPC
codeword.
[0443] The BCH encoding is applied to each BBF (Kbch bits), and
then LDPC encoding is applied to BCH-encoded BBF (Kldpc bits=Nbch
bits) as illustrated in FIG. 22.
[0444] The value of Nldpc is either 64800 bits (long FECBLOCK) or
16200 bits (short FECBLOCK).
[0445] The below table 28 and table 29 show FEC encoding parameters
for a long FECBLOCK and a short FECBLOCK, respectively.
TABLE-US-00028 TABLE 28 BCH error correction LDPC Rate N.sub.Idpc
K.sub.Idpc K.sub.bch capability N.sub.bch-K.sub.bch 5/15 64800
21600 21408 12 192 6/15 25920 25728 7/15 30240 30048 8/15 34560
34368 9/15 38880 38688 10/15 43200 43008 11/15 47520 47328 12/15
51840 51648 13/15 56160 55968
TABLE-US-00029 TABLE 29 BCH error correction LDPC Rate N.sub.Idpc
K.sub.Idpc K.sub.bch capability N.sub.bch-K.sub.bch 5/15 16200 5400
5232 12 168 6/15 6480 6312 7/15 7560 7392 8/15 8640 8472 9/15 9720
9552 10/15 10800 10632 11/15 11880 11712 12/15 12960 12792 13/15
14040 13872
[0446] The details of operations of the BCH encoding and LDPC
encoding are as follows:
[0447] A 12-error correcting BCH code is used for outer encoding of
the BBF. The BCH generator polynomial for short FECBLOCK and long
FECBLOCK are obtained by multiplying together all polynomials.
[0448] LDPC code is used to encode the output of the outer BCH
encoding. To generate a completed Bldpc (FECBLOCK), Pldpc (parity
bits) is encoded systematically from each Ildpc (BCH-encoded BBF),
and appended to Ildpc. The completed Bldpc (FECBLOCK) are expressed
as follow Math figure.
B.sub.ldpc=[I.sub.ldpc P.sub.ldpc]=[i.sub.0, i.sub.1, . . . ,
i.sub.K.sub.ldpc.sub.-1, p.sub.0, p.sub.1, . . . ,
p.sub.N.sub.ldpc.sub.-K.sub.ldpc.sub.-1] [Math figure 3]
[0449] The parameters for long FECBLOCK and short FECBLOCK are
given in the above table 28 and 29, respectively.
[0450] The detailed procedure to calculate Nldpc-Kldpc parity bits
for long FECBLOCK, is as follows:
[0451] 1) Initialize the parity bits,
p.sub.0=p.sub.1=p.sub.2= . . .
=p.sub.N.sub.ldpc.sub.-k.sub.ldpc.sub.-1=0 [Math figure 4]
[0452] 2) Accumulate the first information bit--i0, at parity bit
addresses specified in the first row of an addresses of parity
check matrix. The details of addresses of parity check matrix will
be described later. For example, for rate 13/15:
p 983 = p 983 .sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 2815 = p 2815 .sym. i 0
.times. .times. p 4837 = p 4837 .sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 4989 =
p 4989 .sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 6138 = p 6138 .sym. i 0 .times.
.times. p 6458 = p 6458 .sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 6921 = p 6921
.sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 6974 = p 6974 .sym. i 0 .times. .times.
p 7572 = p 7572 .sym. i 0 .times. .times. p 8260 = p 8260 .sym. i 0
.times. .times. p 8496 = p 8496 .sym. i 0 .times. [ Math .times.
.times. FIG . .times. 5 ] ##EQU00001##
[0453] 3) For the next 359 information bits, is, s=1, 2, . . . ,
359 accumulate is at parity bit addresses using following Math
figure.
{x+(s mod 360).times.Q.sub.ldpc}mod(N.sub.ldpc-K.sub.ldpc) [Math
figure 6]
[0454] where x denotes the address of the parity bit accumulator
corresponding to the first bit i0, and Qldpc is a code rate
dependent constant specified in the addresses of parity check
matrix. Continuing with the example, Qldpc=24 for rate 13/15, so
for information bit i1, the following operations are performed:
p 1007 = p 1007 .sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 2839 = p 2839 .sym. i 1
.times. .times. p 4861 = p 4861 .sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 5013 =
p 5013 .sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 6162 = p 6162 .sym. i 1 .times.
.times. p 6482 = p 6482 .sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 6945 = p 6945
.sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 6998 = p 6998 .sym. i 1 .times. .times.
p 7596 = p 7596 .sym. i 1 .times. .times. p 8284 = p 8284 .sym. i 1
.times. .times. p 8520 = p 8520 .sym. i 1 [ Math .times. .times.
FIG . .times. 7 ] ##EQU00002##
[0455] 4) For the 361st information bit i360, the addresses of the
parity bit accumulators are given in the second row of the
addresses of parity check matrix. In a similar manner the addresses
of the parity bit accumulators for the following 359 information
bits is, s=361, 362, . . . , 719 are obtained using the Math figure
6, where x denotes the address of the parity bit accumulator
corresponding to the information bit i360, i.e., the entries in the
second row of the addresses of parity check matrix.
[0456] 5) In a similar manner, for every group of 360 new
information bits, a new row from addresses of parity check matrixes
used to find the addresses of the parity bit accumulators.
[0457] After all of the information bits are exhausted, the final
parity bits are obtained as follows:
[0458] 6) Sequentially perform the following operations starting
with i=1
p.sub.i=p.sub.i .sym. p.sub.i-1, i=1, 2, . . . ,
N.sub.ldpc-K.sub.ldpc-1 [Math figure 8]
[0459] where final content of pi, i=0,1, . . . Nldpc-Kldpc-1 is
equal to the parity bit pi.
TABLE-US-00030 TABLE 30 Code Rate Q.sub.Idpc 5/15 120 6/15 108 7/15
96 8/15 84 9/15 72 10/15 60 11/15 48 12/15 36 13/15 24
[0460] This LDPC encoding procedure for a short FECBLOCK is in
accordance with t LDPC encoding procedure for the long FECBLOCK,
except replacing the table 30 with table 31, and replacing the
addresses of parity check matrix for the long FECBLOCK with the
addresses of parity check matrix for the short FECBLOCK.
TABLE-US-00031 TABLE 31 Code Rate Q.sub.Idpc 5/15 30 6/15 27 7/15
24 8/15 21 9/15 18 10/15 15 11/15 12 12/15 9 13/15 6
[0461] FIG. 23 illustrates a bit interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0462] The outputs of the LDPC encoder are bit-interleaved, which
consists of parity interleaving followed by Quasi-Cyclic Block
(QCB) interleaving and inner-group interleaving.
[0463] shows Quasi-Cyclic Block (QCB) interleaving and (b) shows
inner-group interleaving.
[0464] The FECBLOCK may be parity interleaved. At the output of the
parity interleaving, the LDPC codeword consists of 180 adjacent QC
blocks in a long FECBLOCK and 45 adjacent QC blocks in a short
FECBLOCK. Each QC block in either a long or short FECBLOCK consists
of 360 bits. The parity interleaved LDPC codeword is interleaved by
QCB interleaving. The unit of QCB interleaving is a QC block. The
QC blocks at the output of parity interleaving are permutated by
QCB interleaving as illustrated in FIG. 23, where
Ncells=64800/.eta.mod or 16200/.eta.mod according to the FECBLOCK
length. The QCB interleaving pattern is unique to each combination
of modulation type and LDPC code rate.
[0465] After QCB interleaving, inner-group interleaving is
performed according to modulation type and order (.eta..sub.mod)
which is defined in the below table 32. The number of QC blocks for
one inner-group, NQCB IG, is also defined.
TABLE-US-00032 TABLE 32 Modulation type .eta..sub.mod N.sub.QCB_IG
QAM-16 4 2 NUC-16 4 4 NUQ-64 6 3 NUC-64 6 6 NUQ-256 8 4 NUC-256 8 8
NUQ-1024 10 5 NUC-1024 10 10
[0466] The inner-group interleaving process is performed with
NQCB_IG QC blocks of the QCB interleaving output. Inner-group
interleaving has a process of writing and reading the bits of the
inner-group using 360 columns and NQCB_IG rows. In the write
operation, the bits from the QCB interleaving output are written
row-wise. The read operation is performed column-wise to read out m
bits from each row, where m is equal to 1 for NUC and 2 for
NUQ.
[0467] FIG. 24 illustrates a cell-word demultiplexing according to
an embodiment of the present invention.
[0468] FIG. 24 shows a cell-word demultiplexing for 8 and 12 bpcu
MIMO and (b) shows a cell-word demultiplexing for 10 bpcu MIMO.
[0469] Each cell word (c0,l, c1,l, . . . , c.eta.mod-1, l) of the
bit interleaving output is demultiplexed into (d1,0,m, d1,1,m . . .
, d1,.eta.mod-1,m) and (d2,0,m, d2,1,m . . . , d2,.eta.mod-1,m) as
shown in (a), which describes the cell-word demultiplexing process
for one XFECBLOCK.
[0470] For the 10 bpcu MIMO case using different types of NUQ for
MIMO encoding, the Bit Interleaver for NUQ-1024 is re-used. Each
cell word (c0,l, c1,l, . . . , c9,l) of the Bit Interleaver output
is demultiplexed into (d1,0,m, d1,1,m . . . , d1,3,m) and (d2,0,m,
d2,1,m . . . , d2,5,m), as shown in (b).
[0471] FIG. 25 illustrates a time interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0472] to (c) show examples of TI mode.
[0473] The time interleaver operates at the DP level. The
parameters of time interleaving (TI) may be set differently for
each DP.
[0474] The following parameters, which appear in part of the
PLS2-STAT data, configure the TI:
[0475] DP_TI_TYPE (allowed values: 0 or 1): Represents the TI mode;
`0` indicates the mode with multiple TI blocks (more than one TI
block) per TI group. In this case, one TI group is directly mapped
to one frame (no inter-frame interleaving). `1` indicates the mode
with only one TI block per TI group. In this case, the TI block may
be spread over more than one frame (inter-frame interleaving).
[0476] DP_TI_LENGTH: If DP_TI_TYPE=`0`, this parameter is the
number of TI blocks NTI per TI group. For DP_TI_TYPE=`1`, this
parameter is the number of frames PI spread from one TI group.
[0477] DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX (allowed values: 0 to 1023): Represents the
maximum number of XFECBLOCKs per TI group.
[0478] DP_FRAME_INTERVAL (allowed values: 1, 2, 4, 8): Represents
the number of the frames IJUMP between two successive frames
carrying the same DP of a given PHY profile.
[0479] DP_TI_BYPASS (allowed values: 0 or 1): If time interleaving
is not used for a DP, this parameter is set to `1`. It is set to
`0` if time interleaving is used.
[0480] Additionally, the parameter DP_NUM_BLOCK from the PLS2-DYN
data is used to represent the number of XFECBLOCKs carried by one
TI group of the DP.
[0481] When time interleaving is not used for a DP, the following
TI group, time interleaving operation, and TI mode are not
considered. However, the Delay Compensation block for the dynamic
configuration information from the scheduler will still be
required. In each DP, the XFECBLOCKs received from the SSD/MIMO
encoding are grouped into TI groups. That is, each TI group is a
set of an integer number of XFECBLOCKs and will contain a
dynamically variable number of XFECBLOCKs. The number of XFECBLOCKs
in the TI group of index n is denoted by NxBLOCK_Group(n) and is
signaled as DP_NUM_BLOCK in the PLS2-DYN data. Note that
NxBLOCK_Group(n) may vary from the minimum value of 0 to the
maximum value NxBLOCK_Group_MAX (corresponding to DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX)
of which the largest value is 1023.
[0482] Each TI group is either mapped directly onto one frame or
spread over PI frames. Each TI group is also divided into more than
one TI blocks(NTI), where each TI block corresponds to one usage of
time interleaver memory. The TI blocks within the TI group may
contain slightly different numbers of XFECBLOCKs. If the TI group
is divided into multiple TI blocks, it is directly mapped to only
one frame. There are three options for time interleaving (except
the extra option of skipping the time interleaving) as shown in the
below table 33.
TABLE-US-00033 TABLE 33 Modes Descriptions Option-1 Each TI group
contains one TI block and is mapped directly to one frame as shown
in (a). This option is signaled in the PLS2-STAT by DP_TI_TYPE =
`0` and DP_TI_LENGTH = `1` (NTI = 1). Option-2 Each TI group
contains one TI block and is mapped to more than one frame. (b)
shows an example, where one TI group is mapped to two frames, i.e.,
DP_TI_LENGTH = `2` (PI = 2) and DP_FRAME_INTERVAL (IJUMP = 2). This
provides greater time diversity for low data-rate services. This
option is signaled in the PLS2-STAT by DP_TI_TYPE = `1`. Option-3
Each TI group is divided into multiple TI blocks and is mapped
directly to one frame as shown in (c). Each TI block may use full
TI memory, so as to provide the maximum bit-rate for a DP. This
option is signaled in the PLS2-STAT signaling by DP_TI_ TYPE = `0`
and DP_TI_LENGTH = NTI, while PI = 1.
[0483] In each DP, the TI memory stores the input XFECBLOCKs
(output XFECBLOCKs from the SSD/MIMO encoding block). Assume that
input XFECBLOCKs are defined as
(d.sub.n,s,0,0, d.sub.n,s,0,1, . . . , d.sub.n,s,0,N cells-1,
d.sub.n,s,1,Ncells-1, . . . , d.sub.n,s,N
x.sub.BLOCK_TI.sub.(n,s)-1,0, . . . , d.sub.n,s,N
x.sub.BLOCK_TI.sub.(n,s)-1,Ncells-1),
where d.sub.n,s,r,q is the qth cell of the rth XFECBLOCK in the sth
TI block of the nth TI group and represents the outputs of SSD and
MIMO encodings as follows
d n , s , r , q = { f n , s , r , q , theoutputofSSD .times.
.times. .times. .times. encoding g n , s , r , q ,
theoutputofMIMOencoding . ##EQU00003##
[0484] In addition, assume that output XFECBLOCKs from the time
interleaver 5050 are defined as
(h.sub.n,s,0, h.sub.n,s,1, . . . , h.sub.n,s,i, . . . , h.sub.n,s,N
x.sub.BLOCK_TI.sub.(n,s).times.N cells-1),
where h.sub.n,s,i is the ith output cell (for i=0, . . . ,
N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n, s).times.N.sub.cells-1) in the sth TI block of
the nth TI group.
[0485] Typically, the time interleaver will also act as a buffer
for DP data prior to the process of frame building. This is
achieved by means of two memory banks for each DP. The first
TI-block is written to the first bank. The second TI-block is
written to the second bank while the first bank is being read from
and so on.
[0486] The TI is a twisted row-column block interleaver. For the
sth TI block of the nth TI group, the number of rows N.sub.r of a
TI memory is equal to the number of cells N.sub.cells, i.e.,
N.sub.r=N.sub.cells while the number of columns N.sub.c is equal to
the number N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n, s).
[0487] FIG. 26 illustrates the basic operation of a twisted
row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0488] FIG. 26(a) shows a writing operation in the time interleaver
and FIG. 26(b) shows a reading operation in the time interleaver
The first XFECBLOCK is written column-wise into the first column of
the TI memory, and the second XFECBLOCK is written into the next
column, and so on as shown in (a). Then, in the interleaving array,
cells are read out diagonal-wise. During diagonal-wise reading from
the first row (rightwards along the row beginning with the
left-most column) to the last row, N.sub.r cells are read out as
shown in (b). In detail, assuming z.sub.n,s i (i=0, . . . , N.sub.r
N.sub.c) as the TI memory cell position to be read sequentially,
the reading process in such an interleaving array is performed by
calculating the row index R.sub.n,s,i, the column index
C.sub.n,s,i, and the associated twisting parameter T.sub.n,s,i as
follows expression.
GENERATE .function. ( R n , s , i , C n , s , i ) = .times. {
.times. R n , s , i = mod .function. ( i , N r ) , .times. T n , s
, i = mod .function. ( S shift .times. S n , s , i , S c ) .times.
.times. C n , s , i = mod .function. ( T n , s , i + i N t , N c )
.times. } [ Math .times. .times. FIG . .times. 9 ] ##EQU00004##
[0489] where S.sub.shift is a common shift value for the
diagonal-wise reading process regardless of N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n, s),
and it is determined by N.sub.xBlock_TI_MAX given in the PLS2-STAT
as follows expression.
.times. [ Math .times. .times. FIG . .times. 10 ] ##EQU00005## for
.times. { N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI .times. _ .times. MAX ' = N
xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI .times. _ .times. MAX + 1 , if .times.
.times. N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI .times. _ .times. MAX .times.
.times. mod .times. .times. 2 = 0 N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI
.times. _ .times. MAX ' = N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI .times. _
.times. MAX , if .times. .times. N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI
.times. _ .times. MAX .times. .times. mod .times. .times. 2 = 1 '
.times. .times. .times. S shift = N xBLOCK .times. _ .times. TI
.times. _ .times. MAX ' - 1 2 ##EQU00005.2##
[0490] As a result, the cell positions to be read are calculated by
a coordinate as z.sub.n,si=N.sub.r C.sub.n,s,i+R.sub.n,s,i.
[0491] FIG. 27 illustrates an operation of a twisted row-column
block interleaver according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0492] More specifically, FIG. 27 illustrates the interleaving
array in the TI memory for each TI group, including virtual
XFECBLOCKs when N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (0, 0)=3, N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (1,0)=6,
N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (2, 0)=5.
[0493] The variable number N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (n, s)=N.sub.r will be
less than or equal to N'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX. Thus, in order to
achieve a single-memory deinterleaving at the receiver side,
regardless of N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (n, s), the interleaving array for
use in a twisted row-column block interleaver is set to the size of
N.sub.r.times.N.sub.c=N.sub.cells.times.N'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX by
inserting the virtual XFECBLOCKs into the TI memory and the reading
process is accomplished as follow expression.
TABLE-US-00034 Math FIG. 11 p=0; for i=0; i<N.sub.cells
N'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX ; i=i+1 {GENERATE (R.sub.n,s,i , C.sub.n,s,i )
; V.sub.i =N.sub.r C.sub.n,s,j +R.sub.n,s,i if V.sub.i
<N.sub.cells N.sub.xBLOCK_TI (n, s) { Z.sub.n,s,p = V.sub.i
;p=p+1; } }
[0494] The number of TI groups is set to 3. The option of time
interleaver is signaled in the PLS2-STAT data by DP_TI_TYPE=`0`,
DP_FRAME_INTERVAL=`1`, and DP_TI_LENGTH=`1`, i.e., NTI=1, IJUMP=1,
and PI=1. The number of XFECBLOCKs, each of which has Ncells=30
cells, per TI group is signaled in the PLS2-DYN data by
NxBLOCK_TI(0,0)=3, NxBLOCK_TI(1,0)=6, and NxBLOCK_TI(2,0)=5,
respectively. The maximum number of XFECBLOCK is signaled in the
PLS2-STAT data by NxBLOCK_Group_MAX, which leads to .left
brkt-bot.N.sub.xBLOCK_Group_MAX/N.sub.TI.right
brkt-bot.=N.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX=6.
[0495] FIG. 28 illustrates a diagonal-wise reading pattern of a
twisted row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0496] More specifically FIG. 28 shows a diagonal-wise reading
pattern from each interleaving array with parameters of
N'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX=7 and Sshift=(7-1)/2=3. Note that in the
reading process shown as pseudocode above, if
V.sub.i.gtoreq.N.sub.cells N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n, s), the value of Vi
is skipped and the next calculated value of Vi is used.
[0497] FIG. 29 illustrates interleaved XFECBLOCKs from each
interleaving array according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0498] FIG. 29 illustrates the interleaved XFECBLOCKs from each
interleaving array with parameters of N'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX=7 and
Sshift=3.
[0499] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that
various modifications and variations can be made in the present
invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the
inventions. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers
the modifications and variations of this invention provided they
come within the scope of the appended claims and their
equivalents.
[0500] Both apparatus and method inventions are mentioned in this
specification and descriptions of both of the apparatus and method
inventions may be complementarily applicable to each other.
[0501] FIG. 30 is a view of a protocol stack for supporting a
broadcast service according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0502] The broadcast service may provide adjunct services, for
example, audio/video (A/V) data and HTML5 application, interactive
service, ACR service, second screen service, and personalization
service.
[0503] Such a broadcast service may be transmitted through a
physical layer (i.e., broadcast signal) such as terrestrial wave
and a cable satellite. Additionally, a broadcast service according
to an embodiment of the present invention may be transmitted
through an internet communication network (e.g., broadband).
[0504] When the broadcast service is transmitted through a physical
layer, i.e., a broadcast signal such as terrestrial wave and a
cable satellite, a broadcast reception device may extract an
encapsulated MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) and an encapsulated IP
datagram by demodulating the broadcast signal. The broadcast
reception device may extract a user datagram protocol (UDP)
datagram from the IP datagram. At this point, the signaling
information may be in XML format. The broadcast reception device
may extract signaling information from the UDP datagram.
Additionally, the broadcast reception device may extract an
Asynchronous Layered Coding/Layered Coding Transport (ALC/LCT)
packet from the UDP datagram. The broadcast reception device may
extract a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE)
packet from the ALC/LCT packet. At this point, the FLUTE packet may
include real-time audio/video/closed caption data, Non-Real Time
(NRT) data and Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data. Additionally,
the broadcast reception device may extract a Real-time Transport
Protocol (RTP) packet and an RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packet
from the UDP datagram. The broadcast reception device may extract
A/V data and enhanced data from the RTP/RTCP packet. At this point,
at least one of NRT data, A/V data, and enhanced data may be in ISO
Base Media File Format (ISO BMFF). Additionally, the broadcast
reception device may extract signaling information such as NRT
data, A/V data, and PSI/PSIP from an MPEG-2 TS packet or an IP
packet. At this point signaling information in XML or binary
format.
[0505] When the broadcast service is transmitted through an
internet communication network (e.g., broadband), the broadcast
reception device may receive an IP packet from the internet
communication network. The broadcast reception device may extract a
TCP packet from the IP packet. The broadcast reception device may
extract an HTTP packet from the TCP packet. The broadcast reception
device may extract A/V data, enhanced data, and signaling
information from the HTTP packet. At this point, at least one of
A/V and enhanced data may be in ISO BMFF format. Additionally, the
signaling information may in XML format.
[0506] A detailed transmission frame and transport packet
transmitting broadcast service will be described with reference to
FIGS. 31 to 34.
[0507] FIG. 31 is a view illustrating a broadcast transmission
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0508] According to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast
transmission frame includes a P1 part, an L1 part, a common PLP
part, an interleaved PLP part (e.g., a scheduled & interleaved
PLP's part), and an auxiliary data part.
[0509] According to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast
transmission device transmits information on transport signal
detection through the P1 part of the transmission frame.
Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may transmit
turning information on broadcast signal tuning through the P1
part.
[0510] According to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast
transmission device transmits a configuration of the broadcast
transmission frame and characteristics of each PLP through the L1
part. At this point, the broadcast reception device 100 decodes the
L1 part on the basis of the P1 part to obtain the configuration of
the broadcast transmission frame and the characteristics of each
PLP.
[0511] According to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast
transmission device may transmit information commonly applied to
PLPs through the common PLP part. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast transmission
frame may not include the common PLP part.
[0512] According to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast
transmission device transmits a plurality of components included in
broadcast service through an interleaved PLP part. At this point,
the interleaved PLP part includes a plurality of PLPs.
[0513] Moreover, according to the embodiment of FIG. 31, the
broadcast transmission device may signal to which PLP components
configuring each broadcast service are transmitted through an L1
part or a common PLP part. However, the broadcast reception device
100 decodes all of a plurality of PLPs of an interleaved PLP part
in order to obtain specific broadcast service information on
broadcast service scan.
[0514] Unlike the embodiment of FIG. 31, the broadcast transmission
device may transmit a broadcast transmission frame including a
broadcast service transmitted through a broadcast transmission
frame and an additional part that includes information on a
component included in the broadcast service. At this point, the
broadcast reception device 100 may instantly obtain information on
the broadcast service and the components therein through the
additional part. This will be described with reference to FIG.
32.
[0515] FIG. 32 is a view of a broadcast transmission frame
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0516] According to the embodiment of FIG. 32, the broadcast
transmission frame includes a P1 part, an L1 part, a fast
information channel (FIC) part, an interleaved PLP part (e.g., a
scheduled & interleaved PLP's part), and an auxiliary data
part.
[0517] Except the FIC part, other parts are identical to those of
FIG. 31.
[0518] The broadcast transmission device transmits fast information
through the FIC part. The fast information may include
configuration information of a broadcast stream transmitted through
a transmission frame, simple broadcast service information, and
service signaling relating to a corresponding service/component.
The broadcast reception device 100 may scan broadcast service on
the basis of the FIC part. In more detail, the broadcast reception
device 100 may extract information on broadcast service from the
FIC part.
[0519] FIG. 33 is a view illustrating a structure of a transport
packet transmitting a broadcast service according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0520] In the embodiment of FIG. 33, a transport packet
transmitting a broadcast service includes a Network Protocol field,
an Error Indicator field, a Stuffing Indicator field, a Pointer
field, a Stuffing bytes field, and payload data.
[0521] The Network Protocol field represents the type of a network
protocol. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, a value of the Network Protocol field may represent the
IPv4 protocol or a frame packet type. In more detail, as shown in
the embodiment of FIG. 34, when a value of the Network Protocol
field is 000, it may represent the IPv4 protocol. In more detail,
as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 34, when a value of the Network
Protocol field is 111, it may represent a frame_packet_type
protocol. At this point, framed_packet_type may be a protocol
defined by ATSC A/153. In more detail, framed_packet_type may
represent a network packet protocol not including a field
representing information on the length. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the Network Protocol may be a
3-bit field.
[0522] The Error Indicator field represents that an error is
detected from a corresponding transport packet. In more detail, if
a value of the Error Indicator field is 0, it represents that no
error is detected from a corresponding packet and if a value of the
Error Indicator field is 1, it represents that an error is detected
from a corresponding packet According to a specific embodiment of
the present invention, the Error Indicator field may be a 1-bit
field.
[0523] The Stuffing Indicator field represents whether stuffing
bytes are included in a corresponding transport packet. At this
point, the stuffing bytes represent data included in a payload to
maintain the length of a fixed packet. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, when a value of the Stuffing
Indicator field is 1, a transport packet includes a stuffing byte
and when a value of the Stuffing Indicator field is 0, a transport
packet includes no stuffing byte According to a specific embodiment
of the present invention, the Stuffing Indicator field may be a
1-bit field.
[0524] The Pointer field represents a start point of a new network
packet in a payload part of a corresponding transport packet.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, when a
value of the Pointer field is 0x7FF, it may represent that there is
no start point of a new network packet. Additionally, according to
a specific embodiment of the present invention, when a value of the
Pointer field is not 0x7FF, it may represent an offset value from
the last part of a transport packet header to the start point of a
new network packet. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the Pointer field may be an 11-bit field.
[0525] The Stuffing Bytes field represents a stuffing byte filling
between the header and the payload data to maintain a fixed packet
length.
[0526] A configuration of a broadcast reception device for
receiving broadcast service will be described with reference to
34.
[0527] FIG. 35 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0528] The broadcast reception device 100 of FIG. 35 includes a
broadcast reception unit 110, an internet protocol (IP)
communication unit 130, and a control unit 150.
[0529] The broadcast reception unit 110 includes a channel
synchronizer 111, a channel equalizer 113, and a channel decoder
115.
[0530] The channel synchronizer 111 synchronizes a symbol frequency
with a timing in order for decoding in a baseband where a broadcast
signal is received.
[0531] The channel equalizer 113 corrects the distortion of a
synchronized broadcast signal. In more detail, the channel
equalizer 113 corrects the distortion of a synchronized signal due
to multipath and Doppler effects.
[0532] The channel decoder 115 decodes a distortion corrected
broadcast signal. In more detail, the channel decoder 115 extracts
a transmission frame from the distortion corrected broadcast
signal. At this point, the channel decoder 115 may perform forward
error correction (FEC).
[0533] The IP communication unit 130 receives and transmits data
through internet network.
[0534] The control unit 150 includes a signaling decoder 151, a
transport packet interface 153, a broadband packet interface 155, a
baseband operation control unit 157, a common protocol stack 159, a
service map database 161, a service signaling channel processing
buffer and parser 163, an A/V processor 165, a broadcast service
guide processor 167, an application processor 169, and a service
guide database 171.
[0535] The signaling decoder 151 decodes signaling information of a
broadcast signal.
[0536] The transport packet interface 153 extracts a transport
packet from a broadcast signal. At this point, the transport packet
interface 153 may extract data such as signaling information or IP
datagram from the extracted transport packet.
[0537] The broadcast packet interface 155 extracts an IP packet
from data received from internet network. At this point, the
broadcast packet interface 155 may extract signaling data or IP
datagram from the IP packet.
[0538] The baseband operation control unit 157 controls an
operation relating to receiving broadcast information from a
baseband.
[0539] The common protocol stack 159 extracts audio or video from a
transport packet.
[0540] The A/V processor 547 processes audio or video.
[0541] The service signaling channel processing buffer and parser
163 parses and buffers signaling information that signals broadcast
service. In more detail, the service signaling channel processing
buffer and parser 163 parses and buffers signaling information that
signals broadcast service from the IP datagram.
[0542] The service map database 165 stores a broadcast service list
including information on broadcast services.
[0543] The service guide processor 167 processes terrestrial
broadcast service guide data guiding programs of terrestrial
broadcast service.
[0544] The application processor 169 extracts and processes
application related information from a broadcast signal.
[0545] The serviced guide database 171 stores program information
of a broadcast service.
[0546] FIG. 36 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast reception device according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
[0547] FIG. 36 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast reception device according to another embodiment of the
present invention.
[0548] In an embodiment of FIG. 36, the broadcast reception device
100 of FIG. 36 includes a broadcast reception unit 110, an internet
protocol (IP) communication unit 130, and a control unit 150.
[0549] The broadcast reception unit 110 may include one or more
processors, one or more circuits, and one or more hardware modules,
which perform each of a plurality of functions that the broadcast
reception unit 110 performs. In more detail, the broadcast
reception unit 110 may be a System On Chip (SOC) in which several
semiconductor parts are integrated into one. At this point, the SOC
may be semiconductor in which various multimedia components such as
graphics, audio, video, and modem and a semiconductor such as a
processor and D-RAM are integrated into one. The broadcast
reception unit 110 may include a physical layer module 119 and a
physical layer IP frame module 117. The physical layer module 119
receives and processes a broadcast related signal through a
broadcast channel of a broadcast network. The physical layer IP
frame module 117 converts a data packet such as an IP datagram
obtained from the physical layer module 119 into a specific frame.
For example, the physical layer module 119 may convert an IP
datagram into an RS Frame or GSE.
[0550] The IP communication unit 130 may include one or more
processors, one or more circuits, and one or more hardware modules,
which perform each of a plurality of functions that the IP
communication unit 130 performs. In more detail, the IP
communication unit 130 may be a System On Chip (SOC) in which
several semiconductor parts are integrated into one. At this point,
the SOC may be semiconductor in which various multimedia components
such as graphics, audio, video, and modem and a semiconductor such
as a processor and D-RAM are integrated into one. The IP
communication unit 130 may include an internet access control
module 131. The internet access control module 131 may control an
operation of the broadcast reception device 100 to obtain at least
one of service, content, and signaling data through an internet
communication network (for example, broad band).
[0551] The control unit 150 may include one or more processors, one
or more circuits, and one or more hardware modules, which perform
each of a plurality of functions that the control unit 150
performs. In more detail, the control unit 150 may be a System On
Chip (SOC) in which several semiconductor parts are integrated into
one. At this point, the SOC may be semiconductor in which various
multimedia components such as graphics, audio, video, and modem and
a semiconductor such as a processor and D-RAM are integrated into
one. The control unit 150 may include at least one of a signaling
decoder 151, a service map database 161, a service signaling
channel parser 163, an application signaling parser 166, an alert
signaling parser 168, a targeting signaling parser 170, a targeting
processor 173, an A/V processor 161, an alerting processor 162, an
application processor 169, a scheduled streaming decoder 181, a
file decoder 182, a user request streaming decoder 183, a file
database 184, a component synchronization unit 185, a
service/content acquisition control unit 187, a redistribution
module 189, a device manager 193, and a data sharing unit 191.
[0552] The service/content acquisition control unit 187 controls
operations of a receiver to obtain services or contents through a
broadcast network or an internet communication network and
signaling data relating to services or contents.
[0553] The signaling decoder 151 decodes signaling information.
[0554] The service signaling parser 163 parses service signaling
information.
[0555] The application signaling parser 166 extracts and parses
service related signaling information. At this point, the service
related signaling information may be service scan related signaling
information. Additionally, the service related signaling
information may be signaling information relating to contents
provided through a service.
[0556] The alert signaling parser 168 extracts and parses alerting
related signaling information.
[0557] The target signaling parser 170 extracts and parses
information for personalizing services or contents or information
for signaling targeting information.
[0558] The targeting processor 173 processes information for
personalizing services or contents.
[0559] The alerting processor 162 processes alerting related
signaling information.
[0560] The application processor 169 controls application related
information and the execution of an application. In more detail,
the application processor 169 processes a state of a downloaded
application and a display parameter.
[0561] The A/V processor 161 processes an A/V rendering related
operation on the basis of decoded audio or video and application
data.
[0562] The scheduled streaming decoder 181 decodes a scheduled
streaming that is a content streamed according to a schedule
defined by a contents provider such as broadcaster.
[0563] The file decoder 182 decodes a downloaded file. Especially,
the file decoder 182 decodes a file downloaded through an internet
communication network.
[0564] The user request streaming decoder 183 decodes a content
(for example, On Demand Content) provided by a user request.
[0565] The file database 184 stores files. In more detail, the file
database 184 may store a file downloaded through an internet
communication network.
[0566] The component synchronization unit 185 synchronizes contents
or services. In more detail, the component synchronization unit 185
synchronizes a presentation time of a content obtained through at
least one of the scheduled streaming decoder 181, the file decoder
182, and the user request streaming decoder 183.
[0567] The service/content acquisition control unit 187 controls
operations of a receiver to obtain services, contents or signaling
information relating to services or contents.
[0568] When services or contents are not received through a
broadcast network, the redistribution module 189 performs
operations to support obtaining at least one of services, contents,
service related information, and content related information. In
more detail, the redistribution module 189 may request at least one
of services, contents, service related information, and content
related information from the external management device 300. At
this point, the external management device 300 may be a content
server.
[0569] The device manager 193 manages an interoperable external
device. In more detail, the device manager 193 may perform at least
one of the addition, deletion, and update of an external device.
Additionally, an external device may perform connection and data
exchange with the broadcast reception device 100.
[0570] The data sharing unit 191 performs a data transmission
operation between the broadcast reception device 100 and an
external device and processes exchange related information. In more
detail, the data sharing unit 191 may transmit AV data or signaling
information to an external device. Additionally, the data sharing
unit 191 may receive AV data or signaling information from an
external device.
[0571] FIG. 37 is a view that a broadcast service signaling table
and broadcast service transmission path signaling information
signal broadcast service and a broadcast service transmission
path.
[0572] The broadcast service signaling table may signal broadcast
service information. In more detail, the broadcast service
signaling table may signal a media component that broadcast service
includes. Additionally, the broadcast service signaling table may
signal broadcast service and a transmission path of a media
component that the broadcast service includes. For this, the
broadcast service signaling table may include broadcast service
transmission path signaling information. In the embodiment of FIG.
37, the broadcast service signaling table includes information on a
plurality of broadcast services. At this point, the broadcast
service signaling table includes media component signaling
information signaling a plurality of media components respectively
included in a plurality of broadcast services. Especially, the
broadcast service signaling table includes broadcast service
transmission path signaling information signaling transmission
paths of a plurality of media components. For example, it is shown
that the broadcast reception device 100 may transmit Video 1 in
Service 0 through PLP 0 according to the signaling table.
Additionally, it is shown that the broadcast reception device 100
may transmit Audio 1 in Service N through internet network
according to the signaling table. At this point, the PLP is a
series of logical data delivery paths identifiable on a physical
layer. The PLP may be also referred to as a data pipe.
[0573] A broadcast service signaling table will be described with
reference to FIGS. 38 to 43.
[0574] FIG. 38 is a view illustrating a broadcast service signaling
table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0575] The broadcast service signaling table may include at least
one of broadcast service identification information, information
representing the current state of a broadcast service, the name of
a broadcast service, information representing whether a protection
algorithm for broadcast service is applied, category information of
a broadcast service, and media component signaling information
signaling a media component that a broadcast service includes. The
media component signaling information signaling a media component
that the broadcast service includes may include information
representing whether each media component is essential to a
corresponding broadcast service. Additionally, the media component
signaling information signaling a media component that the
broadcast service includes may include information relating to each
component.
[0576] In more detail, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 38, the
broadcast service signaling table may include at least one of a
table_id field, section_syntax_indicator field, a private_indicator
field, a section_length field, a table_id_extension field, a
version_number field, a current_next_indicator field, a
section_number field, a last_section_numberr field, a num_services
field, a service_id field, a service_status field, an SP_indicator
field, a short_service_name_length field, a short_service_name
field, a channel_number field, a service_category field, a
num_components field, an essential_component_indicator field, a
num_component_level_descriptor field, a component_level_descriptor
field, a num_service_level_descriptors field, and a
service_level_descriptor field.
[0577] The table_id field represents an identifier of a broadcast
service signaling information table. At this point, a value of the
table_id field may be one of reserved id values defined in ATSC
A/65. According to a specific embodiment of the present invention,
the table_id field may be an 8-bit field.
[0578] The section_syntax_indicator field represents whether the
broadcast service signaling information table is a private section
table in a long format of MPEG-2 TS standard. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the
section_syntax_indicator field may be a 1-bit field.
[0579] The private_indicator field represents whether a current
table corresponds to a private section. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the private_indicator field
may be a 1-bit field.
[0580] The section_length field represents the length of a section
after the section_length field. According to a specific embodiment
of the present invention, the section_length field may be a 12-bit
field.
[0581] The table_id_extension field represents a value for
identifying a broadcast service signaling information table in
combination with the table_id field. Especially, the table_id field
may include a SMT_protocol version field representing a protocol
version of a service signaling information table. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the
SMT_protocol_version field may be an 8-bit field.
[0582] The version_number field represents a version of a service
signaling table. The broadcast reception device 100 may determine
the availability of a service signaling information table on the
basis of a value of the version_number field. In more detail, when
a value of the version_number field is identical to a version of a
previously received service signaling table, the information of the
service signaling table may not be used. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the version_number field may
be a 5-bit field.
[0583] The current_next_indicator field represents whether
information of a broadcast service signaling table is currently
available. In more detail, when a value of the
current_next_indicator field is 1, it may represent that the
information of the broadcast service signaling table is available.
Moreover, when a value of the current_next_indicator field is 1, it
may represent that the information of the broadcast service
signaling table is available next time. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the current_next_indicator
field may be a 1-bit field.
[0584] The section_number field represents a current section
number. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the section_number field may be an 8-bit field.
[0585] The last_section_number field represents the last section
number. When the size of a broadcast service signaling table is
large, it may be divided into a plurality of sections and then
transmitted. At this point, the broadcast reception device 100
determines whether all sections necessary for a broadcast service
signaling table are received on the basis of the section_number
field and the last_section_number field. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the last_section_number field
may be an 8-bit field.
[0586] The service_id field represents a service identifier for
identifying a broadcast service. According to a specific embodiment
of the present invention, the service_id field may be a 16-bit
field.
[0587] The service_status field represents the current state of a
broadcast service. In more detail, it may represent whether the
broadcast service is available currently. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, when a value of the
service_status field is 1, it may represent that the broadcast
service is available currently. According to a specific embodiment
of the present invention, the broadcast reception device 100 may
determine whether to display a corresponding broadcast service in a
broadcast service list and a broadcast service guide on the basis
of a value of the service_status field. For example, when a
corresponding broadcast service is unavailable, the broadcast
reception device 100 may not display the corresponding broadcast
service in a broadcast service list and a broadcast service guide.
According to another specific embodiment of the present invention,
the broadcast reception device 100 may limit an access to a
corresponding broadcast service on the basis of a value of the
service_status field. For example, when a corresponding broadcast
service is unavailable, the broadcast reception device 100 may
limit an access to a corresponding broadcast service through a
channel up/down key. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the service_status field may be a 2-bit
field.
[0588] The SP_indicator field may represent whether service
protection is applied to at least one component in a corresponding
broadcast service. For example, when a value of SP_indicator is 1,
it may represent that service protection is applied to at least one
component in a corresponding broadcast service. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the SP_indicator
field may be a 1-bit field.
[0589] The short_service_name_length field represents the size of
the short_service_name field.
[0590] The short_service_name field represents the name of a
broadcast service. In more detail, the short_service_name field may
be displayed by summarizing the name of a broadcast service.
[0591] The channel_number field displays a virtual channel number
of a corresponding broadcast service.
[0592] The service_category field represents a category of a
broadcast service. In more detail, the service_category field may
represent at least one of TV service, radio service, broadcast
service guide, RI service, and emergency alerting. For example, as
shown in the embodiment of FIG. 38, in the case that a value of the
service_category field is 0x01, it represents TV service. In the
case that a value of the service_category field is 0x02, it
represents radio service. In the case that a value of the
service_category field is 0x03, it represents RI service. In the
case that a value of the service_category field is 0x08, it
represents service guide. In the case that a value of the
service_category field is 0x09, it represents emergency alerting.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
service_category field may be a 6-bit field.
[0593] The num_component field represents the number of media
components that a corresponding broadcast service includes.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
num_component field may be a 5-bit field.
[0594] The essential_component_indicator field represents whether a
corresponding media component is an essential media component
essential to a corresponding broadcast service presentation.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
essential_component_indicator field may be a 1-bit field.
[0595] The num_component_level_descriptor field represents the
number of component_level_descriptor fields. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the
num_component_level descriptor field may be a 4-bit field.
[0596] The component_level_descriptor field includes an additional
property for a corresponding component.
[0597] The num_service_level_descriptors field represents the
number of service_level_descriptor fields. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the
num_service_level_descriptors field may be a 4-bit field.
[0598] The service_level_descriptor field includes an additional
property for a corresponding service.
[0599] The service signaling table may further include information
on ensemble. When the same Forward Error Correction (FEC) is
applied to at least one service and transmitted, the ensemble
represents a collection of the at least one service. This will be
described in more detail with reference to FIG. 49.
[0600] FIG. 40 is a view of a broadcast service signaling table
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0601] In more detail, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 40, the
broadcast service signaling table may further include a
num_ensemble_level_descriptors field and an
ensemble_level_descriptor field.
[0602] The num_ensemble_level_descriptors field represents the
number of ensemble_level_descriptor fields. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the
num_ensemble_level_descriptors field may be a 4-bit field.
[0603] The ensemble_level_descriptor field includes an additional
property for a corresponding ensemble.
[0604] Additionally, the service signaling table may further
include stream identifier information for identifying a media
component. This will be described in more detail with reference to
FIG. 41.
[0605] FIG. 41 is a view of a stream identifier descriptor
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[0606] The stream identifier information includes at least one of a
descriptor_tag field, a descriptor_length field, and a
component_tag field.
[0607] The descriptor_tag field represents a descriptor including
stream identifier information. According to a specific embodiment
of the present invention, the descriptor_tag field may be an 8-bit
field.
[0608] The descriptor_length field represents the length of stream
identifier information after a corresponding field. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the descriptor_length
field may be an 8-bit field.
[0609] The component_tag field represents a media component
identifier for identifying a media component. At this point, the
media component identifier may have a different unique value than a
media component identifier of another media component on a
corresponding signaling information table. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the component_tag field may be
an 8-bit field.
[0610] An operation for transmitting/receiving a broadcast service
signaling table will be described with reference to FIGS. 42 and
46.
[0611] The above broadcast service table is described as in a
bitstream format but according to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, a broadcast service table may be in an XML
format.
[0612] FIG. 42 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
transmission device transmits a broadcast service signaling table
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0613] The broadcast transmission device may include a transmission
unit for transmitting a broadcast signals and a control unit for
controlling operations of the broadcast transmission unit. A
transmission unit may include one or more processors, one or more
circuits, and one or more hardware modules, which perform each of a
plurality of functions that the transmission unit performs. In more
detail, the transmission unit may be a System On Chip (SOC) in
which several semiconductor parts are integrated into one. At this
point, the SOC may be semiconductor in which various multimedia
components such as graphics, audio, video, and modem and a
semiconductor such as a processor and D-RAM are integrated into
one. The control unit may include one or more processors, one or
more circuits, and one or more hardware modules, which perform each
of a plurality of functions that the control unit performs. In more
detail, the control unit may be a System On Chip (SOC) in which
several semiconductor parts are integrated into one. At this point,
the SOC may be semiconductor in which various multimedia components
such as graphics, audio, video, and modem and a semiconductor such
as a processor and D-RAM are integrated into one.
[0614] The broadcast transmission device obtains data to be
contained in a transport packet and transmitted through the control
unit in operation S101. The data that the broadcast transmission
device transmits may be real-time content or metadata relating to
real-time content. In more detail, real-time content may be a
broadcast A/V content transmitted through a terrestrial broadcast
network or enhancement data relating to broadcast AV content.
[0615] The broadcast transmission device determines whether data
obtained through the control unit exceeds the size that a transport
packet for data transmission contains in operation S103. In more
detail, a transport packet that the broadcast transmission device
is to use may be based on a protocol using a fixed packet length.
At this point, when data to be transmitted exceeds the size that a
packet covers, it is difficult to transmit data smoothly.
Additionally, when data to be transmitted is very smaller than a
packet, it is inefficient to transmit only a small size of one data
in one packet. Accordingly, in order to overcome the inefficiency,
the broadcast transmission device compares the sizes of a transport
packet and data through the control unit.
[0616] If it is determined that a transport packet cannot contain
the size of data that the broadcast transmission device is to
transmit, the broadcast transmission device segments data to be
transmitted through the control unit in operation S107. The
segmented data may be divided in a plurality of transport packets
and then transmitted. Then, the plurality of transport packets may
additionally include information for identifying the segmented
data. According to another embodiment, the information for
identifying segmented data may be transmitted through additional
datagram instead of a transport packet.
[0617] The broadcast transmission device packetizes data having a
smaller size than segmented data or a transport packet through the
control unit in operation S109. In more detail, the broadcast
transmission device processes data to be in a delivery from. The
processed broadcast packet may include a packet header and packet
payload. Additionally, the packet payload may include data and the
header of a payload. Herein, besides the packet header, the payload
header is a field for signaling payload data in the packet payload.
Additionally, the packet payload including segmented data may
include a segmented data header in addition to the header of a
payload. Herein, besides the payload header, the segmented data
header is a field for signaling payload data in the packet
payload.
[0618] According to an embodiment, the broadcast transmission
device may packetize one data in one packet. According to another
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may packetize a
plurality of data in one packet. According to another embodiment,
the broadcast transmission device may segment and packetize one
data in a plurality of packets.
[0619] As mentioned above, according to the size of data or the
length of a packet, a packetized transport packet may vary.
Therefore, it is necessary for the broadcast transmission device to
transmit different transport packets in distinguishable forms.
According to an embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may
packetize data by including information representing the form of a
packet in the payload header of a transport packet through the
control unit. According to another embodiment, when it is difficult
to distinguish data to be transmitted only with information in the
payload header, the control unit of the broadcast transmission
device may packetize data by additionally including information for
identifying the type of a transport packet.
[0620] The broadcast transmission device transmits the packetized
broadcast packet through the transmission unit in operation S1111.
According to an embodiment, a broadcast packet may be transmitted
through a terrestrial broadcast network. According to another
embodiment, a broadcast packet may be transmitted through an
internet network.
[0621] FIG. 43 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
reception device receives a packetized broadcast packet according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0622] The broadcast reception device 100 receives a packetized
transport packet through the broadcast reception unit 110 in
operation S201.
[0623] The broadcast reception device 100 extracts a payload header
from the received transport packet through the control unit 150 in
operation S203. The control unit 150 may obtain payload data
including data and a payload header signaling the payload data from
the payload of the transport packet. In more detail, the control
unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100 may extract
additional information for providing at least one of a broadcast
content in the packet payload and an enhancement content relating
to the broadcast content, from the received transport packet.
[0624] According to an embodiment, the control unit 150 of the
broadcast reception device 100 may extract at least one of payload
error determination information, payload priority information, and
payload type information from the payload header. In more detail,
the payload error determination information represents whether
there is an error in the payload in a broadcast packet or whether a
corresponding payload includes a content violating a predetermined
syntax.
[0625] Additionally, the priority information represents a priority
of data in the payload. Additionally, the priority information
represents property information of data in the payload. For
example, in the case of a payload including signaling information
of file format media data, the priority information of a
corresponding packet is set to the highest priority.
[0626] Additionally, the payload type information represents the
type of a packet payload including payload data. For example, the
payload type information may represent whether the broadcast
transmission device packetizes one data in one packet payload or
divides and packetizes one data in a plurality of packet
payloads.
[0627] The broadcast reception device 100 determines whether data
in the payload is media data from information in the extracted
payload header through the control unit 150 in operation S205. In
more detail, the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device
100 may determine the type of a payload in a corresponding packet
on the basis of the packet header information. According to an
embodiment, the type of a payload may be media data including
broadcast content and an enhancement content relating to the
broadcast content. According to another embodiment, the type of a
payload may be metadata including additional information necessary
for providing media data.
[0628] When it is determined that data in the payload is media
data, the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
determines whether entire media data is included in one transport
packet in operation S207. According to a specific embodiment,
according to the length of a transport packet and the size of
entire media data, the broadcast transmission device may packetize
the entire media data in one transport packet. According to another
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may divide entire
media data and packetize them in different transport packets.
Accordingly, the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device
100 may determine the type of a broadcast packet through the
payload header so as to extract complete media data for content
output.
[0629] On the other hand, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, when the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception
device 100 determines that data in the payload is not media data,
this will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.
66.
[0630] When it is determined that entire media data is included in
one transport packet, the control unit 150 extracts media data from
one packet payload in operation S209. According to an embodiment,
the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100 may
extract only one media data from one transport packet. According to
another embodiment, the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception
device 100 may extract a plurality of media data from one transport
packet. On the other hand, when it is determined that entire media
data is not included in a transport packet, the control unit 150
extracts media data from a plurality of packet payloads on the
basis of a payload header and a segment data header in operation
S211. In more detail, the control unit 150 may obtain information
of divided and packetized media data from the payload header and
the segment data header. Accordingly, the control unit 150 may
identify divided media data according to the obtained information.
That is, the control unit 150 may obtain the order of divided media
data according to the obtained information. The control unit 150
may concatenate media data obtained from different transport
packets on the basis of a corresponding order.
[0631] The broadcast reception device 100 provides content through
the control unit 150 in operation S213. According to an embodiment,
the control unit 150 may provide content on the basis of extracted
media data. According to another embodiment, the control unit 150
may provide content on the basis of concatenated media data.
[0632] The control unit 150 may output A/V content. According to
another embodiment, the broadcast reception device 100 may output
enhancement data relating to A/V content.
[0633] FIG. 44 is a view illustrating a segment configuration
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0634] On a packet based data transfer protocol, each packet is
configured with a packet header and a packet payload as shown in
FIG. 40 in general. The packet header may include information of a
packet payload in a packet. The packet payload may include media
data to be transmitted via a broadcast network or an internet
network. Media data that the packet payload includes may be at
least one of audio, video, enhancement service, and additional
information.
[0635] FIG. 45 is a view illustrating a structure of a real-time
transport protocol (RTP) packet for real-time content transmission
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0636] An RTP packet may include an RTP Header and an RTP Payload.
The RTP header include at least one of a Timestamp, a
Synchronization source identifier, and a Contributing source
identifier.
[0637] The RTP Header may include at least one of a V(version)
field, a P(padding) field, an X(extension) field, a CC field, an
M(Marker bit) field, a Payload Type field, a Sequence Number field,
and a Timestamp field.
[0638] The V(version) field represents version information of a
corresponding RTP. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the V(version) field may be a 2-bit field.
[0639] The P(padding) field represents whether there are padding
bits in a payload. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the P(padding) field may be a 1-bit field.
[0640] The X(extension) field represents whether there is an
extension field in the RTP Header. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the X(extension) field may be
a 1-bit field.
[0641] The CC field represents the number of Contributing sources.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the CC
field may be a 4-bit field.
[0642] The M(Marker bit) field may represent a different meaning
according to the Payload type. For example, when a transport object
is a file, the M(Marker bit) field may represent the end of the
file. According to another embodiment, when a transport object is
video or audio data, the M(Marker bit) field may represent the
first or last object of related access units. According to a
specific embodiment of the present invention, the M(Marker bit)
field may be a 1-bit field.
[0643] The Payload Type field represents the type of an RTP
Payload. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the Payload Type field may be a 7-bit field.
[0644] The Sequence Number field represents the sequence number of
an RTP packet. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the Sequence Number field may be a 16-bit field.
[0645] The Timestamp field may represent time information relating
to an RTP packet. The Timestamp field may be interpreted
differently according to a value of the Payload Type field.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
Timestamp field may be a 32-bit field.
[0646] RTP payload may be included in an audio/video access unit
according to the payload type of RTP Header. For example, in the
case of H.264, a network abstract layer (NAL) unit may be
included.
[0647] FIG. 46 is a view illustrating a media file format based on
an ISO base media file format (ISO BMFF) according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0648] As shown in FIG. 46, the media file format may include one
ftyp and at least one moov, moof, and mdat in general.
[0649] ftyp represents the type and suitability of a media file.
ftyp is located at the front in a media file if possible.
[0650] moov is a container for all media data. In more detail, moov
is a container box for single track of presentation. Presentation
may be configured with one or more tracks. Each track is separated
from another track in presentation. According to an embodiment, a
track may contain media data and according to another embodiment, a
track may contain information for packetized streaming
protocol.
[0651] mdat is a container of media data and moof contains
information on mdat.
[0652] FIG. 47 is a view illustrating a configuration of a payload
header in a packet payload according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0653] Currently, a real-time transport protocol is mostly
transmitted based on an access unit of a media file. In more
detail, an access unit refers to a minimum unit for transmitting a
media file or data. Accordingly, there is insufficient
consideration on a method of transmitting media file format based
data in real-time.
[0654] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a
broadcast transmission device may transmit one file format based
media data through a payload included in one transport packet. In
this case, the transport packet may be referred to as a single unit
packet. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a
broadcast transmission device may transmit a plurality of file
format based media data through a payload included in one transport
packet. In this case, the transport packet may be referred to as an
aggregation packet. According to another embodiment of the present
invention, a broadcast transmission device may divide one file
format based media data into several transport packets and may then
transmit them. In this case, the transport packet may be referred
to as a fragmented packet. According to another embodiment of the
present invention, a broadcast transmission device may transmit one
or a plurality of metadata for media stream through the payload of
one transport packet. According to another embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may transmit one metadata through the
payloads of a plurality of transport packets.
[0655] Additionally, a broadcast transmission device according to
an embodiment of the present invention may transmit media data
through various protocols. The protocol may include at least one of
a real-time transport protocol (RTP), an asynchronous layered
coding(ALC), and a layered coding transport (LCT).
[0656] In more detail, a broadcast transmission device may insert a
field representing information on a payload type in the header of a
transport packet to represent that there is file format based media
data in a payload through a corresponding field. For example, in
the case of the RTP, the payload type field of a header may
represent the data type of a payload and a specific value may be
assigned to a corresponding field as a payload type value for file
format based media data. Then, in this case, when data including
the end of one media file is included in the payload of a packet,
the M field of an RTP packet header may be set to 1.
[0657] In order to overcome the above issues, a payload header
according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at
least one of information representing whether there is an error or
syntax error on data in a payload, information representing the
priority of data, and information representing the type of data. In
this case, information representing whether there is an error or
syntax error on data in the payload of a payload header may be
referred to as an F field. According to an embodiment, the
information representing whether there is an error or syntax error
on data in the payload of a payload header may be set to 1 as
forbidden_zero_bit when there is an error or syntax violation on
data in a payload. In more detail, the information representing
whether there is an error or syntax error on data in the payload of
a payload header may be one bit.
[0658] Additionally, information representing the priority of data
in a payload header may be referred to as an information Priority
field. According to an embodiment, the information representing the
priority of data is a field representing the priority of payload
data. Then, the information representing the priority of data may
represent whether payload data includes important metadata on a
media file format.
[0659] For example, in ISO BMFF, in the case of payload data
including ftyp and moov, information representing the priority of
data may be set to the highest priority. According to an
embodiment, information representing the priority of data may
represent the highest priority highest (highest), a relatively
lower priority than the highest priority (medium), and the lowest
priority (low) through a control unit of a broadcast transmission
device. In this case, information representing the priority of data
may be set to 0x00 in the case of the highest priority, 0x01 in the
case of a relatively lower priority than the highest priority, and
0x02 in the case of the lowest priority. The above setting value is
just one exemplary and may be wet to another arbitrary value.
[0660] Additionally, in this case, information representing the
type of data may be referred to as a type field. In more detail,
through information representing the type of data, the control unit
150 of the broadcast reception device 100 may identify whether a
transport packet is a packet transmitting one data by one packet, a
packet transmitting a plurality of different data by one packet, or
a packet transmitting data obtained by dividing one into a
plurality of data.
[0661] Additionally, through information representing the type of
data, the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
may identify whether a transport packet is a packet transmitting
metadata including time information of content or a packet
transmitting metadata including description information of
content.
[0662] According to an embodiment, in the case of a packet
transmitting one data by one packet, the broadcast reception device
may set information representing the type of data to 0x00.
Additionally, in the case of a packet transmitting a plurality of
different data by one packet, the broadcast reception device may
set information representing the type of data to 0x01.
Additionally, in the case of a packet dividing one data and
transmitting divided data, the broadcast reception device may set
information representing the type of data to 0x02.
[0663] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may
packetize metadata including presentation or decoding time
information of content instead of media data and may then transmit
the packetized metadata. In the case the broadcast reception device
may set information representing the type of data to 0x03.
Moreover, the time information may be referred to as timeline
data.
[0664] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may
packetize and transmit metadata including description information
of content. In the case the broadcast reception device may set
information representing the type of data to 0x04. Moreover, the
time information may be referred to as labeling data.
[0665] However, the above setting values are just exemplary so that
the present invention is not limited to the above values. According
to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the type field
may be a 5-bit field.
[0666] FIGS. 48 and 49 are views illustrating a payload
configuration of a transport packet in which one media data is
packetized in one packet.
[0667] As shown in FIG. 48, a packet in which one media data is
included in one packet may be referred to as a single unit packet.
The payload of a single unit packet may include a payload header
and payload data. The payload data may include fragmented data
including one file format based media data. According to an
embodiment, when a transport protocol uses a transport packet of a
fixed length, payload data may include padding bits in addition to
fragmented data. Herein the padding bit refers to a bit for filling
the remaining space after filling data in a transport packet.
[0668] FIG. 49 is a detailed view of a transport packet shown in
FIG. 48. As shown in FIG. 49, a payload header may include at least
one of information representing whether there is an error or syntax
error in data in a payload, information representing the priority
of data, and information representing the type of data.
[0669] As shown in FIG. 49, information representing whether there
is an error or syntax error on data in a payload may include a
value representing a content that there is no error and syntax
violation. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, a corresponding value may be 0.
[0670] Since a media file in payload data includes important data
such as ftyp, information representing the priority of data may
have the highest priority. As mentioned above, in the case of ftyp,
since ftyp includes information for signaling a media file, it may
have the highest priority. According to a specific embodiment of
the present invention, a value representing the highest priority
may be 0x00.
[0671] Since one media file is all included in one packet payload,
information representing the type of data may represent a single
unit packet. According to a specific embodiment, information
representing the type of data may have a value of 0x00.
Additionally, a padding bit may be selectively inserted into
payload data according to the length and transport protocol of
media file.
[0672] FIGS. 50 and 51 are views illustrating a configuration of a
transport packet in which a plurality of media data are packetized
in one packet. The above packet may be referred to as an
aggregation packet. As shown in FIG. 50, when the payload of one
transport packet includes a plurality of different file format
based media data, payload data may include a plurality of
aggregation units. Each aggregation unit may include another file
format based media data. According to an embodiment, when a
transport protocol uses a packet of a fixed length, payload data
may include padding bits in addition to fragmented data.
[0673] According to an embodiment, one aggregation unit may include
at least one of information representing the length of an
aggregation unit and aggregation data. In this case, information
representing the length of an aggregation unit may be referred to
as an aggregation unit length field. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the aggregation unit may be 16
bits. Additionally, aggregation unit data represent data in one
file.
[0674] FIG. 51 is a view illustrating a configuration of an
aggregation unit according to another embodiment of the present
invention. One aggregation unit may further include information
representing the type of a file in an aggregation unit in addition
to the embodiment of FIG. 50.
[0675] Information representing the type of aggregation may be
referred to as an aggregation unit type field. According to a
specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
aggregation type to 0x00.
[0676] According to another embodiment, the aggregation type may
represent that a corresponding aggregation unit includes a file in
Self-initializing Segment format on MPEG-Dynamic Adaptive Streaming
over HTTP (DASH). Herein, a self-initializing segment is obtained
by integrating an initializing segment and a media segment without
an additional initializing segment. In more detail, the
self-initializing segment may include a media segment and its media
form. According to a specific embodiment, in this case, the
broadcast transmission device may set the aggregation type to
0x01.
[0677] According to another embodiment, the aggregation type may
represent that a corresponding aggregation unit includes a file in
Initialization Segment format on MPEG-DASH. Herein, the
initializing segment is a format following ISO BMFF. In more
detail, the initializing segment needs to include ftyp and moov.
But, it does not include moof. According to a specific embodiment,
in this case, the broadcast transmission device may set the
aggregation type to 0x02.
[0678] FIGS. 52 and 58 are views illustrating a payload
configuration of a transport packet (hereinafter referred to as a
fragmented packet) in which one media data is divided and
packetized into a plurality of transport packets. FIG. 52 is a view
illustrating the payload of a fragmented packet according to an
embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 52, the
payload of a fragmented packet may include a fragmentation unit.
Additionally, when a transport protocol uses a packet of a fixed
length, the payload of a fragmented packet may include padding
bits.
[0679] According to an embodiment, a fragmentation unit FU may
include at least one a Fragmentation unit header and Fragmentation
unit data. The Fragmentation unit data may include part of one file
format based media data. The Fragmentation unit header may include
information of fragmentation unit data.
[0680] In more detail, the fragmentation unit header may include at
least one of information representing whether fragmentation unit
data includes the start part data among entire file media data,
information representing whether fragmentation unit data includes
the end part data among entire file media data, and information
representing the type of a fragmentation unit.
[0681] According to an embodiment, the information representing
whether fragmentation unit data includes the start part data among
entire file media data may be referred to as a start bit field. In
more detail, the start part data may be part of entire data
including the first bit of entire media data.
[0682] For example, the fragmentation unit data of a corresponding
payload includes start part data, the broadcast transmission device
may set information representing whether fragmentation unit data
includes the start part data among entire file media data to 1. In
more detail, the information representing whether fragmentation
unit data includes the start part data among entire file media data
may be one bit.
[0683] According to an embodiment, the information representing
whether fragmentation unit data includes the end part data among
entire file media data may be referred to as an end bit field. In
more detail, the end part data may be part of entire data including
the end bit of entire media data.
[0684] For example, the fragmentation unit data of a corresponding
payload includes end part data, the broadcast transmission device
may set information representing whether fragmentation unit data
includes the end part data among entire file media data to 1. In
more detail, the information representing whether fragmentation
unit data includes the end part data among entire file media data
may be one bit.
[0685] According to an embodiment, information representing the
type of a fragmentation unit may be referred to as a fragmentation
unit type field.
[0686] According to an embodiment, a fragmentation unit type may
represent that a corresponding packet indicates that a
fragmentation unit includes a file format based basic file. In more
detail, the file format based basic file may be a media file having
a file format based on ISO BMFF. According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
fragmentation unit type to 0x00.
[0687] According to another embodiment, the fragmentation unit type
may represent that a corresponding fragmentation unit includes a
file in Self-initializing Segment format on MPEG-DASH. According to
a specific embodiment, in this case, the broadcast transmission
device may set the fragmentation unit type to 0x01.
[0688] According to another embodiment, the fragmentation unit type
may represent that a corresponding fragmentation unit includes a
file in Initialization Segment format on MPEG-DASH. According to a
specific embodiment, in this case, the broadcast transmission
device may set the fragmentation unit to 0x02.
[0689] According to another embodiment, the fragmentation unit type
may represent that a corresponding fragmentation unit includes a
file in media Segment format on MPEG-DASH. According to a specific
embodiment, in this case, the broadcast transmission device may set
the fragmentation unit to 0x03.
[0690] In more detail, information representing a fragmentation
unit type may be six bits.
[0691] FIG. 53 is a view illustrating a configuration of a payload
in a fragmented packet according to another embodiment of the
present invention. The embodiment of FIG. 53 may be applied to the
case there is no information relating to the order of a transport
packet in the header therein.
[0692] As shown in FIG. 53, the fragmentation unit header in a
fragmentation unit FU may include at least one of information
representing whether fragmentation unit data includes the start
part data among entire file media data, information representing
whether fragmentation unit data includes the end part data among
entire file media data, information representing the type of a
fragmentation unit, and information representing the order in
entire data of a fragmentation unit. Among the information, the
remaining information other than the information representing the
order of a fragmentation unit is identical to that described with
reference to FIG. 52.
[0693] The information representing the order of a fragmentation
unit may be referred to as a fragmentation number field. In more
detail, when file format based media data is divided into a
plurality of fragmented packets, the broadcast transmission device
may set a value to the information representing the order of a
fragmentation unit to assign the order of a corresponding packet.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
Fragmentation number field may be an 8-bit field.
[0694] FIG. 54 is a view when a broadcast transmission device
fragments an ISO BMFF based media file into a plurality of packets.
As shown in FIG. 54, in ISO BMFF based media file may include ftyp
and moov, and a plurality of moof and mdat.
[0695] The broadcast transmission device may divide an ISO BMFF
based media file into a plurality of files and may then include
them in different fragmentation unit data. Additionally, the
broadcast transmission device may include related information in a
payload header by dividing an ISO BMFF based media file.
[0696] FIG. 55 is a view illustrating first fragmentation unit data
packetized by the broadcast transmission device of FIG. 54.
[0697] As shown in FIG. 55, according to an embodiment of the
present invention, the broadcast transmission device determines
that there is no error or syntax error in a corresponding packet
and sets the F field to 0.
[0698] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may set the
Priority field to a value representing the highest priority.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, a
corresponding value may be 0x00.
[0699] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may set the
Type field to a value representing a packet for dividing one file
format based media file into several payloads and transmitting
them. According to a specific embodiment of the present invention,
a corresponding value may be 0x02.
[0700] The payload data may include a fragmentation unit. Again,
the fragmentation unit may include a Start bit field, an End bit
field, a fragmentation unit type field, and a fragmentation unit
data field.
[0701] The broadcast transmission device may set the Start bit
field to a value representing a content that a corresponding packet
includes the start data of a media file. In more detail, since a
first fragmentation unit includes the start data of media data as
shown in FIG. 54, the broadcast transmission device may set a value
representing a corresponding content to the start bit field.
[0702] Moreover, the broadcast transmission device may set the End
bit field of a first fragmentation unit shown in FIG. 55 to a value
representing a content that the end data of a media file is not
included. According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast
transmission device may set the End bit field to 0 to represent a
content that a corresponding packet does not include the end data
of a media file.
[0703] Moreover, as shown in FIG. 55, the broadcast transmission
device may set the fragmentation unit type field to a value
representing a content that the first fragmentation unit includes a
file format based basic form of file. In more detail, the file
format based basic form may be file format data following ISO BMFF.
According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission
device may set the fragmentation unit type field to 0x00 to
represent corresponding content.
[0704] FIGS. 56 to 58 are views illustrating a fragmentation unit
including remaining data except for the start data in the
fragmentation unit data of FIG. 54 according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0705] As shown in FIG. 56, according to an embodiment of the
present invention, the broadcast transmission device may set the F
field of a payload header to a value representing that there is no
error or syntax error in a corresponding packet. According to a
specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
F field to 0. Additionally, the broadcast transmission device sets
the Priority field to a value representing the payload data shown
in FIG. 56 has a relatively low priority.
[0706] According to a specific embodiment, data signaling entire
media data may not be included from a second fragment unit.
Accordingly, since the second fragmentation unit has a relatively
lower priority than the first fragmentation unit, the priority
field may be set to a value having a relatively lower priority. For
example, a corresponding value may be 0x01.
[0707] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may set the
Type field to 0x02 as a Fragmented packet that a corresponding
packet represents a packet dividing one file format based media
file into several payloads and transmitting them. FIG. 57 is a view
illustrating a payload configuration when payload data does not
include fragmentation unit data including start data and
fragmentation unit data including end data.
[0708] According to an embodiment of the present invention, since
the fragmentation unit data of FIG. 57 does not include start data
and end data, the broadcast transmission device may set the start
bit field and the end bit field to a value representing
corresponding information. According to a specific embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may set the start bit and end bit
fields to 0.
[0709] Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may set the
content that a fragmentation unit type field includes a file format
based basic form of file to a specific value of a fragmentation
unit type field. In more detail, the file format based basic form
may be file format data following ISO BMFF. According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
fragmentation unit type field to 0x00 to represent corresponding
content. File format based media data divided into packets may have
a unique order from an entire file. The broadcast reception device
100 may identify that the fragmentation unit data divided through
the control unit 150 includes the start part among entire data on
the basis of the start bit field. Additionally, the fact that the
fragmentation unit data includes the end part in entire data may be
identified on the basis of the End bit field. However, there may be
a case that cannot be identified only by the Start bit field and
the End bit field.
[0710] When the fragmentation unit data does not include start data
or end data in entire data, the broadcast reception device 100 may
identify a corresponding packet through information representing
the order of the fragmentation unit data included in a payload
according to an embodiment. In more detail, information
representing the order of fragmentation unit data may be a
fragmentation number field. Additionally, a broadcast transmission
device may set the order of corresponding fragmentation unit data
to the above-mentioned presentation field.
[0711] However, according to another embodiment, a transport packet
may not include order information of fragmentation unit data. In
this case, according to an embodiment, a broadcast transmission
device may insert information for identifying the order of
fragmentation unit data into a packet header. The information for
identifying the order of fragmentation unit data into a packet
header may be referred to as a sequence number field. According to
another embodiment, a broadcast transmission device may insert
information for identifying the order of fragmentation unit data
into offset information of an IP datagram.
[0712] FIG. 58 is a view illustrating a configuration of a payload
including a fragmentation unit including the end data among divided
entire media data. In more detail, FIG. 58 is a view illustrating a
payload configuration when payload data does not include
fragmentation unit data including start data but includes
fragmentation unit data including end data.
[0713] According to an embodiment of the present invention, since
the fragmentation unit data of FIG. 58 includes end data, the
broadcast transmission device may set the start bit field and the
end bit field to a value representing corresponding information.
According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission
device may set the start field to 0. Then, the broadcast
transmission device may set the end bit field to 1.
[0714] Additionally, a broadcast transmission device may set the
fragmentation unit type field to represent the content that media
data including a corresponding packet includes a basic form of file
starting from ISO BMFF based ftyp. According to a specific
embodiment, a broadcast transmission device may set the
fragmentation unit type field to 0x00.
[0715] Data that a broadcast transmission device transmits through
a transport packet may include metadata in addition to the
above-mentioned media data.
[0716] The metadata represents additional information necessary for
providing media data. Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 59 to 66,
suggested are a broadcast transmission device and an operating
method thereof, and a broadcast reception device and an operating
method thereof, in order for packetizing metadata in a transport
packet and transmitting and receiving it.
[0717] Additionally, hereinafter, timeline information is mainly
described as one example of metadata. The timeline information is a
series of time information for media content. In more detail, the
timeline information may be a series of time information for
presentation or decoding.
[0718] Additionally, the timeline information may include base
timeline information. The basic timeline means a reference timeline
necessary for synchronizing media data transmitted through a
plurality of different transmission networks. In more detail, when
the timeline of media data transmitted through a second
transmission network is mapped into the timeline of media data
transmitted through a first transmission network, the timeline of
the media data transmitted through the first transmission network
becomes a basic timeline.
[0719] Moreover, the broadcast transmission device may express the
metadata in XML format. Additionally, the broadcast transmission
device may express the metadata in a descriptor format includable
in a signaling table.
[0720] FIG. 59 is a view illustrating a timeline signaling table of
metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0721] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the
timeline signaling table may include information representing
metadata relating to a timeline or information that corresponding
metadata includes a timeline component access unit. The above
information may be referred to as an identifier field. According to
a specific embodiment of the present invention, the identifier
field may be an 8-bit field.
[0722] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include information
representing the length of timeline information of a timeline
component access unit. The above information may be referred to as
an AU_length field. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the AU_length field may be a 32-bit field.
[0723] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include information on
whether including location information on services and content
components relating to a timeline component access unit. The above
information may be referred to as a location_flag field. According
to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
location_flag field may be a 1-bit field.
[0724] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include version
information of a timestamp in a timeline component access unit. The
timestamp represents time information through which a corresponding
access unit needs to be outputted in a continuous timeline. The
above information may be referred to as a timestamp_version field.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
timestamp_version field may be a 1-bit field.
[0725] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include timestamp type
information of a timeline component access unit. The above
information may be referred to as a timestamp_type field.
[0726] According to an embodiment, the timestamp type information
may be set to a value representing a decoding time of a service or
content component relating to a timeline component access unit. In
more detail, the decoding time of a content component may be
referred to as a decoding timestamp. According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set timestamp
type information to 0x00 when corresponding information represents
a decoding time.
[0727] According to another embodiment, the timestamp type
information may be set to a value representing the presentation
time of a service or content component relating to a timeline
component access unit. In more detail, the presentation time of a
content component may be referred to as a presentation timestamp.
According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission
device may set timestamp type information to 0x01 when
corresponding information represents a presentation time.
[0728] Moreover, according to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the timestamp_type field may be a 1-bit field.
[0729] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include timestamp
format information of a timeline component access unit. The above
information may be referred to as a timestamp_format field.
[0730] According to an embodiment, the timestamp format information
may represent that a timestamp in a timeline component access unit
is a format of a media time. According to a specific embodiment,
the broadcast transmission device may set the timestamp_format
field to 0x00 to represent that the timestamp format of a
corresponding access unit is a media time format.
[0731] According to another embodiment, the timestamp format
information may represent that a timestamp in a timeline component
access unit is a format of a Network time protocol (NTP). According
to a specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set
the timestamp_format field to 0x01 to represent that the timestamp
format of a corresponding access unit is an NTP format.
[0732] According to another embodiment, the timestamp format
information may represent that a timestamp in a timeline component
access unit is a format of a precision time protocol (PTP).
According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast transmission
device may set the timestamp_format field to 0x02 to represent that
the timestamp format of a corresponding access unit is a PTP
format.
[0733] According to another embodiment, the timestamp format
information may represent that a timestamp in a timeline component
access unit is a format of a timecode. According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
timestamp_format field to 0x03 to represent that the timestamp
format of a corresponding access unit is a timecode format.
Moreover, according to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the timestamp_format field may be a 4-bit field.
[0734] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include location
information on a component of service or content relating to
information in a timestamp in a timeline component access unit. The
above information may be referred to as a location field.
[0735] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include information
representing the length of the location information. The
information representing a location information length may be
referred to as a location_length field. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the location_length field may
be an 8-bit field.
[0736] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include timestamp
format version information of a basic timestamp that is a matching
reference. The above information may be referred to as an
origin_timestamp_version field.
[0737] According to an embodiment, when the
origin_timestamp_version field is set to 0, this represents that a
timestamp format has a 32-bit format. According to another
embodiment, when the origin_timestamp_version field is set to 1,
this represents that a timestamp format has a 64-bit format.
[0738] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include timestamp type
information of a basic timeline. The above information may be
referred to as an origin_timestamp_type field.
[0739] According to an embodiment, the origin_timestamp_type field
may be set to a value representing a decoding time of a service or
content component relating to a basic timeline. In more detail, the
decoding time of a content component may be referred to as a
decoding timestamp. According to a specific embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may set the origin_timestamp_type
field to 0x00 when corresponding information represents a decoding
time.
[0740] According to another embodiment, the origin_timestamp_type
field may be set to a value representing a presentation time of a
service or content component relating to a basic timeline. In more
detail, the presentation time of a content component may be
referred to as a presentation timestamp. According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
origin_timestamp_type field to 0x01 when corresponding information
represents a presentation time.
[0741] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include information
representing a timestamp format for a base timeline. The above
information may be referred to as an origin_timestamp_format
field.
[0742] According to an embodiment, the origin_timestamp_format
field may represent that a timestamp of a basic timeline is a
format of a media time. According to a specific embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may set the origin_timestamp_format
field to 0x00 to represent that the timestamp format of a
corresponding basic timeline is a media time format.
[0743] According to another embodiment, the origin_timestamp_format
field may represent that a timestamp of a basic timeline is a
format of an NTP. According to a specific embodiment, the broadcast
transmission device may set the origin_timestamp_format field to
0x01 to represent that the timestamp format of a corresponding
basic timeline is an NTP format.
[0744] According to another embodiment, the origin_timestamp_format
field may represent that a timestamp of a basic timeline is a
format of a precision time protocol (PTP). According to a specific
embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may set the
timestamp_format field to 0x02 to represent that the timestamp
format of a corresponding basic timeline is a PTP format.
[0745] According to another embodiment, the origin_timestamp_format
field may represent that a timestamp of a basic timeline is a
format of a timecode. According to a specific embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may set the origin_timestamp_format
field to 0x03 to represent that the timestamp format of a
corresponding basic timeline is a timecode format.
[0746] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include information on
whether including location information on services and content
components relating to a basic timeline that is a timeline mapping
reference. The above information may be referred to as an
origin_location_flag field. According to an embodiment, when the
origin_location_flag field is set to a value other than 0, a
timeline AU may include at least one of an origin_location_length
field and an origin_location field.
[0747] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include location
information on a service or content relating to a basic timeline.
The above information may be referred to as an origin_location
field. According to a specific embodiment, information in the
origin_location field may be an IP address, a port number, or a URI
form.
[0748] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include length
information of position information on a service or content
relating to a basic timeline. The above information may be referred
to as an origin_location_length field. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the origin_location_length
field may be an 8-bit field.
[0749] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, when a basic timeline that the reference of timeline
mapping is a format of a media time, the timeline signaling table
may include information of an available time scale. The above
information may be referred to as an origin_timescale field. For
example, in the case of MPEG-2 TS, the time scale may represent
9000 Hz. According to a specific embodiment of the present
invention, the origin timescale field may be a 32-bit field.
[0750] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include media time
information on a basic timeline. The above information may be
referred to as an origin_media_time field. Moreover, the
origin_media_time field may mean differently according to
origin_timestamp_type. For example, when origin_timestamp_type
means PTS, the origin_media_time field may represent a presentation
time. For example, when origin_timestamp_type means DTS, the
origin_media_time field may represent a decoding time. According to
a specific embodiment, the origin_media_time field may be 32 bits
when the origin_timestamp_version field is set to 0 and may be 64
bits when the origin_timestamp_version field is set to 1.
[0751] Additionally, according to an embodiment of the present
invention, the timeline signaling table may include timestamp type
information of a basic timeline. The above information may be
referred to as an origin_timestamp field. The basic timeline
timestamp information may represent different formats of timestamps
according to a value of the origin_timestamp_format field.
Additionally, the basic timeline timestamp information may
represent different meanings according to a value of the
origin_timestamp_type field. For example, when
origin_timestamp_type signals PTS, the basic timeline timestamp
information may represent a presentation time.
[0752] For example, when the origin_timestamp_type field represents
DTS and the origin_timestamp_format field is 0x01, the
corresponding origin_timestamp field may represent a decoding time
expressed in NTP. According to a specific embodiment, the
origin_timestamp field may be 32 bits when the
origin_timestamp_version field is set to 0 and may be 64 bits when
the origin_timestamp_version field is set to 1.
[0753] According to an embodiment, when the origin_timestamp_format
field represents reserved, a timeline AU may include at least one
of a private_data_length field and a private_data_bytes( )
field.
[0754] The private_data_length field may represent the byte unit
length of the private_data_bytes( ) field. According to a specific
embodiment of the present invention, the private_data_length field
may be a 16-bit field.
[0755] The private_data_bytes( ) field may define by the length
that the private_data_length field represents or may include future
expansion content.
[0756] FIG. 60 is a view illustrating a configuration of payload
data in which one metadata is packetized in payload data of a
transport packet. According to an embodiment, the payload data may
include metadata and the metadata may include media stream related
timeline data. Additionally, according to an embodiment, when a
broadcasts transmission device uses a packet of a fixed length in a
transport protocol, payload data may include a padding bit
additionally.
[0757] FIG. 61 is a view when payload data of a transport packet
includes metadata for a timeline according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0758] As shown in FIG. 61, according to an embodiment, the payload
header may include at least one of an F field, a Priority field,
and a Type field.
[0759] According to an embodiment, a broadcast transmission device
may set the F field to a value representing there is no error or
syntax violation in a payload. In more detail, the broadcast
transmission device may set the F field to 0. Additionally, the
broadcast transmission device may set the Priority field to a value
representing the highest priority as payload data includes all
important data of a media file configuration. In more detail, the
broadcast transmission device may set the Priority field to 0x00.
Additionally, the broadcast transmission device may set the Type
field to a value representing information including metadata of
timeline information in a payload. In more detail, the broadcast
transmission device may set the Type field to 0x03. Additionally,
the metadata may include the syntax of FIG. 59.
[0760] FIG. 62 is a view when a plurality of metadata are
packetized in one transport packet.
[0761] As shown in FIG. 62, the case that one transport packet
includes a plurality of metadata may be referred to as an
aggregation packet. According to an embodiment, the payload data
may include a plurality of aggregation units.
[0762] According to an embodiment, the aggregation unit may include
information representing the length of metadata. According to
another embodiment, when there is a metadata header field
additionally, the aggregation unit may include information on the
sum of a metadata header field and a metadata field length. The
above information may be referred to as a metadata length
field.
[0763] FIG. 63 is a view when one transport packet includes several
timeline information. In more detail, FIG. 63 illustrates the case
that one transport packet includes a plurality of timeline
information having different references in relation to one media
stream. According to an embodiment, a transport packet may include
a payload header and a content of the payload header is identical
to that of FIG. 62.
[0764] Additionally, according to an embodiment, the payload data
may include two aggregation units. However, the number of
aggregation units in payload data may be two or more.
[0765] According to an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 62, each
aggregation unit may include at least one of a metadata length
field, a metadata header field, and a metadata field including
timeline information.
[0766] However, the first aggregation unit shown in FIG. 63 may
include a metadata field including a first timeline and the second
aggregation unit may include a metadata field including a second
timeline. According to a specific embodiment, each timeline may
have data based on different references. For example, the first
timeline may have data based on a media time and the second
timeline may have data based on NTP.
[0767] FIG. 64 is a view illustrating a packet payload in which one
metadata is divided and packetized in a plurality of transport
packets.
[0768] According to an embodiment, when the length of one metadata
is greater than the length of a transport packet, in this case, a
broadcast transmission device may divide corresponding metadata in
several transport packets and may then transmit them. As shown in
FIG. 64, a transport packet may include at least one of a payload
header, a metadata fragment header, and a metadata fragment.
Additionally, when a transport protocol uses a packet of a fixed
length, a transport packet may include padding bits.
[0769] As shown in FIG. 64, according to an embodiment, a metadata
fragment header may include information representing whether a
metadata fragment in payload data of a corresponding transport
packet includes the start part of entire metadata. In more detail,
the start part data may be part of entire data including the first
bit of entire media data. The above information may be referred to
as a start bit field. According to a specific embodiment of the
present invention, the start bit field may be a 1-bit field.
According to an embodiment, the broadcast transmission device may
set start bit to 1 when a metadata fragment in a corresponding
transport packet includes the start part of entire metadata.
[0770] According to another embodiment, a metadata fragment header
may include information representing whether a metadata fragment in
payload data of a corresponding transport packet includes the end
part of entire metadata. In more detail, the end part data may be
part of entire data including the end bit of entire media data. The
above information may be referred to as an end bit field. According
to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the end bit
field may be a 1-bit field. According to an embodiment, the
broadcast transmission device may set end bit to 1 when a metadata
fragment in a corresponding transport packet includes the end part
of entire metadata.
[0771] According to another embodiment, the metadata header may
include information representing a metadata type. The above
information may be referred to as a metadata type field. According
to a specific embodiment, the metadata type may represent that a
corresponding metadata fragment includes timeline information. In
this case, the broadcast transmission device may set the metadata
type field to 0x00. According to another embodiment, the metadata
type may represent that a corresponding metadata fragment includes
metadata relating to labeling. In this case, the broadcast
transmission device may set the metadata type field to 0x01.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the
metadata type field may be a 5-bit field.
[0772] FIG. 65 is a view illustrating a metadata fragment header
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, description for the same content as that of FIG. 64 is
omitted.
[0773] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a
metadata fragment header may include information representing the
order of a metadata fragment in a corresponding packet payload. The
above information may be referred to as a Fragmentation number
field. The broadcast reception device 100 may determine which
number metadata is included in a corresponding packet on the basis
of metadata fragment order information in a packet payload.
[0774] FIG. 66 is a view illustrating an operation when a broadcast
reception device receives a broadcast packet according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0775] When it is determined that the data in the payload is not
the media data in operation S205 of FIG. 43, the control unit 150
of the broadcast reception device 100 determines whether entire
metadata is included one transport packet in operation S301. In
more detail, the control unit 150 may determine that data in a
payload is not metadata instead of media data from payload header
information. Then, the control unit 150 may determine whether
corresponding entire metadata is included in one transport packet
and transmitted. As mentioned above, one or more different metadata
may be included in one transport packet. Or, one metadata is
divided and included in a plurality of different transport
packets.
[0776] According to an embodiment of the present invention, when
the control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
determines that entire metadata is included in one transport
packet, the control unit 150 extracts metadata from one packet
payload in operation S303. In more detail, the control unit 150
extracts a payload header and extracts metadata on the basis of the
extracted payload header. According to an embodiment, the control
unit 150 may extract one metadata from one packet payload.
Moreover, according to another embodiment, the control unit 150 may
extract a plurality of metadata from one packet payload. According
to another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit
150 of the broadcast reception device 100 may determine that one
metadata is divided and included in a plurality of transport
packets. In this case, the control unit 150 extracts metadata from
a plurality of packets payloads in operation S305. According to a
specific embodiment, one metadata may be divided and packetized in
a plurality of transport packets. The control unit 150 of the
broadcast reception device 100 obtains metadata signaling data from
a packet payload. Then, the control unit 150 may extract metadata
from a plurality of packet payloads on the basis of the obtained
signaling data.
[0777] The control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
provides content on the basis of the extracted metadata in
operation S307. According to a specific embodiment, the control
unit 150 may obtain the presentation or decoding time information
of a content from metadata. According to another embodiment, the
control unit 150 may obtain content describing information from
metadata.
[0778] FIG. 67 is a view when video stream is transmitted using RTP
through broadcast network and video stream is transmitted using
file format based media data through an internet network. In this
case, after receiving an RTP packet or IP/UDP packet including
timeline related metadata, the broadcast reception device 100 may
allow decoding and presentation between related streams by matching
an RTP protocol based video stream and a DASH based video
stream.
[0779] As mentioned above, a conventional broadcast transmission
device loads time information relating to the presentation of data
(or object) included in a transport packet into a payload and
transmits the payload. Or, the broadcast transmission device
transmits additional signaling for transmitting time information.
In the case of a conventional method, since time information is
loaded into an additional transport packet or packet payload, the
capacity of a packet header or the capacity of a transport become
small relatively. However, in the case of a conventional method,
since time information is transmitted through a packet separated
from data to be transmitted, effectiveness may be reduced in terms
of accurate and fast synchronization.
[0780] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention
includes time information relating to the decoding or presentation
of a corresponding packet in the packet header of a transport
packet for supporting real time content. Accordingly, since time
information of a corresponding packet is included in the header of
a corresponding packet, compared to a conventional method,
relatively accurate and fast synchronization is possible.
Especially, according to an embodiment of the present invention,
suggested is a content of packetizing a transport packet by setting
the time information relating to decoding or presentation in the
header extension in the packet header. Herein, the header extension
may be part of the packet header including a selective header field
that is not essential or has a changeable size. Or, a transport
packet may be generated based on an object and accordingly, the
object may be a target to be transmitted through a transport
packet. The object may be included in a session and
transmitted.
[0781] FIG. 68 is a view illustrating a configuration of a
transport packet according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The transport packet shown in FIG. 68 may use a
transport protocol for supporting reliable data transmission.
According to a specific embodiment, a reliable data transmission
protocol may be Asynchronous Layered Coding (ALC). According to
another embodiment, a reliable data transmission protocol may be
Layered Coding Transport (LCT).
[0782] A packet header according to an embodiment of the present
invention may include version information of a packet. In more
detail, the packet header may include version information of a
transport packet using a corresponding transport protocol.
According to a specific embodiment, the information may be a V
field. Additionally, the V field may be a 4-bit field.
[0783] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information relating to the
length of information for congestion control. In more detail, the
packet header may include multiple information relating to the
multiplication of the length of information for congestion control
and a base unit thereof.
[0784] According to a specific embodiment, the information may be a
C field. According to an embodiment, the C field may be set to 0x00
and in this case, represents that the length of information for
congestion control is 32 bits. According to another embodiment, the
C field may be set to 0x01 and in this case, represents that the
length of information for congestion control is 64 bits. According
to another embodiment, the C field may be set to 0x02 and in this
case, represents that the length of information for congestion
control is 96 bits. According to another embodiment, the C field
may be set to 0x03 and in this case, represents that the length of
information for congestion control is 128 bits. The C field may be
a 2 bit field.
[0785] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information specified for
protocol. According to a specific embodiment, the information may
be a PSI field. Additionally, the PSI field may be a 2-bit
field.
[0786] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information relating to the
length of a field representing identification information of a
transport session. In more detail, the packet header may include
multiple information of a field representing identification
information of a transport session. The above information may be
referred to as an S field. The S field may be a 1 bit field.
[0787] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information relating to the
length of a field representing identification information of a
transport object. In more detail, the packet header may include
multiple information multiplied to the base length of a field
representing identification information of a transport object. The
above information may be referred to as an O field. The O field may
be a 2 bit field.
[0788] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include additional information relating
to the length of a field representing identification information of
a transport session. Then, the packet header may include additional
information relating to the length of a field representing
identification information of a transport object. The additional
information may be information on whether to add half-word. Since a
field representing identification information of a transport packet
and a field representing identification information of a transport
object should exist, the S field and the H field, or the O field
and the H field cannot represent zero at the same time.
[0789] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information representing that a
session is terminated or the end is imminent. The above information
may be referred to as an A field. According to a specific
embodiment, when the A field represents session termination or
imminent end, it may be set to 1. Accordingly, in typical cases,
the A field may be set to 0. When a broadcast transmission device
set the A field to 1, it represents that the last packet is
transmitted through a session. When the A field is set to 1, the
broadcast transmission device may need to maintain the A field as 1
until all packets following a corresponding packet are transmitted
completely. Additionally, when the A field is set to 1, a broadcast
reception device may recognize that the broadcast transmission
device stops packet transmission through a session immediately.
That is, when the A field is set to 1, the broadcast reception
device may recognize that there is no more packet transmission
through a session. According to an embodiment, the A field may be a
1-bit field.
[0790] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information representing that
object transmission is terminated or the end is imminent. The above
information may be referred to as a B field. According to a
specific embodiment, when object transmission termination is
imminent, a broadcast transmission device may set the B field to 1.
Accordingly, in typical cases, the B field may be set to 0. When
information for identifying a transport object is not in a
transport packet, the B field may be set to 1. Then, it may
represent that object transmission termination in a session
identified by out-of-band information is imminent. Or, when the
last packet for an object is transmitted, the B field may be set to
1. Or, when the last packet for an object is transmitted, the B
field may be set to 1. When the B field of a packet for a specific
object is set to 1, the broadcast transmission device may need to
set the B field to 1 until the transmission of packets following a
corresponding packet is terminated. Additionally, when the B field
is set to 1, a broadcast reception device 100 may recognize that
the broadcast transmission device is to stop the transmission of a
packet for object. That is, the broadcast reception device 100 may
recognize that there is no more object transmission through a
session from the B field set to 1. According to an embodiment, the
B field may be a 1-bit field.
[0791] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information representing the
total length of a header. The above information may be referred to
as an HDR_LEN field. The HDR_LEN field may be a 32 multiple bit
field. According to a specific embodiment, when HDR_LEN field is
set to 5, the total length of a packet header may be 160 bits that
are five multiples of 32. Additionally, the HDR_LEN field may be an
8-bit field.
[0792] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information relating to encoding
or decoding of a payload included in a corresponding packet. The
above information may be referred to as a Codepoint field.
According to an embodiment, the Codepoint field may be an 8-bit
field.
[0793] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information for congestion
control. The above information may be referred to as a Congestion
Control Information (CCI) field. According to a specific
embodiment, the CCI field may include at least one of a Current
time slot index (CTSI) field, a channel number field, and a packet
sequence number field.
[0794] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information for identifying a
transport session. The above information may be a Transport Session
Identifier (TSI). Additionally, a field in a packet header
including TSI information may be referred to as a TSI field.
[0795] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information for identifying an
object transmitted through a transport session. The above
information may be a Transport Object Identifier (TOI).
Additionally, a field in a packet header including TOI information
may be referred to as a TOI field.
[0796] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information for transmitting
additional information. The above information may be referred to as
a Header Extension field. According to an embodiment, the
additional information may be time information relating to the
presentation of a transport object. According to another
embodiment, the additional information may be time information
relating to the decoding of a transport object.
[0797] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include payload identification
information. According to an embodiment, the identification
information may be payload identification information relating to a
Forward Error Correction (FEC) scheme. Herein, the FEC may be one
type of payload format defined in RFC 5109. The FEC may be used in
RTP or SRTP. The above information may be referred to as an FEC
Payload ID field.
[0798] According to an embodiment, the FEC Payload ID field may
include information for identifying a source block of an object.
The above information may be referred to as a Source block number
field. For example, when the Source block number field is set to N,
source blocks in an object may be numbered with 0 to N-1.
[0799] According to another embodiment, the FEC Payload ID field
may include information for identifying a specific encoding symbol.
The above information may be referred to as an Encoding symbol ID
field.
[0800] Additionally, a transport packet according to an embodiment
of the present invention may include data in a payload. The field
including data may be referred to as an Encoding symbol(s) field.
According to an embodiment, the broadcast reception device 100 may
reconfigure an object by extracting the Encoding symbol(s) field.
In more detail, data in the Encoding symbol(s) field may be
generated from a source block transmitted through a packet
payload.
[0801] FIG. 69 is a view illustrating a configuration of a packet
header according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0802] In order to support the transmission of real time content,
it is effective that a transport packet received by the broadcast
reception device 100 includes property information of a packet and
timing information relating to decoding or presentation.
Accordingly, in order to solve the above issue, as shown in FIG.
69, a packet header may be configured.
[0803] The packet header of FIG. 69 has a configuration mostly
similar to that of the packet header of FIG. 68. Therefore,
description of the same parts will be omitted.
[0804] A packet header according to an embodiment of the present
invention may include information representing the type of an
object for transmission. The above information may be referred to
as a type field. The type field may be a 2 bit field.
[0805] According to a specific embodiment, the type field may
represent that the type of an object for transmission is a regular
file. Herein, the regular file may be an ISO BMFF based media file.
In more detail, the regular file may be obtained by encapsulating a
media file in ISO BMFF format. In this case, the type field may be
set to 01(2). According to another embodiment, the type field may
represent that the type of an object for transmission is an HTTP
entity type. In this case, the type field may be set to 10(2).
According to another embodiment, the type field may represent that
the type of an object for transmission is an audio access unit or a
video access unit. Additionally, the type field may represent that
an object type is a network abstract layer (NAL) unit. In this
case, the type field may be set to 11(2).
[0806] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may represent that a corresponding transport
packet includes the first part or end part of a transport object.
Information representing that a transport packet includes the first
part or end part of a transport object may be a marker bit.
According to a specific embodiment, the marker bit may be an M
field. In more detail, the M field may be interpreted differently
according to a value of the type field. For example, when the type
of an object for transmission is a file, it may represent that a
corresponding transport packet includes the end part of a file.
Herein, the end part is part including the last bit of a file. For
another example, when the type of an object for transmission is
Audio or Video (AV) data, it may represent that a corresponding
transport packet includes the first or last bit of an access
unit.
[0807] FIGS. 70 and 71 are views illustrating a configuration of a
header extension including time information. The header extension
shown in FIGS. 70 and 71 may included in the header extension field
shown in FIG. 69.
[0808] As shown in FIG. 70, a header extension according to an
embodiment of the present invention may include type information of
a header extension. The above information may be referred to as a
Header Extension Type (HET) field.
[0809] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may include the length information of the
header extension. The above information may be referred to as a
Header Extension length (HEL) field.
[0810] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may represent the current time of a
broadcast transmission device. That is, the header extension may
include corresponding packet transmission time information of a
broadcast transmission device. For example, the broadcast
transmission device may be a server. According to a specific
embodiment, information representing the current time of a
broadcast transmission device may be a Sender Current Time (SCT)
field.
[0811] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may represent whether the SCT field is a
64 bit field. In more detail, the header extension may represent
whether the SCT field is included in a header extension configured
with 64 bits. According to a specific embodiment, information
representing whether the SCT field is 64 bits may be an SCT Hi
field.
[0812] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may represent whether the SCT field is a
32 bit field. In more detail, the header extension may represent
whether the SCT field is included in a header extension configured
with 32 bits. According to a specific embodiment, information
representing whether the SCT field is 32 bits may be an SCT Low
field.
[0813] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may include expected residual time
information of an object for transmission. The above information
may be an Expected Residual Time (ERT) field.
[0814] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may represent whether the ERT field exits
in a corresponding packet. Corresponding information may be an ERT
flag field.
[0815] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may include information on a time at which
a session is changed lastly. The above information may be an SLC
field.
[0816] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may represent whether the SLC field exits
in a corresponding packet. Corresponding information may be an SLC
flag field.
[0817] Additionally, a header extension according to an embodiment
of the present invention may include a field extended and used
according to a transport protocol that a broadcast transmission
device uses. Corresponding information may be a PI-specific Use
field.
[0818] FIG. 71 is a view illustrating a header extension having an
added configuration according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0819] A header extension according to another embodiment of the
present invention may include timing information of data included
in a packet payload. The above information may be a Timestamp
field. For example, the Timestamp field may include information on
a time point at which the first byte of data included in a packet
payload is decoded. For another example, the Timestamp field may
include information on a presentation time point of data.
Furthermore, the Timestamp field may include timescale information
or timescale based timing information. Herein, the timescale
information may be a unit representing a time for a decoding or
presentation time point of a transport object. In the case of
timescale based timing information, the broadcast reception device
may obtain information a decoding or presentation time point by
multiplying a value of the Timestamp field and a timescale.
[0820] A header extension according to another embodiment of the
present invention may include format information of a Timestamp
field. The above information may be a TS format field. According to
a specific embodiment, the TS format field may represent that
timing information included in a transport packet is in the format
of media time. The media time is a media presentation time
according to an arbitrary media timeline. In this case, the TS
format field may be set to 0x01. Additionally, the TS format field
may represent that timing information included in a transport
packet is in the format of Network Time Protocol (NTP). In this
case, the TS format field may be set to 0x02. Additionally, the TS
format field may represent that timing information included in a
transport packet is in the format of normal playing time. The
format of normal playing time may be a playing time expressed
relative from a presentation start time point and may be expressed
in hour, minute, second, or second decimal point unit. In this
case, the TS format field may be set to 0x03. Additionally, the TS
format field may represent that timing information included in a
transport packet is in the format of SMPTE time code. Society of
Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) time code is time
code defined in SMPTE. In more detail, the SMPTE time code may be a
time information format defined for individual frame labeling of
video in SMPTE. In this case, the TS format field may be set to
0x04. Additionally, the TS format field may represent that timing
information included in a transport packet is 90 KHz timing
information. In this case, the TS format field may be set to
0x05.
[0821] A header extension according to another embodiment of the
present invention may represent a configuration of a timestamp
field. Information representing a configuration of timing
information may be referred to as a TS version field. For example,
the TS version field may represent that the timestamp field is a 32
bit field. In this case, the TS version field may be set to 0. For
another example, the TS version field may represent that the
timestamp field is a 64 bit field. In this case, the TS version
field may be set to 1.
[0822] FIGS. 72 to 75 are views illustrating a configuration of a
header extension according to another embodiment of the present
invention. In more detail, the header extension structure shown in
FIGS. 72 to 75 may include at least one of object type information
and timing information for transmission. Additionally, a
corresponding header extension structure may be included in a
header extension field (header extension). Additionally, it may be
used as part of a packet header transmitting content.
[0823] As shown in FIG. 72, a structure (EXT_OBJ_INFO) of a header
extension according to another embodiment of the present invention
may include type information of header extension part. The above
type information may be referred to as an HET field. Additionally,
the header extension structure may include length information of
header extension part. The above length information may be referred
to as an HEL field. Additionally, the header extension structure
may include type information of a transport object. The above
object type information may be referred to as an Object type
field.
[0824] In a specific embodiment, the Object type field may
represent that a transport object is the type of a regular file.
Herein, the regular file may be an ISO BMFF based media file. In
more detail, the regular file may be obtained by encapsulating a
media file in ISO BMFF format. In this case, the Object type field
may be set to 0x01. According to another embodiment, the Object
type field may represent that a transport object is the type of an
HTTP entity type. In this case, the Object type field may be set to
0x02. According to another embodiment, the Object type field may
represent that a transport object is an audio data type. The Object
type field may represent that a transport object is an AAC based
audio data type. At this point, the AAC based audio data type may
be audio data encoded through AAC. In this case, the Object type
field may be set to 0x03. According to another embodiment, the
Object type field may represent that a transport object is an audio
data type. In more detail, the Object type field may represent that
a transport object is an H.264 type. In this case, the Object type
field may be set to 0x04. According to another embodiment, the
Object type field may represent that a transport object is an HEVC
based video data type. At this point, the HEVC based video data
type may be encoded video data encoded through HEVC. In this case,
the Object type field may be set to 0x05. According to another
embodiment, the Object type field may represent that a transport
object is an ISO BMFF based file type. In this case, the Object
type field may be set to 0x06. According to another embodiment, the
Object type field may represent that a transport object is
metadata. In this case, the Object type field may be set to
0x07.
[0825] Additionally, a structure (EXT_OBJ_INFO) of a header
extension according to another embodiment of the present invention
may represent that a corresponding transport packet includes the
first part or end part of a transport object. Information
representing that a transport packet includes the first part or end
part of a transport object may be a marker bit. According to a
specific embodiment, the marker bit may be an M field. The M field
may be interpreted differently according to a value of the Object
type field. For example, when the type of an object for
transmission is a file, it may represent that a corresponding
transport packet includes the end part of a file. Herein, the end
part is part including the last bit of a file. For another example,
when the type of an object for transmission is Audio or Video (AV)
data, it may represent that a corresponding transport packet
includes the first or last bit of an access unit.
[0826] Additionally, a structure (EXT_OBJ_INFO) of a header
extension according to another embodiment of the present invention
may include timing information of data included in a packet
payload. The above information may be a Timestamp field. For
example, the Timestamp field may include information on a time at
which the first byte of data included in a packet payload is
decoded. For another example, the Timestamp field may include
information on a presentation time of data. Furthermore, the
Timestamp field may include timescale information or timescale
based timing information. Herein, the timescale information may be
a unit representing a time for a decoding or presentation time
point of a transport object. In the case of the timescale based
timing information, a broadcast reception device may obtain
information on a decoding or presentation time point by multiplying
the value of the Timestamp field by a timescale.
[0827] FIG. 73 is a view illustrating some configurations added to
the header extension structure of FIG. 72 according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0828] As shown in FIG. 73, the header extension structure may
represent whether a timestamp field exists in a corresponding
header structure. Information representing whether the Timestamp
field exists may be referred to as a TS flag field. In a specific
embodiment, when the TS flag field is set to 1, it may represent
that the timestamp field exists in a corresponding header
structure.
[0829] Additionally, a structure of a header extension according to
another embodiment of the present invention may include format
information of a Timestamp field. The above information may be a TS
format field. According to a specific embodiment, the TS format
field may represent that timing information included in a transport
packet is in the format of media time. The media time may be a
media presentation time according to an arbitrary media timeline.
In this case, the TS format field may be set to 0x01. Additionally,
the TS format field may represent that timing information included
in a transport packet is in the format of Network Time Protocol
(NTP). In this case, the TS format field may be set to 0x02.
Additionally, the TS format field may represent that timing
information included in a transport packet is in the format of a
normal playing time. The format of a normal playing time may be a
presentation time expressed relative from a presentation start time
point and may be expressed in hour, minute, second, or second
decimal point unit In this case, the TS format field may be set to
0x03. Additionally, the TS format field may represent that timing
information included in a transport packet is in the format of
SMPTE time code. The SMPTE time code is time code defined in
Society of motion picture and television engineers (SMPTE). In this
case, the TS format field may be set to 0x04. Additionally, the TS
format field may represent that timing information included in a
transport packet is 90 KHz timing information. In this case, the TS
format field may be set to 0x05.
[0830] Additionally, a structure of a header extension according to
another embodiment of the present invention may represent a
configuration of a timestamp field. In more detail, a structure of
a header extension may represent a configuration of timing
information relating to object presentation or decoding included in
the timestamp field. The above information may be referred to as a
TS version field. For example, the TS version field may represent
that the timestamp field is a 32 bit field. In this case, the TS
version field may be set to 0. For another example, the TS version
field may represent that the timestamp field is a 64 bit field. In
this case, the TS version field may be set to 1.
[0831] FIG. 74 is a view illustrating some configurations added to
the header extension structure of FIG. 72 according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0832] As shown in FIG. 74, a structure of a header extension
according to another embodiment of the present invention may
include additional information relating to a transport object.
According to a specific embodiment, a structure of a header
extension may include location information of an object. For
example, the location information of an object may represent URL
information of an ISO BMFF based segment. In more detail, the
location information of an object may represent URL information
through which ISO BMFF based segments are downloaded. In this case,
additional information relating to a transport object may be
referred to as an Extension field.
[0833] Additionally, a structure of a header extension according to
another embodiment of the present invention may represent whether
an Extension field exists in a corresponding header extension
structure. In this case, information representing whether the
Extension field exists may be referred to as an Ext Flag field.
[0834] FIG. 75 is a view when a new header extension structure is
used as part of a packet header according to an embodiment of the
present invention. As shown in FIG. 75, the part of the packet
header may include timing information of a transport object. The
part of the packet header including timing information of a
transport object may be an EXT_MEDIA_TIME field.
[0835] The EXT_MEDIA_TIME field may include timing information of
data included in a packet payload. The above information may be a
Timestamp field. For example, the Timestamp field may include
information on a time at which the first byte of data included in a
packet payload is decoded. For another example, the Timestamp field
may include information on a presentation time of data.
Furthermore, the Timestamp field may include timescale information
or timescale based timing information. Herein, the timescale
information may be a unit representing a time for a decoding or
presentation time point of a transport object. In the case of the
timescale based timing information, a broadcast reception device
may obtain information on a decoding or presentation time point by
multiplying the value of the Timestamp field by a timescale.
[0836] Additionally, the EXT_MEDIA_TIME field may include format
information of a Timestamp field. The above information may be a TS
format field. According to a specific embodiment, the TS format
field may represent that timing information included in a transport
packet is in the format of media time. In this case, the TS format
field may be set to 0x01. Additionally, the TS format field may
represent that timing information included in a transport packet is
in the format of Network Time Protocol (NTP). In this case, the TS
format field may be set to 0x02. Additionally, the TS format field
may represent that timing information included in a transport
packet is in the format of normal playing time. In this case, the
TS format field may be set to 0x03. Additionally, the TS format
field may represent that timing information included in a transport
packet is in the format of SMPTE time code. The SMPTE time code is
time code defined in Society of motion picture and television
engineers (SMPTE). In this case, the TS format field may be set to
0x04. Additionally, the TS format field may represent that timing
information included in a transport packet is 90 KHz timing
information. In this case, the TS format field may be set to 0x05.
Additionally, the TS format field may represent that timing
information included in a transport packet is in a GPS time format.
In this case, the TS format field may be set to 0x06.
[0837] Additionally, the EXT_MEDIA_TIME field may represent a
configuration of a Timestamp field. A structure of a header
extension may represent a configuration of timing information
relating to object presentation or decoding included in the
timestamp field. The above information may be referred to as a TS
version field. For example, the TS version field may represent that
the timestamp field is a 32 bit field. In this case, the TS version
field may be set to 0. For another example, the TS version field
may represent that the timestamp field is a 64 bit field. In this
case, the TS version field may be set to 1.
[0838] Additionally, the EXT_MEDIA_TIME field may include
additional information relating to timing information. For example,
data information relating to timing information to be mapped may be
included. The additional information relating to timing information
may be referred to as an Extension field.
[0839] Additionally, the EXT_MEDIA_TIME field may include
information on a configuration of the Extension field. In more
detail, various information may be included in the Extension field
and flags may form a set in various information. In this case, a
set of flags may be referred to as an Ext Flags field.
[0840] A transport object that the broadcast reception device 100
receives through a broadcast reception unit may need to synchronize
with timing information having a different format or reference
time. In more detail, the broadcast reception device 100 may need
to synchronize timing information of a transport object with a base
timeline that is the reference for synchronization having a
different format or reference time than timing information of a
transport object. According to an embodiment, timing information
for synchronization may be a presentation timing of a transport
object. Timing information for synchronization according to another
embodiment may be a decoding timing of a transport object. In this
case, a broadcast transmission device may need to transmit
information on a mapping relationship between different timing
information and timing information of a transport object to the
broadcast reception device 100. According to an embodiment of the
present invention to solve the above issue, metadata including the
above-mentioned timeline_component_AU may be transmitted as one
transport object.
[0841] According to an embodiment of the present invention to solve
the above issue, the above-mentioned header extension may include
additional mapping information different from timing information of
a transport object. In more detail, a header extension
(EXT_TIME_MAP) may include information for mapping a timestamp of a
transport object into another timeline. For example, the broadcast
reception device 100 may map a presentation time of a packet
payload into a GPS time by using the above information through the
control unit 150. In this case, the GPS time may be a base
timeline.
[0842] FIG. 76 is a view illustrating a structure of a header
extension for supporting mapping with another timing information
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0843] As shown in FIG. 76, the header extension may include format
information of a Timestamp field. The above information may be a TS
format field. According to a specific embodiment, the TS format
field may represent that a timestamp included in a transport packet
is in the format of media time. In this case, the TS format field
may be set to 0x01. Additionally, the TS format field may represent
that a timestamp included in a transport packet is in the format of
Network Time Protocol (NTP). In this case, the TS format field may
be set to 0x02. Additionally, the TS format field may represent
that a timestamp included in a transport packet is in the format of
normal playing time. In this case, the TS format field may be set
to 0x03. Additionally, the TS format field may represent that a
timestamp included in a transport packet is in the format of SMPTE
time code. The SMPTE time code is time code defined in Society of
motion picture and television engineers (SMPTE). In this case, the
TS format field may be set to 0x04. Additionally, the TS format
field may represent that a timestamp included in a transport packet
is a 90 KHz based timestamp. In this case, the TS format field may
be set to 0x05. Additionally, the TS format field may represent
that a timestamp included in a transport packet is in a GPS time
format. In this case, the TS format field may be set to 0x06.
[0844] Additionally, the header extension may represent the version
or configuration of a timestamp field. A structure of a header
extension may represent a configuration of timing information
relating to object presentation or decoding included in the
timestamp field. The above information may be referred to as a TS
version field. For example, the TS version field may represent that
the timestamp field is a 32 bit field. In this case, the TS version
field may be set to 0. For another example, the TS version field
may represent that the timestamp field is a 64 bit field. In this
case, the TS version field may be set to 1.
[0845] Additionally, the header extension may represent whether
timing information of a time line into which a timestamp of a
transport object is mapped exists. In this case, information
representing the presence may be referred to as an OTS flag field.
In a specific embodiment, when the OTS flag field is set to 1, it
may represent that timing information of a timeline into which a
timestamp of a transport object is mapped exists.
[0846] Additionally, a header extension may represent a timestamp
format of a time line into which a timestamp of a transport object
is mapped. In more detail, a timestamp of a transport object may be
at least one of a presentation time and a decoding time of an
object. Additionally, a timeline in which a transport object is
mapped into a timestamp may be a base timeline. Herein, the base
timeline is a reference timeline for synchronization between a
plurality of different timelines.
[0847] The above information may be an OTS format field. According
to a specific embodiment, the OTS format field may represent that a
timestamp mapped into a timestamp of a transport object included in
a transport packet is in the format of a media time. In this case,
the OTS format field may be set to 0x01. Additionally, the OTS
format field may represent that timing information included in a
transport packet is in the format of Network Time Protocol (NTP).
In this case, the OTS format field may be set to 0x02.
Additionally, the OTS format field may represent that a timestamp
mapped into a timestamp of a transport object included in a
transport packet is in the format of normal playing time. In this
case, the OTS format field may be set to 0x03. Additionally, the
OTS format field may represent that a timestamp mapped into a
timestamp of a transport object included in a transport packet is
in the format of SMPTE time code. The SMPTE time code is time code
defined in Society of motion picture and television engineers
(SMPTE). In this case, the OTS format field may be set to 0x04.
Additionally, the OTS format field may represent that a timestamp
mapped into a timestamp of a transport object included in a
transport packet is 90 KHz based timing information. In this case,
the OTS format field may be set to 0x05. Additionally, the OTS
format field may represent that a timestamp mapped into a timestamp
of a transport object included in a transport packet is in a GPS
time format. In this case, the OTS format field may be set to
0x06.
[0848] Additionally, a header extension may represent a version or
configuration of a timestamp of a timeline mapped into a timestamp
of an object and a timestamp of a transport object. In more detail,
a timestamp of a transport object may be at least one of a
presentation time and a decoding time of an object. Additionally, a
timeline in which a transport object is mapped into a timestamp may
be a base timeline. Herein, the base timeline is a reference
timeline for synchronization between a plurality of different
timelines.
[0849] In this case, information representing a configuration or
version of a timestamp mapped into a timestamp of a transport
object may be referred to as an OTS version field. For example, the
OTS version field may represent that a time stamp mapped into a
timestamp of a transport object is 32 bits. In this case, the OTS
version field may be set to 0. For another example, the OTS version
field may represent that a time stamp mapped into a timestamp of a
transport object is 64 bits. In this case, the OTS version field
may be set to 1.
[0850] Additionally, the header extension may represent whether
location information is included. In this case, information
representing whether location information is included may be a
Location flag field. For example, when the Location flag field is
set to 1, it may represent that location information is included in
a corresponding header extension.
[0851] Additionally, the header extension may include a timestamp
of a transport object and timing information of a timeline mapped
into the timestamp of the transport object. The above information
may be referred to as a timestamp field.
[0852] Additionally, the header extension may include a timestamp
of a corresponding header extension and timing information relating
to a transport object mapped into a timestamp of a transport
object. The above information may be an Origin time stamp
field.
[0853] Additionally, the header extension may include location
information of data relating to a timeline mapped into a timestamp
of an object. The above information may be referred to as a
location field. In an embodiment, when mapping with a timeline of a
specific ISO BMFF based data segment is required, the Location
field may include the URL of a corresponding data segment.
[0854] FIG. 77 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast transmission device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0855] The broadcast transmission device obtains an object for
transmission through a control unit in operation S401. According to
an embodiment, the object may be AV content. According to another
embodiment, an object may be AV content related enhancement
data.
[0856] The broadcast transmission device may obtain time
information and format information of an object through a control
unit in operation S403. According to an embodiment, the time
information may be a timestamp of a transport object. According to
another embodiment, the time information may be timing information
of a timeline to be mapped into a timestamp of a transport object.
According to another embodiment, the time information may be a
timestamp of a header extension structure. According to another
embodiment, the time information may be timing information of a
transport object to be mapped into a timestamp of a header
extension structure. Additionally, the format information may be at
least one of a regular file, an HTTP entity, and an audio/video
access unit.
[0857] In more detail, a timestamp of a transport object may be at
least one of a presentation time and a decoding time of an object.
Additionally, a timeline in which a transport object is mapped into
a timestamp may be a base timeline. Herein, the base timeline is a
reference timeline for synchronization between a plurality of
different timelines. For example, the base timeline may be GPS time
and information for synchronizing a transport object with the GPS
time may be included in the above header extension.
[0858] The broadcast transmission device sets the time information
and format information obtained through the control unit in a
packet header and packetizes a transport packet in operation S405.
In more detail, a control unit of a broadcast transmission device
packetizes a packet header including the obtained time information
and a packet payload including data according to a transport
protocol. According to another embodiment, the broadcast
transmission device may set time information and format information
in a header extension that is selectively included in a packet
header through the control unit.
[0859] In more detail, the time information may be information
relating to a presentation time of an object. The information
relating to a presentation time may be at least one of a
presentation time point (timing information) and a decoding time
point (timing information) of a transport object. According to
another embodiment, the additional information may be type
information of a transport object. The broadcast transmission
device may set at least one of whether a header extension exists in
a packet header, the length of a header extension, and type
information of a header extension, in a normal packet header.
[0860] The broadcast transmission device transmits the packetized
transport packet through a transmission unit in operation S407. The
transmission unit may transmit a transport packet through at least
one of a terrestrial broadcast network and an internet network.
[0861] FIG. 78 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0862] The broadcast reception device 100 receives a transport
packet through the broadcast reception unit 110 in operation S411.
As described with reference to FIG. 77, a transport packet may
include a packet header and a packet payload and the packet header
may include a header extension selectively.
[0863] The control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
extracts a packet header and a header extension from the received
transmission packet in operation S412. According to a specific
embodiment, the control unit 150 may extract a packet header
included in a transport packet. Additionally, a header extension
that is selectively included in a packet header may be extracted
from a packet header.
[0864] The control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
obtains at least one of time information relating to a transport
object and format information of a transport object on the basis of
a packet header in operation S413. According to another embodiment,
the control unit 150 may obtain at least one of the time
information and the format information from a header extension that
is selectively included in a packet header. According to a specific
embodiment, the control unit 150 may obtain a timestamp of a
transport object on the basis of a header extension. Additionally,
the control unit 150 may obtain format information of a transport
object. The format information of the transport object may
represent at least one of a regular file, an HTTP entity, and an
audio/video access unit. Herein, the regular file may be an ISO
BMFF based media file.
[0865] The control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
determines whether information for mapping into another time
information is obtained from a packet header in operation S414. In
more detail, the control unit 150 determines whether another time
information mapping into time information for a corresponding
transport object exists in a packet header. According to another
embodiment, the control unit 150 may determine the other time
information on the basis of specific information extracted from a
header extension that is selectively included in a packet
header.
[0866] According to an embodiment, when the control unit 150
determines that information for mapping into another time
information from a packet header, it obtains information for
mapping from the packet header in operation S415. Herein, the other
time information may be the above mentioned timing information of
the base timeline. Additionally, the timing information may include
at least one of presentation timing information and decoding timing
information of a transport object. According to a specific
embodiment, the control unit 150 may obtain timing information of a
timeline mapped into a transport object on the basis of a packet
header. According to another embodiment, the control unit 150 may
obtain timing information of a transport object mapped into a
timestamp of a corresponding packet header on the basis of a packet
header. Additionally, the control unit 150 may obtain location
information of data mapped into a transport object on the basis of
a packet header. According to another embodiment, the control unit
150 may obtain information for mapping from a header extension that
is selectively included in a packet header.
[0867] The control unit 150 of the broadcast reception device 100
obtains a transport object on the basis of the obtained time
information in operation S416. According to an embodiment, when the
control unit 150 does not obtain another time information and
mapping information, it outputs an object on the basis of a
timestamp of a corresponding transport object. According to another
embodiment, when the control unit 150 obtains the other time
information and the mapping information, it outputs an object on
the basis of corresponding mapping information and a timestamp of
an object.
[0868] FIG. 79 is a view illustrating a structure of a packet
header including information on a configuration of a transport
packet.
[0869] A packet header according to an embodiment of the present
invention may represent that the first or end part data in an
entire transport object is included in a packet payload. In this
case, information representing that the first or end part data is
included may be a marker bit. According to a specific embodiment,
the marker bit may be an M field. The M field may be a 1 bit
field.
[0870] Additionally, a packet header according to an embodiment of
the present invention may include information on a configuration of
a corresponding transport packet. In this case, the information on
the configuration of the transport packet may be a type field. The
type field may be a 2 bit field.
[0871] In another case, the information on the configuration of the
transport packet may be included in a codepoint field. The
Codepoint field may be an 8 bit field.
[0872] According to a specific embodiment, the Type field may
represent that a corresponding transport object has a regular
packet structure. In more detail, it represents that a
corresponding packet uses an existing transport packet structure
shown in FIG. 68 as it is. In this case, the transport packet may
include at least one of a packet header, a header extension, a
packet payload, an identifier, and data. Additionally, the
broadcast transmission device may set the Type field to 0x00.
[0873] Additionally, according to a specific embodiment, the Type
field may represent that a corresponding transport packet does not
include a payload. In more detail, it represents that a
corresponding transport packet includes only a packet header and a
header extension. In this case, the broadcast transmission device
may set the type field to 0x01.
[0874] Additionally, according to a specific embodiment, the Type
field may represent that a corresponding transport packet includes
offset information for an entire transport object. Herein, the
offset information is offset information of data including an
encoding symbol field of a corresponding transport packet. That is,
the offset information represents offset information of data of a
corresponding transport packet in an entire transport object. At
this point, according to an embodiment, a corresponding transport
packet may have a structure and configuration identical to those of
a regular transport packet but the payload identifier field may be
replaced with a data offset field. In this case, the broadcast
transmission device may set the type field to 0x02.
[0875] Additionally, according to a specific embodiment, the Type
field may represent that a corresponding transport packet includes
a different configuration than a structure of an existing regular
transport packet. In this case, the broadcast transmission device
may set the type field to 0x03. According to a specific embodiment,
the Type field may represent that a corresponding transport object
does not include a payload identifier field. In this case, the
broadcast transmission device may set the type field to 0x04.
[0876] FIG. 80 is a view illustrating a configuration of the
transport packet described with reference to FIG. 79. As shown in
FIG. 80, the Type field may represent a structure of a transport
packet. However, the present invention is not limited to the
transport packet shown in FIG. 80 and also is not limited to the
set value in FIG. 80.
[0877] FIG. 81 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast transmission device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0878] The broadcast transmission device obtains structure
information of a transport packet through a control unit in
operation S421. According to an embodiment, a structure of a
transport packet may be an existing regular packet structure.
According to another embodiment, a structure of a transport packet
may have a structure configured with only a packet header and a
header extension. According to another embodiment, a structure of a
transport packet may be a structure including a configuration that
replaces an existing payload identifier. According to another
embodiment, a structure of a transport packet may be a structure
not including a payload identifier.
[0879] The broadcast transmission device packetizes a transport
packet by setting a value that represents information of a
corresponding structure in a packet header on the basis of a
structure of the transport packet obtained through the control unit
in operation S423. In more detail, the control unit may set
information of a corresponding structure in the Type field.
[0880] The broadcast transmission device transmits the packetized
transport packet through a transmission unit in operation S425.
According to an embodiment, the transmission unit may transmit the
packetized transport packet through a terrestrial broadcast
network. According to another embodiment, the transmission unit may
transmit the packetized transport packet through an internet
network.
[0881] FIG. 82 is a view illustrating a method of operating a
broadcast reception device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0882] The broadcast reception device 100 receives a transport
packet through the broadcast reception unit 110 in operation S431.
According to an embodiment, the broadcast reception unit 110 may
receive a transport packet through a terrestrial broadcast network.
According to another embodiment, an IP communication unit 130 may
receive a transport packet through an internet network.
[0883] The broadcast reception device 100 extracts a packet header
from the received transport packet through the control unit 150 in
operation S433. In more detail, the transport packet may include at
least one of a packet header and a packet payload. Accordingly, the
control unit 150 may extract a packet header signaling a packet
payload from a transport packet.
[0884] The broadcast reception device 100 obtains configuration
information of a transport packet from the extracted packet header
in operation S435. In more detail, the packet header may include
information representing a structure of a transport packet.
Accordingly, the broadcast reception device 100 obtains information
representing a structure of a transport packet from a packet header
through the control unit 150. According to an embodiment, a
structure of a transport packet may be an existing regular
transport packet structure. According to another embodiment, a
structure of a transport packet may be a structure including only a
packet header and a header extension. According to another
embodiment, a structure of a transport packet may be a structure
including offset information that replaces a packet payload
identifier. According to another embodiment, a structure of a
transport packet may be a structure not including a packet payload
identifier.
[0885] The present invention is not limited to the features,
structures, and effects described in the above embodiments.
Furthermore, the features, structures, and effects in each
embodiment may be combined or modified by those skilled in the art.
Accordingly, it should be interpreted that contents relating to
such combinations and modifications are included in the scope of
the present invention.
[0886] While this invention has been particularly shown and
described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will
be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in
form and details may be made therein without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended
claims. For example, each component in an embodiment is modified
and implemented. Accordingly, it should be interpreted that
differences relating to such modifications and applications are
included in the scope of the appended claims.
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