U.S. patent application number 17/830305 was filed with the patent office on 2022-09-15 for broadcast signal transmission apparatus, broadcast signal reception apparatus, broadcast signal transmission method, and broadcast signal reception method.
The applicant listed for this patent is LG Electronics Inc.. Invention is credited to Sungryong HONG, Woosuk KO, Sejin OH.
Application Number | 20220295122 17/830305 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000006366434 |
Filed Date | 2022-09-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20220295122 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
OH; Sejin ; et al. |
September 15, 2022 |
BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION
APPARATUS, BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND BROADCAST
SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD
Abstract
The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a
broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal
according to the present invention proposes a system which may
support a next generation broadcast service, in an environment
supporting next generation hybrid broadcast that uses a terrestrial
broadcast network and an internet network. Further, the present
invention proposes an efficient signaling method which can cover
both the terrestrial broadcast network and the internet network, in
an environment supporting next generation hybrid broadcast.
Inventors: |
OH; Sejin; (Seoul, KR)
; KO; Woosuk; (Seoul, KR) ; HONG; Sungryong;
(Seoul, KR) |
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Applicant: |
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LG Electronics Inc. |
Seoul |
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KR |
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1000006366434 |
Appl. No.: |
17/830305 |
Filed: |
June 1, 2022 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H04N 21/858 20130101;
H04L 69/16 20130101; H04L 69/324 20130101; H04L 61/5007 20220501;
H04N 7/08 20130101; H04N 21/2362 20130101; H04L 12/18 20130101;
H04L 12/1836 20130101; H04L 69/323 20130101; H04N 21/236 20130101;
H04N 21/8352 20130101; H04L 69/326 20130101 |
International
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H04N 21/2362 20060101
H04N021/2362; H04N 21/236 20060101 H04N021/236; H04N 7/08 20060101
H04N007/08; H04N 21/8352 20060101 H04N021/8352; H04N 21/858
20060101 H04N021/858; H04L 12/18 20060101 H04L012/18; H04L 61/5007
20060101 H04L061/5007; H04L 69/16 20060101 H04L069/16; H04L 69/323
20060101 H04L069/323; H04L 69/324 20060101 H04L069/324; H04L 69/326
20060101 H04L069/326 |
Claims
1-20. (canceled)
21. A method of processing data in a transmitting system, the
method comprising: encoding service data of a service delivered
through one of a real time object delivery over unidirectional
transport (ROUTE) session or a MPEG media transport protocol (MMTP)
session; mapping the encoded service data by a Non Uniform
Constellation (NUC); encoding first signaling data for fast channel
scans and service acquisition, wherein the first signaling data
includes access information for obtaining second signaling data,
service identification information for identifying the service,
channel information of the service, and name information of the
service, and wherein the second signaling data provides information
for discovery and acquisition of the service; and transmitting a
broadcast signal including one or more frames that include the
mapped service data, the encoded first signaling data, and physical
layer signaling data through a broadcast network, wherein the
second signaling data is transmitted through one of the broadcast
network or a broadband network, wherein the physical layer
signaling data includes encoding information and modulation
information of the service data, and wherein the physical layer
signaling data further includes flag information for indicating
whether the first signaling data is included in a current
frame.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes Internet Protocol
(IP) address information and User Data Protocol (UDP) port number
information to obtain the second signaling data which is
transmitted through the broadcast network and wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes uniform resource
location information to obtain the second signaling data which is
transmitted through the broadband network.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the first signaling
data further includes type information for indicating whether the
service data is delivered through the ROUTE session or the MMTP
session.
24. An apparatus for processing data in a transmitting system, the
apparatus comprising: a first encoder configured to encode service
data of a service delivered through one of a real time object
delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) session or a MPEG
media transport protocol (MMTP) session; a mapper configured to map
the encoded service data by a Non Uniform Constellation (NUC); a
second encoder configured to encode first signaling data for fast
channel scans and service acquisition, wherein the first signaling
data includes access information for obtaining second signaling
data, service identification information for identifying the
service, channel information of the service, and name information
of the service, and wherein the second signaling data provides
information for discovery and acquisition of the service; and a
transmitter configured to transmit a broadcast signal including one
or more frames that include the mapped service data, the encoded
first signaling data, and physical layer signaling data through a
broadcast network, wherein the second signaling data is transmitted
through one of the broadcast network or a broadband network,
wherein the physical layer signaling data includes encoding
information and modulation information of the service data, and
wherein the physical layer signaling data further includes flag
information for indicating whether the first signaling data is
included in a current frame.
25. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes Internet Protocol
(IP) address information and User Data Protocol (UDP) port number
information to obtain the second signaling data which is
transmitted through the broadcast network and wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes uniform resource
location information to obtain the second signaling data which is
transmitted through the broadband network.
26. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the first
signaling data further includes type information for indicating
whether the service data is delivered through the ROUTE session or
the MMTP session.
27. A method of processing data in a receiving system, the method
comprising: receiving a broadcast signal including one or more
frames that include service data of a service, first signaling data
for fast channel scans and service acquisition, and physical layer
signaling data through a broadcast network, wherein the physical
layer signaling data includes encoding information and modulation
information of the service data, wherein the physical layer
signaling data further includes flag information for indicating
whether the first signaling data is included in a current frame,
wherein the service data is delivered through one of a real time
object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) session or a
MPEG media transport protocol (MMTP) session, wherein the first
signaling data includes access information for obtaining second
signaling data, service identification information for identifying
the service, channel information of the service, and name
information of the service, wherein the second signaling data
provides information for discovery and acquisition of the service,
and wherein the second signaling data is received through the
broadcast network or a broadband network; decoding the first
signaling data; de-mapping the service data based on the modulation
information; decoding the de-mapped service data based on the
encoding information; obtaining the second signaling data based on
the first signaling data; and providing the service to a user by
discovering and acquiring the service including the service data
based on the second signaling data.
28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes Internet Protocol
(IP) address information and User Data Protocol (UDP) port number
information to obtain the second signaling data which is received
through the broadcast network and wherein the access information in
the first signaling data includes uniform resource location
information to obtain the second signaling data which is received
through the broadband network.
29. The method according to claim 27, wherein the first signaling
data further includes type information for indicating whether the
service data is delivered through the ROUTE session or the MMTP
session.
30. An apparatus for processing data in a receiving system, the
apparatus comprising: a tuner configured to receive a broadcast
signal including one or more frames that include service data of a
service, first signaling data for fast channel scans and service
acquisition, and physical layer signaling data through a broadcast
network, wherein the physical layer signaling data includes
encoding information and modulation information of the service
data, wherein the physical layer signaling data further includes
flag information for identifying whether the first signaling data
is included in a current frame, wherein the service data is
delivered through one of a real time object delivery over
unidirectional transport (ROUTE) session or a MPEG media transport
protocol (MMTP) session, wherein the first signaling data includes
access information for obtaining second signaling data, service
identification information for identifying the service, channel
information of the service, and name information of the service,
wherein the second signaling data provides information for
discovery and acquisition of the service, and wherein the second
signaling data is received through the broadcast network or a
broadband network; a first decoder configured to decode the first
signaling data; a demapper configured to de-map the service data
based on the modulation information; and a second decoder
configured to decode the de-mapped service data based on the
encoding information; a first processor configured to obtain the
second signaling data based on the first signaling data; and a
second processor configured to provide the service to a user by
discovering and acquiring the service including the service data
based on the second signaling data.
31. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the access
information in the first signaling data includes Internet Protocol
(IP) address information and User Data Protocol (UDP) port number
information to obtain the second signaling data which is received
through the broadcast network and wherein the access information in
the first signaling data includes uniform resource location
information to obtain the second signaling data which is received
through the broadband network
32. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the first
signaling data further includes type information for indicating
whether the service data is delivered through the ROUTE session or
the MMTP session.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for
transmitting a broadcast signal, an apparatus for receiving a
broadcast signal and methods for transmitting and receiving a
broadcast signal.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] As analog broadcast signal transmission comes to an end,
various technologies for transmitting/receiving digital broadcast
signals are being developed. A digital broadcast signal may include
a larger amount of video/audio data than an analog broadcast signal
and further include various types of additional data in addition to
the video/audio data.
DISCLOSURE
Technical Problem
[0003] That is, a digital broadcast system can provide HD (high
definition) images, multichannel audio and various additional
services. However, data transmission efficiency for transmission of
large amounts of data, robustness of transmission/reception
networks and network flexibility in consideration of mobile
reception equipment need to be improved for digital broadcast.
Technical Solution
[0004] The present invention provides a system capable of
effectively supporting future broadcast services in an environment
supporting future hybrid broadcasting using terrestrial broadcast
networks and the Internet and related signaling methods.
Advantageous Effects
[0005] The present invention can control quality of service (QoS)
with respect to services or service components by processing data
on the basis of service characteristics, thereby providing various
broadcast services.
[0006] The present invention can achieve transmission flexibility
by transmitting various broadcast services through the same radio
frequency (RF) signal bandwidth.
[0007] The present invention can provide methods and apparatuses
for transmitting and receiving broadcast signals, which enable
digital broadcast signals to be received without error even when a
mobile reception device is used or even in an indoor
environment.
[0008] The present invention can effectively support future
broadcast services in an environment supporting future hybrid
broadcasting using terrestrial broadcast networks and the
Internet.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0009] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a
further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and
constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of
the invention and together with the description serve to explain
the principle of the invention. In the drawings:
[0010] FIG. 1 illustrates a receiver protocol stack according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 illustrates a relation between an SLT and service
layer signaling (SLS) according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 illustrates an SLT according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0013] FIG. 4 illustrates SLS bootstrapping and a service discovery
process according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 5 illustrates a USBD fragment for ROUTE/DASH according
to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 6 illustrates an S-TSID fragment for ROUTE/DASH
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 7 illustrates a USBD/USD fragment for MMT according to
an embodiment of the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 8 illustrates a link layer protocol architecture
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 9 illustrates a structure of a base header of a link
layer packet according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0019] FIG. 10 illustrates a structure of an additional header of a
link layer packet according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0020] FIG. 11 illustrates a structure of an additional header of a
link layer packet according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0021] FIG. 12 illustrates a header structure of a link layer
packet for an MPEG-2 TS packet and an encapsulation process thereof
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 13 illustrates an example of adaptation modes in IP
header compression according to an embodiment of the present
invention (transmitting side);
[0023] FIG. 14 illustrates a link mapping table (LMT) and an RoHC-U
description table according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0024] FIG. 15 illustrates a structure of a link layer on a
transmitter side according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0025] FIG. 16 illustrates a structure of a link layer on a
receiver side according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0026] FIG. 17 illustrates a configuration of signaling
transmission through a link layer according to an embodiment of the
present invention (transmitting/receiving sides);
[0027] FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast signal transmission apparatus for future broadcast
services according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0028] FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a bit interleaved
coding & modulation (BICM) block according to an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0029] FIG. 20 is a block diagram illustrating a BICM block
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0030] FIG. 21 illustrates a bit interleaving process of physical
layer signaling (PLS) according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0031] FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a
broadcast signal reception apparatus for future broadcast services
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0032] FIG. 23 illustrates a signaling hierarchy structure of a
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0033] FIG. 24 is a table illustrating PLS1 data according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0034] FIG. 25 is a table illustrating PLS2 data according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0035] FIG. 26 is a table illustrating PLS2 data according to
another embodiment of the present invention;
[0036] FIG. 27 illustrates a logical structure of a frame according
to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0037] FIG. 28 illustrates PLS mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0038] FIG. 29 illustrates time interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0039] FIG. 30 illustrates a basic operation of a twisted
row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0040] FIG. 31 illustrates an operation of a twisted row-column
block interleaver according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0041] FIG. 32 is a block diagram illustrating an interleaving
address generator including a main pseudo-random binary sequence
(PRBS) generator and a sub-PRBS generator according to each FFT
mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0042] FIG. 33 illustrates a main PRBS used for all FFT modes
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0043] FIG. 34 illustrates a sub-PRBS used for FFT modes and an
interleaving address for frequency interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0044] FIG. 35 illustrates a write operation of a time interleaver
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0045] FIG. 36 is a table illustrating an interleaving type applied
according to the number of PLPs;
[0046] FIG. 37 is a block diagram including a first example of a
structure of a hybrid time interleaver;
[0047] FIG. 38 is a block diagram including a second example of the
structure of the hybrid time interleaver;
[0048] FIG. 39 is a block diagram including a first example of a
structure of a hybrid time deinterleaver;
[0049] FIG. 40 is a block diagram including a second example of the
structure of the hybrid time deinterleaver;
[0050] FIG. 41 is a block diagram illustrating a hybrid broadcast
reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0051] FIG. 42 is a block diagram illustrating a hybrid broadcast
receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0052] FIG. 43 illustrates a protocol stack of a future hybrid
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0053] FIG. 44 illustrates a structure of a transport frame
delivered to a physical layer of a future broadcast transmission
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0054] FIG. 45 illustrates a transport packet of an application
layer transport protocol according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0055] FIG. 46 illustrates a method for transmitting signaling data
by a future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0056] FIG. 47 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of a receiver, by the future broadcast
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0057] FIG. 48 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of the receiver, by the future broadcast
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0058] FIG. 49 illustrates a method for transmitting FIC based
signaling according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0059] FIG. 50 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of the receiver, by the future broadcast
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0060] FIG. 51 illustrates a method for transmitting FIC based
signaling according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0061] FIG. 52 illustrates a service signaling message format of
the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0062] FIG. 53 shows service signaling tables used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0063] FIG. 54 shows a service mapping table used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0064] FIG. 55 shows a service signaling table used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0065] FIG. 56 shows a component mapping table used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0066] FIG. 57 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0067] FIG. 58 illustrates a syntax of the component mapping table
of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0068] FIG. 59 illustrates a method for transmitting signaling
related to each service through a broadband network in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0069] FIG. 60 illustrates a method for signaling an MPD in the
future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0070] FIG. 61 illustrates a syntax of an MPD delivery table used
in in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0071] FIG. 62 illustrates transport session instance description
of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0072] FIG. 63 illustrates a SourceFlow element of the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0073] FIG. 64 illustrates an EFDT of the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0074] FIG. 65 illustrates a method for transmitting an ISDT used
by the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0075] FIG. 66 illustrates a signaling message delivery structure
of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0076] FIG. 67 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of the receiver, by the future broadcast
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0077] FIG. 68 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of the receiver, by the future broadcast
system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0078] FIG. 69 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0079] FIG. 70 illustrates a component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0080] FIGS. 71 and 72 illustrate component mapping table
description according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0081] FIG. 73 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0082] FIG. 74 illustrates common attributes and elements of an MPD
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0083] FIG. 75 illustrates transport session instance description
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0084] FIG. 76 illustrates a SourceFlow element of the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0085] FIG. 77 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of a receiver, by a future broadcast system
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0086] FIG. 78 illustrates signaling data transmitted, for fast
broadcast service scan of the receiver, by a future broadcast
system according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0087] FIG. 79 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0088] FIG. 80 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0089] FIG. 81 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0090] FIG. 82 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0091] FIG. 83 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0092] FIG. 84 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0093] FIG. 85 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0094] FIG. 86 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0095] FIG. 87 illustrates a method for transmitting service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0096] FIG. 88 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention;
[0097] FIG. 89 illustrates a syntax of a header of a signaling
message according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0098] FIG. 90 illustrates a protocol stack which processes a DASH
initialization segment according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0099] FIG. 91 illustrates part of layered coding transport (LCT)
session instance description (LSID) according to an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0100] FIG. 92 illustrates signaling object description (SOD)
providing information for filtering a service signaling message
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0101] FIG. 93 illustrates an object including a signaling message
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0102] FIG. 94 illustrates TOI configuration description (TCD)
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0103] FIG. 95 illustrates a payload format element of a transport
packet according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0104] FIG. 96 illustrates TOI configuration instance description
(TCD) according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0105] FIG. 97 illustrates a syntax of a payload of a fast
information channel (FIC) according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0106] FIG. 98 illustrates a syntax of a payload of an FIC
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0107] FIG. 99 illustrates a syntax of serving level signaling
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0108] FIG. 100 illustrates component mapping description according
to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0109] FIG. 101 illustrates a syntax of URL signaling description
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0110] FIG. 102 illustrates a SourceFlow element according to
another embodiment of the present invention;
[0111] FIG. 103 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadcast network according to another
embodiment of the present invention;
[0112] FIG. 104 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadcast network and a broadband network
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0113] FIG. 105 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadband network according to another
embodiment of the present invention;
[0114] FIG. 106 illustrates a process of acquiring an electronic
service guide (ESG) through a broadcast network according to
another embodiment of the present invention;
[0115] FIG. 107 illustrates a process of acquiring video segments
and audio segments of broadcast services through a broadcast
network according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0116] FIG. 108 illustrates a process of acquiring video segments
through a broadcast network and acquiring audio segments through a
broadband network according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0117] FIG. 109 is a diagram showing the syntax of a payload of a
FIC according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0118] FIG. 110 is a diagram showing the syntax of a payload of a
FIC according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0119] FIG. 111 is a diagram showing a
transport_parameter_descriptor according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0120] FIG. 112 is a diagram showing a signaling structure in a
process of acquiring a broadcast service at a receiver according to
another embodiment of the present invention;
[0121] FIG. 113 is a flowchart illustrating a process of
transmitting and processing a broadcast signal according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0122] FIG. 114 is a diagram showing an apparatus for processing a
broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0123] FIG. 115 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0124] FIG. 116 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0125] FIG. 117 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0126] FIG. 118 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0127] FIG. 119 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention;
[0128] FIG. 120 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention;
[0129] FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating a method of processing
service data according to an embodiment of the present invention;
and
[0130] FIG. 122 is a diagram showing an apparatus for processing
service data according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
BEST MODE
[0131] 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.
[0132] Although the terms used in the present invention are
selected from generally known and used terms, some of the terms
mentioned in the description of the present invention have been
selected by the applicant at his or her discretion, the detailed
meanings of which are described in relevant parts of the
description herein. Furthermore, it is required that the present
invention is understood, not simply by the actual terms used but by
the meanings of each term lying within.
[0133] 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, an ultra high definition television
(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.
[0134] FIG. 1 illustrates a receiver protocol stack according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0135] Two schemes may be used in broadcast service delivery
through a broadcast network.
[0136] In a first scheme, media processing units (MPUs) are
transmitted using an MMT protocol (MMTP) based on MPEG media
transport (MMT). In a second scheme, dynamic adaptive streaming
over HTTP (DASH) segments may be transmitted using real time object
delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) based on MPEG
DASH.
[0137] Non-timed content including NRT media, EPG data, and other
files is delivered with ROUTE. Signaling may be delivered over MMTP
and/or ROUTE, while bootstrap signaling information is provided by
the means of the Service List Table (SLT).
[0138] In hybrid service delivery, MPEG DASH over HTTP/TCP/IP is
used on the broadband side. Media files in ISO Base Media File
Format (BMFF) are used as the delivery, media encapsulation and
synchronization format for both broadcast and broadband delivery.
Here, hybrid service delivery may refer to a case in which one or
more program elements are delivered through a broadband path.
[0139] Services are delivered using three functional layers. These
are the physical layer, the delivery layer and the service
management layer. The physical layer provides the mechanism by
which signaling, service announcement and IP packet streams are
transported over the broadcast physical layer and/or broadband
physical layer. The delivery layer provides object and object flow
transport functionality. It is enabled by the MMTP or the ROUTE
protocol, operating on a UDP/IP multicast over the broadcast
physical layer, and enabled by the HTTP protocol on a TCP/IP
unicast over the broadband physical layer. The service management
layer enables any type of service, such as linear TV or HTML5
application service, to be carried by the underlying delivery and
physical layers.
[0140] In this figure, a protocol stack part on a broadcast side
may be divided into a part transmitted through the SLT and the
MMTP, and a part transmitted through ROUTE.
[0141] The SLT may be encapsulated through UDP and IP layers. Here,
the SLT will be described below. The MMTP may transmit data
formatted in an MPU format defined in MMT, and signaling
information according to the MMTP. The data may be encapsulated
through the UDP and IP layers. ROUTE may transmit data formatted in
a DASH segment form, signaling information, and non-timed data such
as NRT data, etc. The data may be encapsulated through the UDP and
IP layers. According to a given embodiment, some or all processing
according to the UDP and IP layers may be omitted. Here, the
illustrated signaling information may be signaling information
related to a service.
[0142] The part transmitted through the SLT and the MMTP and the
part transmitted through ROUTE may be processed in the UDP and IP
layers, and then encapsulated again in a data link layer. The link
layer will be described below. Broadcast data processed in the link
layer may be multicast as a broadcast signal through processes such
as encoding/interleaving, etc. in the physical layer.
[0143] In this figure, a protocol stack part on a broadband side
may be transmitted through HTTP as described above. Data formatted
in a DASH segment form, signaling information, NRT information,
etc. may be transmitted through HTTP. Here, the illustrated
signaling information may be signaling information related to a
service. The data may be processed through the TCP layer and the IP
layer, and then encapsulated into the link layer. According to a
given embodiment, some or all of the TCP, the IP, and the link
layer may be omitted. Broadband data processed thereafter may be
transmitted by unicast in the broadband through a process for
transmission in the physical layer.
[0144] Service can be a collection of media components presented to
the user in aggregate; components can be of multiple media types; a
Service can be either continuous or intermittent; a Service can be
Real Time or Non-Real Time; Real Time Service can consist of a
sequence of TV programs.
[0145] FIG. 2 illustrates a relation between the SLT and SLS
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0146] Service signaling provides service discovery and description
information, and comprises two functional components: Bootstrap
signaling via the Service List Table (SLT) and the Service Layer
Signaling (SLS). These represent the information which is necessary
to discover and acquire user services. The SLT enables the receiver
to build a basic service list, and bootstrap the discovery of the
SLS for each service.
[0147] The SLT can enable very rapid acquisition of basic service
information. The SLS enables the receiver to discover and access
services and their content components. Details of the SLT and SLS
will be described below.
[0148] As described in the foregoing, the SLT may be transmitted
through UDP/IP. In this instance, according to a given embodiment,
data corresponding to the SLT may be delivered through the most
robust scheme in this transmission.
[0149] The SLT may have access information for accessing SLS
delivered by the ROUTE protocol. In other words, the SLT may be
bootstrapped into SLS according to the ROUTE protocol. The SLS is
signaling information positioned in an upper layer of ROUTE in the
above-described protocol stack, and may be delivered through
ROUTE/UDP/IP. The SLS may be transmitted through one of LCT
sessions included in a ROUTE session. It is possible to access a
service component corresponding to a desired service using the
SLS.
[0150] In addition, the SLT may have access information for
accessing an MMT signaling component delivered by MMTP. In other
words, the SLT may be bootstrapped into SLS according to the MMTP.
The SLS may be delivered by an MMTP signaling message defined in
MMT. It is possible to access a streaming service component (MPU)
corresponding to a desired service using the SLS. As described in
the foregoing, in the present invention, an NRT service component
is delivered through the ROUTE protocol, and the SLS according to
the MMTP may include information for accessing the ROUTE protocol.
In broadband delivery, the SLS is carried over HTTP(S)/TCP/IP.
[0151] FIG. 3 illustrates an SLT according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0152] First, a description will be given of a relation among
respective logical entities of service management, delivery, and a
physical layer.
[0153] Services may be signaled as being one of two basic types.
First type is a linear audio/video or audio-only service that may
have an app-based enhancement. Second type is a service whose
presentation and composition is controlled by a downloaded
application that is executed upon acquisition of the service. The
latter can be called an "app-based" service.
[0154] The rules regarding presence of ROUTE/LCT sessions and/or
MMTP sessions for carrying the content components of a service may
be as follows.
[0155] For broadcast delivery of a linear service without app-based
enhancement, the service's content components can be carried by
either (but not both): (1) one or more ROUTE/LCT sessions, or (2)
one or more MMTP sessions.
[0156] For broadcast delivery of a linear service with app-based
enhancement, the service's content components can be carried by:
(1) one or more ROUTE/LCT sessions, and (2) zero or more MMTP
sessions.
[0157] In certain embodiments, use of both MMTP and ROUTE for
streaming media components in the same service may not be
allowed.
[0158] For broadcast delivery of an app-based service, the
service's content components can be carried by one or more
ROUTE/LCT sessions.
[0159] Each ROUTE session comprises one or more LCT sessions which
carry as a whole, or in part, the content components that make up
the service. In streaming services delivery, an LCT session may
carry an individual component of a user service such as an audio,
video or closed caption stream. Streaming media is formatted as
DASH Segments.
[0160] Each MMTP session comprises one or more MMTP packet flows
which carry MMT signaling messages or as a whole, or in part, the
content component. An MMTP packet flow may carry MMT signaling
messages or components formatted as MPUs.
[0161] For the delivery of NRT User Services or system metadata, an
LCT session carries file-based content items. These content files
may consist of continuous (time-based) or discrete (non-time-based)
media components of an NRT service, or metadata such as Service
Signaling or ESG fragments. Delivery of system metadata such as
service signaling or ESG fragments may also be achieved through the
signaling message mode of MMTP.
[0162] A broadcast stream is the abstraction for an RF channel,
which is defined in terms of a carrier frequency centered within a
specified bandwidth. It is identified by the pair [geographic area,
frequency]. A physical layer pipe (PLP) corresponds to a portion of
the RF channel. Each PLP has certain modulation and coding
parameters. It is identified by a PLP identifier (PLPID), which is
unique within the broadcast stream it belongs to. Here, PLP can be
referred to as DP (data pipe).
[0163] Each service is identified by two forms of service
identifier: a compact form that is used in the SLT and is unique
only within the broadcast area; and a globally unique form that is
used in the SLS and the ESG. A ROUTE session is identified by a
source IP address, destination IP address and destination port
number. An LCT session (associated with the service component(s) it
carries) is identified by a transport session identifier (TSI)
which is unique within the scope of the parent ROUTE session.
Properties common to the LCT sessions, and certain properties
unique to individual LCT sessions, are given in a ROUTE signaling
structure called a service-based transport session instance
description (S-TSID), which is part of the service layer signaling.
Each LCT session is carried over a single physical layer pipe.
According to a given embodiment, one LCT session may be transmitted
through a plurality of PLPs. Different LCT sessions of a ROUTE
session may or may not be contained in different physical layer
pipes. Here, the ROUTE session may be delivered through a plurality
of PLPs. The properties described in the S-TSID include the TSI
value and PLPID for each LCT session, descriptors for the delivery
objects/files, and application layer FEC parameters.
[0164] A MMTP session is identified by destination IP address and
destination port number. An MMTP packet flow (associated with the
service component(s) it carries) is identified by a packet_id which
is unique within the scope of the parent MMTP session. Properties
common to each MMTP packet flow, and certain properties of MMTP
packet flows, are given in the SLT. Properties for each MMTP
session are given by MMT signaling messages, which may be carried
within the MMTP session. Different MMTP packet flows of a MMTP
session may or may not be contained in different physical layer
pipes. Here, the MMTP session may be delivered through a plurality
of PLPs. The properties described in the MMT signaling messages
include the packet_id value and PLPID for each MMTP packet flow.
Here, the MMT signaling messages may have a form defined in MMT, or
have a deformed form according to embodiments to be described
below.
[0165] Hereinafter, a description will be given of low level
signaling (LLS).
[0166] Signaling information which is carried in the payload of IP
packets with a well-known address/port dedicated to this function
is referred to as low level signaling (LLS). The IP address and the
port number may be differently configured depending on embodiments.
In one embodiment, LLS can be transported in IP packets with
address 224.0.23.60 and destination port 4937/udp. LLS may be
positioned in a portion expressed by "SLT" on the above-described
protocol stack. However, according to a given embodiment, the LLS
may be transmitted through a separate physical channel (dedicated
channel) in a signal frame without being subjected to processing of
the UDP/IP layer.
[0167] UDP/IP packets that deliver LLS data may be formatted in a
form referred to as an LLS table. A first byte of each UDP/IP
packet that delivers the LLS data may correspond to a start of the
LLS table. The maximum length of any LLS table is limited by the
largest IP packet that can be delivered from the PHY layer, 65,507
bytes.
[0168] The LLS table may include an LLS table ID field that
identifies a type of the LLS table, and an LLS table version field
that identifies a version of the LLS table. According to a value
indicated by the LLS table ID field, the LLS table may include the
above-described SLT or a rating region table (RRT). The RRT may
have information about content advisory rating.
[0169] Hereinafter, the SLT will be described. LLS can be signaling
information which supports rapid channel scans and bootstrapping of
service acquisition by the receiver, and SLT can be a table of
signaling information which is used to build a basic service
listing and provide bootstrap discovery of SLS.
[0170] The function of the SLT is similar to that of the program
association table (PAT) in MPEG-2 Systems, and the fast information
channel (FIC) found in ATSC Systems. For a receiver first
encountering the broadcast emission, this is the place to start.
SLT supports a rapid channel scan which allows a receiver to build
a list of all the services it can receive, with their channel name,
channel number, etc., and SLT provides bootstrap information that
allows a receiver to discover the SLS for each service. For
ROUTE/DASH-delivered services, the bootstrap information includes
the destination IP address and destination port of the LCT session
that carries the SLS. For MMT/MPU-delivered services, the bootstrap
information includes the destination IP address and destination
port of the MMTP session carrying the SLS.
[0171] The SLT supports rapid channel scans and service acquisition
by including the following information about each service in the
broadcast stream. First, the SLT can include information necessary
to allow the presentation of a service list that is meaningful to
viewers and that can support initial service selection via channel
number or up/down selection. Second, the SLT can include
information necessary to locate the service layer signaling for
each service listed. That is, the SLT may include access
information related to a location at which the SLS is
delivered.
[0172] The illustrated SLT according to the present embodiment is
expressed as an XML document having an SLT root element. According
to a given embodiment, the SLT may be expressed in a binary format
or an XML document.
[0173] The SLT root element of the SLT illustrated in the figure
may include @bsid, @sltSectionVersion, @sltSectionNumber,
@totalSltSectionNumbers, @language, @capabilities, InetSigLoc
and/or Service. According to a given embodiment, the SLT root
element may further include @providerId. According to a given
embodiment, the SLT root element may not include @language.
[0174] The service element may include @serviceId,
@SLTserviceSeqNumber, @protected, @majorChannelNo, @minorChannelNo,
@serviceCategory, @shortServiceName, @hidden, @slsProtocolType,
BroadcastSignaling, @slsPlpId, @slsDestinationIpAddress,
@slsDestinationUdpPort, @slsSourceIpAddress,
@slsMajorProtocolVersion, @SlsMinorProtocolVersion,
@serviceLanguage, @broadbandAccessRequired, @capabilities and/or
InetSigLoc.
[0175] According to a given embodiment, an attribute or an element
of the SLT may be added/changed/deleted. Each element included in
the SLT may additionally have a separate attribute or element, and
some attribute or elements according to the present embodiment may
be omitted. Here, a field which is marked with @ may correspond to
an attribute, and a field which is not marked with @ may correspond
to an element.
[0176] @bsid is an identifier of the whole broadcast stream. The
value of BSID may be unique on a regional level.
[0177] @providerId can be an index of broadcaster that is using
part or all of this broadcast stream. This is an optional
attribute. When it's not present, it means that this broadcast
stream is being used by one broadcaster. @providerId is not
illustrated in the figure.
[0178] @sltSectionVersion can be a version number of the SLT
section. The sltSectionVersion can be incremented by 1 when a
change in the information carried within the slt occurs. When it
reaches maximum value, it wraps around to 0.
[0179] @sltSectionNumber can be the number, counting from 1, of
this section of the SLT. In other words, @sltSectionNumber may
correspond to a section number of the SLT section. When this field
is not used, @sltSectionNumber may be set to a default value of
1.
[0180] @totalSltSectionNumbers can be the total number of sections
(that is, the section with the highest sltSectionNumber) of the SLT
of which this section is part. sltSectionNumber and
totalSltSectionNumbers together can be considered to indicate "Part
M of N" of one portion of the SLT when it is sent in fragments. In
other words, when the SLT is transmitted, transmission through
fragmentation may be supported. When this field is not used,
@totalSltSectionNumbers may be set to a default value of 1. A case
in which this field is not used may correspond to a case in which
the SLT is not transmitted by being fragmented.
[0181] @language can indicate primary language of the services
included in this slt instance. According to a given embodiment, a
value of this field may have be a three-character language code
defined in the ISO. This field may be omitted.
[0182] @capabilities can indicate required capabilities for
decoding and meaningfully presenting the content for all the
services in this slt instance.
[0183] InetSigLoc can provide a URL telling the receiver where it
can acquire any requested type of data from external server(s) via
broadband. This element may include @urlType as a lower field.
According to a value of the @urlType field, a type of a URL
provided by InetSigLoc may be indicated. According to a given
embodiment, when the @urlType field has a value of 0, InetSigLoc
may provide a URL of a signaling server. When the @urlType field
has a value of 1, InetSigLoc may provide a URL of an ESG server.
When the @urlType field has other values, the field may be reserved
for future use.
[0184] The service field is an element having information about
each service, and may correspond to a service entry. Service
element fields corresponding to the number of services indicated by
the SLT may be present. Hereinafter, a description will be given of
a lower attribute/element of the service field.
[0185] @serviceId can be an integer number that uniquely identify
this service within the scope of this broadcast area. According to
a given embodiment, a scope of @serviceId may be changed.
@SLTserviceSeqNumber can be an integer number that indicates the
sequence number of the SLT service information with service ID
equal to the serviceId attribute above. SLTserviceSeqNumber value
can start at 0 for each service and can be incremented by 1 every
time any attribute in this service element is changed. If no
attribute values are changed compared to the previous Service
element with a particular value of ServiceID then
SLTserviceSeqNumber would not be incremented. The
SLTserviceSeqNumber field wraps back to 0 after reaching the
maximum value.
[0186] @protected is flag information which may indicate whether
one or more components for significant reproduction of the service
are in a protected state. When set to "1" (true), that one or more
components necessary for meaningful presentation is protected. When
set to "0" (false), this flag indicates that no components
necessary for meaningful presentation of the service are protected.
Default value is false.
[0187] @majorChannelNo is an integer number representing the
"major" channel number of the service. An example of the field may
have a range of 1 to 999.
[0188] @minorChannelNo is an integer number representing the
"minor" channel number of the service. An example of the field may
have a range of 1 to 999.
[0189] @serviceCategory can indicate the category of this service.
This field may indicate a type that varies depending on
embodiments. According to a given embodiment, when this field has
values of 1, 2, and 3, the values may correspond to a linear A/V
service, a linear audio only service, and an app-based service,
respectively. When this field has a value of 0, the value may
correspond to a service of an undefined category. When this field
has other values except for 1, 2, and 3, the field may be reserved
for future use. @shortServiceName can be a short string name of the
Service.
[0190] @hidden can be boolean value that when present and set to
"true" indicates that the service is intended for testing or
proprietary use, and is not to be selected by ordinary TV
receivers. The default value is "false" when not present.
[0191] @slsProtocolType can be an attribute indicating the type of
protocol of Service Layer Signaling used by this service. This
field may indicate a type that varies depending on embodiments.
According to a given embodiment, when this field has values of 1
and 2, protocols of SLS used by respective corresponding services
may be ROUTE and MMTP, respectively. When this field has other
values except for 0, the field may be reserved for future use. This
field may be referred to as @slsProtocol.
[0192] BroadcastSignaling and lower attributes/elements thereof may
provide information related to broadcast signaling. When the
BroadcastSignaling element is not present, the child element
InetSigLoc of the parent service element can be present and its
attribute urlType includes URL_type 0x00 (URL to signaling server).
In this case attribute url supports the query parameter
svc=<service_id> where service_id corresponds to the
serviceId attribute for the parent service element.
[0193] Alternatively when the BroadcastSignaling element is not
present, the element InetSigLoc can be present as a child element
of the slt root element and the attribute urlType of that
InetSigLoc element includes URL_type 0x00 (URL to signaling
server). In this case, attribute url for URL_type 0x00 supports the
query parameter svc=<service_id> where service_id corresponds
to the serviceId attribute for the parent Service element.
[0194] @slsPlpId can be a string representing an integer number
indicating the PLP ID of the physical layer pipe carrying the SLS
for this service.
[0195] @slsDestinationIpAddress can be a string containing the
dotted-IPv4 destination address of the packets carrying SLS data
for this service.
[0196] @slsDestinationUdpPort can be a string containing the port
number of the packets carrying SLS data for this service. As
described in the foregoing, SLS bootstrapping may be performed by
destination IP/UDP information.
[0197] @slsSourceIpAddress can be a string containing the
dotted-IPv4 source address of the packets carrying SLS data for
this service.
[0198] @slsMajorProtocolVersion can be major version number of the
protocol used to deliver the service layer signaling for this
service. Default value is 1.
[0199] @SlsMinorProtocolVersion can be minor version number of the
protocol used to deliver the service layer signaling for this
service. Default value is 0.
[0200] @serviceLanguage can be a three-character language code
indicating the primary language of the service. A value of this
field may have a form that varies depending on embodiments.
[0201] @broadbandAccessRequired can be a Boolean indicating that
broadband access is required for a receiver to make a meaningful
presentation of the service. Default value is false. When this
field has a value of True, the receiver needs to access a broadband
for significant service reproduction, which may correspond to a
case of hybrid service delivery.
[0202] @capabilities can represent required capabilities for
decoding and meaningfully presenting the content for the service
with service ID equal to the service Id attribute above.
[0203] InetSigLoc can provide a URL for access to signaling or
announcement information via broadband, if available. Its data type
can be an extension of the any URL data type, adding an @urlType
attribute that indicates what the URL gives access to. An @urlType
field of this field may indicate the same meaning as that of the
@urlType field of InetSigLoc described above. When an InetSigLoc
element of attribute URL_type 0x00 is present as an element of the
SLT, it can be used to make HTTP requests for signaling metadata.
The HTTP POST message body may include a service term. When the
InetSigLoc element appears at the section level, the service term
is used to indicate the service to which the requested signaling
metadata objects apply. If the service term is not present, then
the signaling metadata objects for all services in the section are
requested. When the InetSigLoc appears at the service level, then
no service term is needed to designate the desired service. When an
InetSigLoc element of attribute URL_type 0x01 is provided, it can
be used to retrieve ESG data via broadband. If the element appears
as a child element of the service element, then the URL can be used
to retrieve ESG data for that service. If the element appears as a
child element of the SLT element, then the URL can be used to
retrieve ESG data for all services in that section.
[0204] In another example of the SLT, @sltSectionVersion,
@sltSectionNumber, @totalSltSectionNumbers and/or @language fields
of the SLT may be omitted
[0205] In addition, the above-described InetSigLoc field may be
replaced by @sltInetSigUri and/or @sltInetEsgUri field. The two
fields may include the URI of the signaling server and URI
information of the ESG server, respectively. The InetSigLoc field
corresponding to a lower field of the SLT and the InetSigLoc field
corresponding to a lower field of the service field may be replaced
in a similar manner.
[0206] The suggested default values may vary depending on
embodiments. An illustrated "use" column relates to the respective
fields. Here, "1" may indicate that a corresponding field is an
essential field, and "0 . . . 1" may indicate that a corresponding
field is an optional field.
[0207] FIG. 4 illustrates SLS bootstrapping and a service discovery
process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0208] Hereinafter, SLS will be described.
[0209] SLS can be signaling which provides information for
discovery and acquisition of services and their content
components.
[0210] For ROUTE/DASH, the SLS for each service describes
characteristics of the service, such as a list of its components
and where to acquire them, and the receiver capabilities required
to make a meaningful presentation of the service. In the ROUTE/DASH
system, the SLS includes the user service bundle description
(USBD), the S-TSID and the DASH media presentation description
(MPD). Here, USBD or user service description (USD) is one of SLS
XML fragments, and may function as a signaling herb that describes
specific descriptive information. USBD/USD may be extended beyond
3GPP MBMS. Details of USBD/USD will be described below.
[0211] The service signaling focuses on basic attributes of the
service itself, especially those attributes needed to acquire the
service. Properties of the service and programming that are
intended for viewers appear as service announcement, or ESG
data.
[0212] Having separate Service Signaling for each service permits a
receiver to acquire the appropriate SLS for a service of interest
without the need to parse the entire SLS carried within a broadcast
stream.
[0213] For optional broadband delivery of Service Signaling, the
SLT can include HTTP URLs where the Service Signaling files can be
obtained, as described above.
[0214] LLS is used for bootstrapping SLS acquisition, and
subsequently, the SLS is used to acquire service components
delivered on either ROUTE sessions or MMTP sessions. The described
figure illustrates the following signaling sequences. Receiver
starts acquiring the SLT described above. Each service identified
by service_id delivered over ROUTE sessions provides SLS
bootstrapping information: PLPID(#1), source IP address (sIPI),
destination IP address (dIP1), and destination port number
(dPort1). Each service identified by service_id delivered over MMTP
sessions provides SLS bootstrapping information: PLPID(#2),
destination IP address (dIP2), and destination port number
(dPort2).
[0215] For streaming services delivery using ROUTE, the receiver
can acquire SLS fragments carried over the IP/UDP/LCT session and
PLP; whereas for streaming services delivery using MMTP, the
receiver can acquire SLS fragments carried over an MMTP session and
PLP. For service delivery using ROUTE, these SLS fragments include
USBD/USD fragments, S-TSID fragments, and MPD fragments. They are
relevant to one service. USBD/USD fragments describe service layer
properties and provide URI references to S-TSID fragments and URI
references to MPD fragments. In other words, the USBD/USD may refer
to S-TSID and MPD. For service delivery using MMTP, the USBD
references the MMT signaling's MPT message, the MP Table of which
provides identification of package ID and location information for
assets belonging to the service. Here, an asset is a multimedia
data entity, and may refer to a data entity which is combined into
one unique ID and is used to generate one multimedia presentation.
The asset may correspond to a service component included in one
service. The MPT message is a message having the MP table of MMT.
Here, the MP table may be an MMT package table having information
about content and an MMT asset. Details may be similar to a
definition in MMT. Here, media presentation may correspond to a
collection of data that establishes bounded/unbounded presentation
of media content.
[0216] The S-TSID fragment provides component acquisition
information associated with one service and mapping between DASH
Representations found in the MPD and in the TSI corresponding to
the component of the service. The S-TSID can provide component
acquisition information in the form of a TSI and the associated
DASH representation identifier, and PLPID carrying DASH segments
associated with the DASH representation. By the PLPID and TSI
values, the receiver collects the audio/video components from the
service and begins buffering DASH media segments then applies the
appropriate decoding processes.
[0217] For USBD listing service components delivered on MMTP
sessions, as illustrated by "Service #2" in the described figure,
the receiver also acquires an MPT message with matching
MMT_package_id to complete the SLS. An MPT message provides the
full list of service components comprising a service and the
acquisition information for each component. Component acquisition
information includes MMTP session information, the PLPID carrying
the session and the packet_id within that session.
[0218] According to a given embodiment, for example, in ROUTE, two
or more S-TSID fragments may be used. Each fragment may provide
access information related to LCT sessions delivering content of
each service.
[0219] In ROUTE, S-TSID, USBD/USD, MPD, or an LCT session
delivering S-TSID, USBD/USD or MPD may be referred to as a service
signaling channel. In MMTP, USBD/UD, an MMT signaling message, or a
packet flow delivering the MMTP or USBD/UD may be referred to as a
service signaling channel.
[0220] Unlike the illustrated example, one ROUTE or MMTP session
may be delivered through a plurality of PLPs. In other words, one
service may be delivered through one or more PLPs. As described in
the foregoing, one LCT session may be delivered through one PLP.
Unlike the figure, according to a given embodiment, components
included in one service may be delivered through different ROUTE
sessions. In addition, according to a given embodiment, components
included in one service may be delivered through different MMTP
sessions. According to a given embodiment, components included in
one service may be delivered separately through a ROUTE session and
an MMTP session. Although not illustrated, components included in
one service may be delivered via broadband (hybrid delivery).
[0221] FIG. 5 illustrates a USBD fragment for ROUTE/DASH according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0222] Hereinafter, a description will be given of SLS in delivery
based on ROUTE.
[0223] SLS provides detailed technical information to the receiver
to enable the discovery and access of services and their content
components. It can include a set of XML-encoded metadata fragments
carried over a dedicated LCT session. That LCT session can be
acquired using the bootstrap information contained in the SLT as
described above. The SLS is defined on a per-service level, and it
describes the characteristics and access information of the
service, such as a list of its content components and how to
acquire them, and the receiver capabilities required to make a
meaningful presentation of the service. In the ROUTE/DASH system,
for linear services delivery, the SLS consists of the following
metadata fragments: USBD, S-TSID and the DASH MPD. The SLS
fragments can be delivered on a dedicated LCT transport session
with TSI=0. According to a given embodiment, a TSI of a particular
LCT session (dedicated LCT session) in which an SLS fragment is
delivered may have a different value. According to a given
embodiment, an LCT session in which an SLS fragment is delivered
may be signaled using the SLT or another scheme.
[0224] ROUTE/DASH SLS can include the user service bundle
description (USBD) and service-based transport session instance
description (S-TSID) metadata fragments. These service signaling
fragments are applicable to both linear and application-based
services. The USBD fragment contains service identification, device
capabilities information, references to other SLS fragments
required to access the service and constituent media components,
and metadata to enable the receiver to determine the transport mode
(broadcast and/or broadband) of service components. The S-TSID
fragment, referenced by the USBD, provides transport session
descriptions for the one or more ROUTE/LCT sessions in which the
media content components of a service are delivered, and
descriptions of the delivery objects carried in those LCT sessions.
The USBD and S-TSID will be described below.
[0225] In streaming content signaling in ROUTE-based delivery, a
streaming content signaling component of SLS corresponds to an MPD
fragment. The MPD is typically associated with linear services for
the delivery of DASH Segments as streaming content. The MPD
provides the resource identifiers for individual media components
of the linear/streaming service in the form of Segment URLs, and
the context of the identified resources within the Media
Presentation. Details of the MPD will be described below.
[0226] In app-based enhancement signaling in ROUTE-based delivery,
app-based enhancement signaling pertains to the delivery of
app-based enhancement components, such as an application logic
file, locally-cached media files, an network content items, or a
notification stream. An application can also retrieve
locally-cached data over a broadband connection when available.
[0227] Hereinafter, a description will be given of details of
USBD/USD illustrated in the figure.
[0228] The top level or entry point SLS fragment is the USBD
fragment. An illustrated USBD fragment is an example of the present
invention, basic fields of the USBD fragment not illustrated in the
figure may be additionally provided according to a given
embodiment. As described in the foregoing, the illustrated USBD
fragment has an extended form, and may have fields added to a basic
configuration.
[0229] The illustrated USBD may have a bundleDescription root
element. The bundleDescription root element may have a
userServiceDescription element. The userServiceDescription element
may correspond to an instance for one service.
[0230] The userServiceDescription element may include @serviceId,
@atsc:serviceId, @atsc:serviceStatus, @atsc:fullMPDUri,
@atsc:sTSIDUri, name, serviceLanguage, atsc:capabilityCode and/or
deliveryMethod.
[0231] @serviceId can be a globally unique URI that identifies a
service, unique within the scope of the BSID. This parameter can be
used to link to ESG data (Service@globalServiceID).
[0232] @atsc:serviceId is a reference to corresponding service
entry in LLS(SLT). The value of this attribute is the same value of
serviceId assigned to the entry.
[0233] @atsc:serviceStatus can specify the status of this service.
The value indicates whether this service is active or inactive.
When set to "1" (true), that indicates service is active. When this
field is not used, @atsc:serviceStatus may be set to a default
value of 1.
[0234] @atsc:fullMPDUri can reference an MPD fragment which
contains descriptions for contents components of the service
delivered over broadcast and optionally, also over broadband.
[0235] @atsc:sTSIDUri can reference the S-TSID fragment which
provides access related parameters to the Transport sessions
carrying contents of this service.
[0236] name can indicate name of the service as given by the lang
attribute. name element can include lang attribute, which
indicating language of the service name. The language can be
specified according to XML data types.
[0237] serviceLanguage can represent available languages of the
service. The language can be specified according to XML data
types.
[0238] atsc:capabilityCode can specify the capabilities required in
the receiver to be able to create a meaningful presentation of the
content of this service. According to a given embodiment, this
field may specify a predefined capability group. Here, the
capability group may be a group of capability attribute values for
significant presentation. This field may be omitted according to a
given embodiment.
[0239] deliveryMethod can be a container of transport related
information pertaining to the contents of the service over
broadcast and (optionally) broadband modes of access. Referring to
data included in the service, when the number of the data is N,
delivery schemes for respective data may be described by this
element. The deliveryMethod may include an r12:broadcastAppService
element and an r12:unicastAppService element. Each lower element
may include a basePattern element as a lower element.
[0240] r12:broadcastAppService can be a DASH Representation
delivered over broadcast, in multiplexed or non-multiplexed form,
containing the corresponding media component(s) belonging to the
service, across all Periods of the affiliated media presentation.
In other words, each of the fields may indicate DASH representation
delivered through the broadcast network.
[0241] r12:unicastAppService can be a DASH Representation delivered
over broadband, in multiplexed or non-multiplexed form, containing
the constituent media content component(s) belonging to the
service, across all periods of the affiliated media presentation.
In other words, each of the fields may indicate DASH representation
delivered via broadband.
[0242] basePattern can be a character pattern for use by the
receiver to match against any portion of the segment URL used by
the DASH client to request media segments of a parent
representation under its containing period. A match implies that
the corresponding requested media segment is carried over broadcast
transport. In a URL address for receiving DASH representation
expressed by each of the r12:broadcastAppService element and the
r12:unicastAppService element, a part of the URL, etc. may have a
particular pattern. The pattern may be described by this field.
Some data may be distinguished using this information. The proposed
default values may vary depending on embodiments. The "use" column
illustrated in the figure relates to each field. Here, M may denote
an essential field, O may denote an optional field, OD may denote
an optional field having a default value, and CM may denote a
conditional essential field. 0 . . . 1 to 0 . . . N may indicate
the number of available fields.
[0243] FIG. 6 illustrates an S-TSID fragment for ROUTE/DASH
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0244] Hereinafter, a description will be given of the S-TSID
illustrated in the figure in detail.
[0245] S-TSID can be an SLS XML fragment which provides the overall
session description information for transport session(s) which
carry the content components of a service. The S-TSID is the SLS
metadata fragment that contains the overall transport session
description information for the zero or more ROUTE sessions and
constituent LCT sessions in which the media content components of a
service are delivered. The S-TSID also includes file metadata for
the delivery object or object flow carried in the LCT sessions of
the service, as well as additional information on the payload
formats and content components carried in those LCT sessions.
[0246] Each instance of the S-TSID fragment is referenced in the
USBD fragment by the @atsc:sTSIDUri attribute of the
userServiceDescription element. The illustrated S-TSID according to
the present embodiment is expressed as an XML document. According
to a given embodiment, the S-TSID may be expressed in a binary
format or as an XML document.
[0247] The illustrated S-TSID may have an S-TSID root element. The
S-TSID root element may include @serviceId and/or RS.
[0248] @serviceID can be a reference corresponding service element
in the USD. The value of this attribute can reference a service
with a corresponding value of service_id.
[0249] The RS element may have information about a ROUTE session
for delivering the service data. Service data or service components
may be delivered through a plurality of ROUTE sessions, and thus
the number of RS elements may be 1 to N.
[0250] The RS element may include @bsid, @sIpAddr, @dIpAddr,
@dport, @PLPID and/or LS.
[0251] @bsid can be an identifier of the broadcast stream within
which the content component(s) of the broadcastAppService are
carried. When this attribute is absent, the default broadcast
stream is the one whose PLPs carry SLS fragments for this service.
Its value can be identical to that of the broadcast_stream_id in
the SLT.
[0252] @sIpAddr can indicate source IP address. Here, the source IP
address may be a source IP address of a ROUTE session for
delivering a service component included in the service. As
described in the foregoing, service components of one service may
be delivered through a plurality of ROUTE sessions. Thus, the
service components may be transmitted using another ROUTE session
other than the ROUTE session for delivering the S-TSID. Therefore,
this field may be used to indicate the source IP address of the
ROUTE session. A default value of this field may be a source IP
address of a current ROUTE session. When a service component is
delivered through another ROUTE session, and thus the ROUTE session
needs to be indicated, a value of this field may be a value of a
source IP address of the ROUTE session. In this case, this field
may correspond to M, that is, an essential field.
[0253] @dIpAddr can indicate destination IP address. Here, a
destination IP address may be a destination IP address of a ROUTE
session that delivers a service component included in a service.
For a similar case to the above description of @sIpAddr, this field
may indicate a destination IP address of a ROUTE session that
delivers a service component. A default value of this field may be
a destination IP address of a current ROUTE session. When a service
component is delivered through another ROUTE session, and thus the
ROUTE session needs to be indicated, a value of this field may be a
value of a destination IP address of the ROUTE session. In this
case, this field may correspond to M, that is, an essential
field.
[0254] @dport can indicate destination port. Here, a destination
port may be a destination port of a ROUTE session that delivers a
service component included in a service. For a similar case to the
above description of @sIpAddr, this field may indicate a
destination port of a ROUTE session that delivers a service
component. A default value of this field may be a destination port
number of a current ROUTE session. When a service component is
delivered through another ROUTE session, and thus the ROUTE session
needs to be indicated, a value of this field may be a destination
port number value of the ROUTE session. In this case, this field
may correspond to M, that is, an essential field.
[0255] @PLPID may be an ID of a PLP for a ROUTE session expressed
by an RS. A default value may be an ID of a PLP of an LCT session
including a current S-TSID. According to a given embodiment, this
field may have an ID value of a PLP for an LCT session for
delivering an S-TSID in the ROUTE session, and may have ID values
of all PLPs for the ROUTE session.
[0256] An LS element may have information about an LCT session for
delivering a service data. Service data or service components may
be delivered through a plurality of LCT sessions, and thus the
number of LS elements may be 1 to N.
[0257] The LS element may include @tsi, @PLPID, @bw, @startTime,
@endTime, SrcFlow and/or RprFlow.
[0258] @tsi may indicate a TSI value of an LCT session for
delivering a service component of a service.
[0259] @PLPID may have ID information of a PLP for the LCT session.
This value may be overwritten on a basic ROUTE session value.
[0260] @bw may indicate a maximum bandwidth value. @startTime may
indicate a start time of the LCT session. @endTime may indicate an
end time of the LCT session. A SrcFlow element may describe a
source flow of ROUTE. A RprFlow element may describe a repair flow
of ROUTE.
[0261] The proposed default values may be varied according to an
embodiment. The "use" column illustrated in the figure relates to
each field. Here, M may denote an essential field, O may denote an
optional field, OD may denote an optional field having a default
value, and CM may denote a conditional essential field. 0 . . . 1
to 0 . . . N may indicate the number of available fields.
[0262] Hereinafter, a description will be given of MPD for
ROUTE/DASH.
[0263] The MPD is an SLS metadata fragment which contains a
formalized description of a DASH Media Presentation, corresponding
to a linear service of a given duration defined by the broadcaster
(for example a single TV program, or the set of contiguous linear
TV programs over a period of time). The contents of the MPD provide
the resource identifiers for Segments and the context for the
identified resources within the Media Presentation. The data
structure and semantics of the MPD fragment can be according to the
MPD defined by MPEG DASH.
[0264] One or more of the DASH Representations conveyed in the MPD
can be carried over broadcast. The MPD may describe additional
Representations delivered over broadband, e.g. in the case of a
hybrid service, or to support service continuity in handoff from
broadcast to broadcast due to broadcast signal degradation (e.g.
driving through a tunnel).
[0265] FIG. 7 illustrates a USBD/USD fragment for MMT according to
an embodiment of the present invention.
[0266] MMT SLS for linear services comprises the USBD fragment and
the MMT Package (MP) table. The MP table is as described above. The
USBD fragment contains service identification, device capabilities
information, references to other SLS information required to access
the service and constituent media components, and the metadata to
enable the receiver to determine the transport mode (broadcast
and/or broadband) of the service components. The MP table for MPU
components, referenced by the USBD, provides transport session
descriptions for the MMTP sessions in which the media content
components of a service are delivered and the descriptions of the
Assets carried in those MMTP sessions.
[0267] The streaming content signaling component of the SLS for MPU
components corresponds to the MP table defined in MMT. The MP table
provides a list of MMT assets where each asset corresponds to a
single service component and the description of the location
information for this component.
[0268] USBD fragments may also contain references to the S-TSID and
the MPD as described above, for service components delivered by the
ROUTE protocol and the broadband, respectively. According to a
given embodiment, in delivery through MMT, a service component
delivered through the ROUTE protocol is NRT data, etc. Thus, in
this case, MPD may be unnecessary. In addition, in delivery through
MMT, information about an LCT session for delivering a service
component, which is delivered via broadband, is unnecessary, and
thus an S-TSID may be unnecessary. Here, an MMT package may be a
logical collection of media data delivered using MMT. Here, an MMTP
packet may refer to a formatted unit of media data delivered using
MMT. An MPU may refer to a generic container of independently
decodable timed/non-timed data. Here, data in the MPU is media
codec agnostic.
[0269] Hereinafter, a description will be given of details of the
USBD/USD illustrated in the figure.
[0270] The illustrated USBD fragment is an example of the present
invention, and basic fields of the USBD fragment may be
additionally provided according to an embodiment. As described in
the foregoing, the illustrated USBD fragment has an extended form,
and may have fields added to a basic structure.
[0271] The illustrated USBD according to an embodiment of the
present invention is expressed as an XML document. According to a
given embodiment, the USBD may be expressed in a binary format or
as an XML document.
[0272] The illustrated USBD may have a bundleDescription root
element. The bundleDescription root element may have a
userServiceDescription element. The userServiceDescription element
may be an instance for one service.
[0273] The userServiceDescription element may include @serviceId,
@atsc:serviceId, name, serviceLanguage, atsc:capabilityCode,
atsc:Channel, atsc:mpuComponent, atsc:routeComponent,
atsc:broadbandComponent and/or atsc:ComponentInfo.
[0274] Here, @serviceId, @atsc:serviceId, name, serviceLanguage,
and atsc:capabilityCode may be as described above. The lang field
below the name field may be as described above. atsc:capabilityCode
may be omitted according to a given embodiment.
[0275] The userServiceDescription element may further include an
atsc:contentAdvisoryRating element according to an embodiment. This
element may be an optional element. atsc:contentAdvisoryRating can
specify the content advisory rating. This field is not illustrated
in the figure.
[0276] atsc:Channel may have information about a channel of a
service. The atsc:Channel element may include @atsc:majorChannelNo,
@atsc:minorChannelNo, @atsc:serviceLang, @atsc:serviceGenre,
@atsc:serviceIcon and/or atsc:ServiceDescription.
@atsc:majorChannelNo, @atsc:minorChannelNo, and @atsc:serviceLang
may be omitted according to a given embodiment.
[0277] @atsc:majorChannelNo is an attribute that indicates the
major channel number of the service.
[0278] @atsc:minorChannelNo is an attribute that indicates the
minor channel number of the service.
[0279] @atsc:serviceLang is an attribute that indicates the primary
language used in the service.
[0280] @atsc:serviceGenre is an attribute that indicates primary
genre of the service.
[0281] @atsc:serviceIcon is an attribute that indicates the Uniform
Resource Locator (URL) for the icon used to represent this
service.
[0282] atsc:ServiceDescription includes service description,
possibly in multiple languages. atsc:ServiceDescription includes
can include @atsc:serviceDescrText and/or
@atsc:serviceDescrLang.
[0283] @atsc:serviceDescrText is an attribute that indicates
description of the service.
[0284] @atsc:serviceDescrLang is an attribute that indicates the
language of the serviceDescrText attribute above.
[0285] atsc:mpuComponent may have information about a content
component of a service delivered in a form of an MPU.
atsc:mpuComponent may include @atsc:mmtPackageId and/or
@atsc:nextMmtPackageId.
[0286] @atsc:mmtPackageId can reference a MMT Package for content
components of the service delivered as MPUs.
[0287] @atsc:nextMmtPackageId can reference a MMT Package to be
used after the one referenced by @atsc:mmtPackageId in time for
content components of the service delivered as MPUs.
[0288] atsc:routeComponent may have information about a content
component of a service delivered through ROUTE. atsc:routeComponent
may include @atsc:sTSIDUri, @sTSIDPlpId,
@sTSIDDestinationIpAddress, @sTSIDDestinationUdpPort,
@sTSIDSourceIpAddress, @sTSIDMajorProtocolVersion and/or
@sTSIDMinorProtocolVersion.
[0289] @atsc:sTSIDUri can be a reference to the S-TSID fragment
which provides access related parameters to the Transport sessions
carrying contents of this service. This field may be the same as a
URI for referring to an S-TSID in USBD for ROUTE described above.
As described in the foregoing, in service delivery by the MMTP,
service components, which are delivered through NRT, etc., may be
delivered by ROUTE. This field may be used to refer to the S-TSID
therefor.
[0290] @sTSIDPlpId can be a string representing an integer number
indicating the PLP ID of the physical layer pipe carrying the
S-TSID for this service. (default: current physical layer
pipe).
[0291] @sTSIDDestinationIpAddress can be a string containing the
dotted-IPv4 destination address of the packets carrying S-TSID for
this service. (default: current MMTP session's source IP
address)
[0292] @sTSIDDestinationUdpPort can be a string containing the port
number of the packets carrying S-TSID for this service.
[0293] @sTSIDSourceIpAddress can be a string containing the
dotted-IPv4 source address of the packets carrying S-TSID for this
service.
[0294] @sTSIDMajorProtocolVersion can indicate major version number
of the protocol used to deliver the S-TSID for this service.
Default value is 1.
[0295] @sTSIDMinorProtocolVersion can indicate minor version number
of the protocol used to deliver the S-TSID for this service.
Default value is 0.
[0296] atsc:broadbandComponent may have information about a content
component of a service delivered via broadband. In other words,
atsc:broadbandComponent may be a field on the assumption of hybrid
delivery. atsc:broadbandComponent may further include
@atsc:fullfMPDUri.
[0297] @atsc:fullfMPDUri can be a reference to an MPD fragment
which contains descriptions for contents components of the service
delivered over broadband.
[0298] An atsc:ComponentInfo field may have information about an
available component of a service. The atsc:ComponentInfo field may
have information about a type, a role, a name, etc. of each
component. The number of atsc:ComponentInfo fields may correspond
to the number (N) of respective components. The atsc:ComponentInfo
field may include @atsc:componentType, @atsc:componentRole,
@atsc:componentProtectedFlag, @atsc:componentId and/or
@atsc:componentName.
[0299] @atsc:componentType is an attribute that indicates the type
of this component. Value of 0 indicates an audio component. Value
of 1 indicates a video component. Value of 2 indicated a closed
caption component. Value of 3 indicates an application component.
Values 4 to 7 are reserved. A meaning of a value of this field may
be differently set depending on embodiments.
[0300] @atsc:componentRole is an attribute that indicates the role
or kind of this component.
[0301] For audio (when componentType attribute above is equal to
0): values of componentRole attribute are as follows: 0=Complete
main, 1=Music and Effects, 2=Dialog, 3=Commentary, 4=Visually
Impaired, 5=Hearing Impaired, 6=Voice-Over, 7-254=reserved,
255=unknown.
[0302] For video (when componentType attribute above is equal to 1)
values of componentRole attribute are as follows: 0=Primary video,
1=Alternative camera view, 2=Other alternative video component,
3=Sign language inset, 4=Follow subject video, 5=3D video left
view, 6=3D video right view, 7=3D video depth information, 8=Part
of video array <x,y> of <n,m>, 9=Follow-Subject
metadata, 10-254=reserved, 255=unknown.
[0303] For Closed Caption component (when componentType attribute
above is equal to 2) values of componentRole attribute are as
follows: 0=Normal, 1=Easy reader, 2-254=reserved, 255=unknown.
[0304] When componentType attribute above is between 3 to 7,
inclusive, the componentRole can be equal to 255. A meaning of a
value of this field may be differently set depending on
embodiments.
[0305] @atsc:componentProtectedFlag is an attribute that indicates
if this component is protected (e.g. encrypted). When this flag is
set to a value of 1 this component is protected (e.g. encrypted).
When this flag is set to a value of 0 this component is not
protected (e.g. encrypted). When not present the value of
componentProtectedFlag attribute is inferred to be equal to 0. A
meaning of a value of this field may be differently set depending
on embodiments.
[0306] @atsc:componentId is an attribute that indicates the
identifier of this component. The value of this attribute can be
the same as the asset_id in the MP table corresponding to this
component.
[0307] @atsc:componentName is an attribute that indicates the human
readable name of this component.
[0308] The proposed default values may vary depending on
embodiments. The "use" column illustrated in the figure relates to
each field. Here, M may denote an essential field, O may denote an
optional field, OD may denote an optional field having a default
value, and CM may denote a conditional essential field. 0 . . . 1
to 0 . . . N may indicate the number of available fields.
[0309] Hereinafter, a description will be given of MPD for MMT.
[0310] The Media Presentation Description is an SLS metadata
fragment corresponding to a linear service of a given duration
defined by the broadcaster (for example a single TV program, or the
set of contiguous linear TV programs over a period of time). The
contents of the MPD provide the resource identifiers for segments
and the context for the identified resources within the media
presentation. The data structure and semantics of the MPD can be
according to the MPD defined by MPEG DASH.
[0311] In the present embodiment, an MPD delivered by an MMTP
session describes Representations delivered over broadband, e.g. in
the case of a hybrid service, or to support service continuity in
handoff from broadcast to broadband due to broadcast signal
degradation (e.g. driving under a mountain or through a
tunnel).
[0312] Hereinafter, a description will be given of an MMT signaling
message for MMT.
[0313] When MMTP sessions are used to carry a streaming service,
MMT signaling messages defined by MMT are delivered by MMTP packets
according to signaling message mode defined by MMT. The value of
the packet_id field of MMTP packets carrying service layer
signaling is set to `00` except for MMTP packets carrying MMT
signaling messages specific to an asset, which can be set to the
same packet_id value as the MMTP packets carrying the asset.
Identifiers referencing the appropriate package for each service
are signaled by the USBD fragment as described above. MMT Package
Table (MPT) messages with matching MMT_package_id can be delivered
on the MMTP session signaled in the SLT. Each MMTP session carries
MMT signaling messages specific to its session or each asset
delivered by the MMTP session.
[0314] In other words, it is possible to access USBD of the MMTP
session by specifying an IP destination address/port number, etc.
of a packet having the SLS for a particular service in the SLT. As
described in the foregoing, a packet ID of an MMTP packet carrying
the SLS may be designated as a particular value such as 00, etc. It
is possible to access an MPT message having a matched packet ID
using the above-described package IP information of USBD. As
described below, the MPT message may be used to access each service
component/asset.
[0315] The following MMTP messages can be delivered by the MMTP
session signaled in the SLT.
[0316] MMT Package Table (MPT) message: This message carries an MP
(MMT Package) table which contains the list of all Assets and their
location information as defined by MMT. If an Asset is delivered by
a PLP different from the current PLP delivering the MP table, the
identifier of the PLP carrying the asset can be provided in the MP
table using physical layer pipe identifier descriptor. The physical
layer pipe identifier descriptor will be described below.
[0317] MMT ATSC3 (MA3) message mmt_atsc3_messageo: This message
carries system metadata specific for services including service
layer signaling as described above. mmt_atsc3_message( ) will be
described below.
[0318] The following MMTP messages can be delivered by the MMTP
session signaled in the SLT, if required.
[0319] Media Presentation Information (MPI) message: This message
carries an MPI table which contains the whole document or a subset
of a document of presentation information. An MP table associated
with the MPI table also can be delivered by this message.
[0320] Clock Relation Information (CRI) message: This message
carries a CRI table which contains clock related information for
the mapping between the NTP timestamp and the MPEG-2 STC. According
to a given embodiment, the CRI message may not be delivered through
the MMTP session.
[0321] The following MMTP messages can be delivered by each MMTP
session carrying streaming content.
[0322] Hypothetical Receiver Buffer Model message: This message
carries information required by the receiver to manage its
buffer.
[0323] Hypothetical Receiver Buffer Model Removal message: This
message carries information required by the receiver to manage its
MMT de-capsulation buffer.
[0324] Hereinafter, a description will be given of
mmt_atsc3_message( ) corresponding to one of MMT signaling
messages. An MMT Signaling message mmt_atsc3_messageo is defined to
deliver information specific to services according to the present
invention described above. The signaling message may include
message ID, version, and/or length fields corresponding to basic
fields of the MMT signaling message. A payload of the signaling
message may include service ID information, content type
information, content version information, content compression
information and/or URI information. The content type information
may indicate a type of data included in the payload of the
signaling message. The content version information may indicate a
version of data included in the payload, and the content
compression information may indicate a type of compression applied
to the data. The URI information may have URI information related
to content delivered by the message.
[0325] Hereinafter, a description will be given of the physical
layer pipe identifier descriptor.
[0326] The physical layer pipe identifier descriptor is a
descriptor that can be used as one of descriptors of the MP table
described above. The physical layer pipe identifier descriptor
provides information about the PLP carrying an asset. If an asset
is delivered by a PLP different from the current PLP delivering the
MP table, the physical layer pipe identifier descriptor can be used
as an asset descriptor in the associated MP table to identify the
PLP carrying the asset. The physical layer pipe identifier
descriptor may further include BSID information in addition to PLP
ID information. The BSID may be an ID of a broadcast stream that
delivers an MMTP packet for an asset described by the
descriptor.
[0327] FIG. 8 illustrates a link layer protocol architecture
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0328] Hereinafter, a link layer will be described.
[0329] The link layer is the layer between the physical layer and
the network layer, and transports the data from the network layer
to the physical layer at the sending side and transports the data
from the physical layer to the network layer at the receiving side.
The purpose of the link layer includes abstracting all input packet
types into a single format for processing by the physical layer,
ensuring flexibility and future extensibility for as yet undefined
input types. In addition, processing within the link layer ensures
that the input data can be transmitted in an efficient manner, for
example by providing options to compress redundant information in
the headers of input packets. The operations of encapsulation,
compression and so on are referred to as the link layer protocol
and packets created using this protocol are called link layer
packets. The link layer may perform functions such as packet
encapsulation, overhead reduction and/or signaling transmission,
etc.
[0330] Hereinafter, packet encapsulation will be described. Link
layer protocol allows encapsulation of any type of packet,
including ones such as IP packets and MPEG-2 TS. Using link layer
protocol, the physical layer need only process one single packet
format, independent of the network layer protocol type (here we
consider MPEG-2 TS packet as a kind of network layer packet.) Each
network layer packet or input packet is transformed into the
payload of a generic link layer packet. Additionally, concatenation
and segmentation can be performed in order to use the physical
layer resources efficiently when the input packet sizes are
particularly small or large.
[0331] As described in the foregoing, segmentation may be used in
packet encapsulation. When the network layer packet is too large to
process easily in the physical layer, the network layer packet is
divided into two or more segments. The link layer packet header
includes protocol fields to perform segmentation on the sending
side and reassembly on the receiving side. When the network layer
packet is segmented, each segment can be encapsulated to link layer
packet in the same order as original position in the network layer
packet. Also each link layer packet which includes a segment of
network layer packet can be transported to PHY layer
consequently.
[0332] As described in the foregoing, concatenation may be used in
packet encapsulation. When the network layer packet is small enough
for the payload of a link layer packet to include several network
layer packets, the link layer packet header includes protocol
fields to perform concatenation. The concatenation is combining of
multiple small sized network layer packets into one payload. When
the network layer packets are concatenated, each network layer
packet can be concatenated to payload of link layer packet in the
same order as original input order. Also each packet which
constructs a payload of link layer packet can be whole packet, not
a segment of packet.
[0333] Hereinafter, overhead reduction will be described. Use of
the link layer protocol can result in significant reduction in
overhead for transport of data on the physical layer. The link
layer protocol according to the present invention may provide IP
overhead reduction and/or MPEG-2 TS overhead reduction. In IP
overhead reduction, IP packets have a fixed header format, however
some of the information which is needed in a communication
environment may be redundant in a broadcast environment. Link layer
protocol provides mechanisms to reduce the broadcast overhead by
compressing headers of IP packets. In MPEG-2 TS overhead reduction,
link layer protocol provides sync byte removal, null packet
deletion and/or common header removal (compression). First, sync
byte removal provides an overhead reduction of one byte per TS
packet, secondly a null packet deletion mechanism removes the 188
byte null TS packets in a manner that they can be re-inserted at
the receiver and finally a common header removal mechanism.
[0334] For signaling transmission, in the link layer protocol, a
particular format for the signaling packet may be provided for link
layer signaling, which will be described below.
[0335] In the illustrated link layer protocol architecture
according to an embodiment of the present invention, link layer
protocol takes as input network layer packets such as IPv4, MPEG-2
TS and so on as input packets. Future extension indicates other
packet types and protocol which is also possible to be input in
link layer. Link layer protocol also specifies the format and
signaling for any link layer signaling, including information about
mapping to specific channel to the physical layer. Figure also
shows how ALP incorporates mechanisms to improve the efficiency of
transmission, via various header compression and deletion
algorithms. In addition, the link layer protocol may basically
encapsulate input packets.
[0336] FIG. 9 illustrates a structure of a base header of a link
layer packet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the structure of the header will be described.
[0337] A link layer packet can include a header followed by the
data payload. The header of a link layer packet can include a base
header, and may include an additional header depending on the
control fields of the base header. The presence of an optional
header is indicated from flag fields of the additional header.
According to a given embodiment, a field indicating the presence of
an additional header and an optional header may be positioned in
the base header.
[0338] Hereinafter, the structure of the base header will be
described. The base header for link layer packet encapsulation has
a hierarchical structure. The base header can be two bytes in
length and is the minimum length of the link layer packet
header.
[0339] The illustrated base header according to the present
embodiment may include a Packet_Type field, a PC field and/or a
length field. According to a given embodiment, the base header may
further include an HM field or an S/C field.
[0340] Packet_Type field can be a 3-bit field that indicates the
original protocol or packet type of the input data before
encapsulation into a link layer packet. An IPv4 packet, a
compressed IP packet, a link layer signaling packet, and other
types of packets may have the base header structure and may be
encapsulated. However, according to a given embodiment, the MPEG-2
TS packet may have a different particular structure, and may be
encapsulated. When the value of Packet_Type is "000", "001" "100"
or "111", that is the original data type of an ALP packet is one of
an IPv4 packet, a compressed IP packet, link layer signaling or
extension packet. When the MPEG-2 TS packet is encapsulated, the
value of Packet_Type can be "010". Other values of the Packet_Type
field may be reserved for future use.
[0341] Payload_Configuration (PC) field can be a 1-bit field that
indicates the configuration of the payload. A value of 0 can
indicate that the link layer packet carries a single, whole input
packet and the following field is the Header_Mode field. A value of
1 can indicate that the link layer packet carries more than one
input packet (concatenation) or a part of a large input packet
(segmentation) and the following field is the
Segmentation_Concatenation field.
[0342] Header_Mode (HM) field can be a 1-bit field, when set to 0,
that can indicate there is no additional header, and that the
length of the payload of the link layer packet is less than 2048
bytes. This value may be varied depending on embodiments. A value
of 1 can indicate that an additional header for single packet
defined below is present following the Length field. In this case,
the length of the payload is larger than 2047 bytes and/or optional
features can be used (sub stream identification, header extension,
etc.). This value may be varied depending on embodiments. This
field can be present only when Payload_Configuration field of the
link layer packet has a value of 0.
[0343] Segmentation_Concatenation (S/C) field can be a 1-bit field,
when set to 0, that can indicate that the payload carries a segment
of an input packet and an additional header for segmentation
defined below is present following the Length field. A value of 1
can indicate that the payload carries more than one complete input
packet and an additional header for concatenation defined below is
present following the Length field. This field can be present only
when the value of Payload_Configuration field of the ALP packet is
1.
[0344] Length field can be a 11-bit field that indicates the 11
least significant bits (LSBs) of the length in bytes of payload
carried by the link layer packet. When there is a Length_MSB field
in the following additional header, the length field is
concatenated with the Length_MSB field, and is the LSB to provide
the actual total length of the payload. The number of bits of the
length field may be changed to another value rather than 11
bits.
[0345] Following types of packet configuration are thus possible: a
single packet without any additional header, a single packet with
an additional header, a segmented packet and a concatenated packet.
According to a given embodiment, more packet configurations may be
made through a combination of each additional header, an optional
header, an additional header for signaling information to be
described below, and an additional header for time extension.
[0346] FIG. 10 illustrates a structure of an additional header of a
link layer packet according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0347] Various types of additional headers may be present.
Hereinafter, a description will be given of an additional header
for a single packet.
[0348] This additional header for single packet can be present when
Header_Mode (HM)="1". The Header_Mode (HM) can be set to 1 when the
length of the payload of the link layer packet is larger than 2047
bytes or when the optional fields are used. The additional header
for single packet is shown in Figure (tsib10010).
[0349] Length_MSB field can be a 5-bit field that can indicate the
most significant bits (MSBs) of the total payload length in bytes
in the current link layer packet, and is concatenated with the
Length field containing the 11 least significant bits (LSBs) to
obtain the total payload length. The maximum length of the payload
that can be signaled is therefore 65535 bytes. The number of bits
of the length field may be changed to another value rather than 11
bits. In addition, the number of bits of the Length_MSB field may
be changed, and thus a maximum expressible payload length may be
changed. According to a given embodiment, each length field may
indicate a length of a whole link layer packet rather than a
payload.
[0350] SIF (Sub stream Identifier Flag) field can be a 1-bit field
that can indicate whether the sub stream ID (SID) is present after
the HEF field or not. When there is no SID in this link layer
packet, SIF field can be set to 0. When there is a SID after HEF
field in the link layer packet, SIF can be set to 1. The detail of
SID is described below.
[0351] HEF (Header Extension Flag) field can be a 1-bit field that
can indicate, when set to 1 additional header is present for future
extension. A value of 0 can indicate that this extension header is
not present.
[0352] Hereinafter, a description will be given of an additional
header when segmentation is used.
[0353] This additional header (tsib10020) can be present when
Segmentation_Concatenation (S/C)="0". Segment_Sequence_Number can
be a 5-bit unsigned integer that can indicate the order of the
corresponding segment carried by the link layer packet. For the
link layer packet which carries the first segment of an input
packet, the value of this field can be set to 0x0. This field can
be incremented by one with each additional segment belonging to the
segmented input packet.
[0354] Last_Segment_Indicator (LSI) can be a 1-bit field that can
indicate, when set to 1, that the segment in this payload is the
last one of input packet. A value of 0, can indicate that it is not
last segment.
[0355] SIF (Sub stream Identifier Flag) can be a 1-bit field that
can indicate whether the SID is present after the HEF field or not.
When there is no SID in the link layer packet, SIF field can be set
to 0. When there is a SID after the HEF field in the link layer
packet, SIF can be set to 1.
[0356] HEF (Header Extension Flag) can be a This 1-bit field that
can indicate, when set to 1, that the optional header extension is
present after the additional header for future extensions of the
link layer header. A value of 0 can indicate that optional header
extension is not present.
[0357] According to a given embodiment, a packet ID field may be
additionally provided to indicate that each segment is generated
from the same input packet. This field may be unnecessary and thus
be omitted when segments are transmitted in order.
[0358] Hereinafter, a description will be given of an additional
header when concatenation is used.
[0359] This additional header (tsib10030) can be present when
Segmentation_Concatenation (S/C)="1".
[0360] Length_MSB can be a 4-bit field that can indicate MSB bits
of the payload length in bytes in this link layer packet. The
maximum length of the payload is 32767 bytes for concatenation. As
described in the foregoing, a specific numeric value may be
changed.
[0361] Count can be a field that can indicate the number of the
packets included in the link layer packet. The number of the
packets included in the link layer packet, 2 can be set to this
field. So, its maximum value of concatenated packets in a link
layer packet is 9. A scheme in which the count field indicates the
number may be varied depending on embodiments. That is, the numbers
from 1 to 8 may be indicated.
[0362] HEF (Header Extension Flag) can be a 1-bit field that can
indicate, when set to 1 the optional header extension is present
after the additional header for future extensions of the link layer
header. A value of 0, can indicate extension header is not
present.
[0363] Component_Length can be a 12-bit length field that can
indicate the length in byte of each packet. Component_Length fields
are included in the same order as the packets present in the
payload except last component packet. The number of length field
can be indicated by (Count+1). According to a given embodiment,
length fields, the number of which is the same as a value of the
count field, may be present. When a link layer header consists of
an odd number of Component_Length, four stuffing bits can follow
after the last Component_Length field. These bits can be set to 0.
According to a given embodiment, a Component_length field
indicating a length of a last concatenated input packet may not be
present. In this case, the length of the last concatenated input
packet may correspond to a length obtained by subtracting a sum of
values indicated by respective Component_length fields from a whole
payload length.
[0364] Hereinafter, the optional header will be described.
[0365] As described in the foregoing, the optional header may be
added to a rear of the additional header. The optional header field
can contain SID and/or header extension. The SID is used to filter
out specific packet stream in the link layer level. One example of
SID is the role of service identifier in a link layer stream
carrying multiple services. The mapping information between a
service and the SID value corresponding to the service can be
provided in the SLT, if applicable. The header extension contains
extended field for future use. Receivers can ignore any header
extensions which they do not understand.
[0366] SID (Sub stream Identifier) can be a 8-bit field that can
indicate the sub stream identifier for the link layer packet. If
there is optional header extension, SID present between additional
header and optional header extension.
[0367] Header_Extension ( ) can include the fields defined
below.
[0368] Extension_Type can be an 8-bit field that can indicate the
type of the Header_Extension ( ).
[0369] Extension_Length can be a 8-bit field that can indicate the
length of the Header Extension ( ) in bytes counting from the next
byte to the last byte of the Header_Extension ( ).
[0370] Extension_Byte can be a byte representing the value of the
Header_Extension ( ).
[0371] FIG. 11 illustrates a structure of an additional header of a
link layer packet according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0372] Hereinafter, a description will be given of an additional
header for signaling information.
[0373] How link layer signaling is incorporated into link layer
packets are as follows. Signaling packets are identified by when
the Packet_Type field of the base header is equal to 100.
[0374] Figure (tsib11010) shows the structure of the link layer
packets containing additional header for signaling information. In
addition to the link layer header, the link layer packet can
consist of two additional parts, additional header for signaling
information and the actual signaling data itself. The total length
of the link layer signaling packet is shown in the link layer
packet header.
[0375] The additional header for signaling information can include
following fields. According to a given embodiment, some fields may
be omitted.
[0376] Signaling_Type can be an 8-bit field that can indicate the
type of signaling.
[0377] Signaling_Type_Extension can be a 16-bit filed that can
indicate the attribute of the signaling. Detail of this field can
be defined in signaling specification.
[0378] Signaling_Version can be an 8-bit field that can indicate
the version of signaling.
[0379] Signaling_Format can be a 2-bit field that can indicate the
data format of the signaling data. Here, a signaling format may
refer to a data format such as a binary format, an XML format,
etc.
[0380] Signaling_Encoding can be a 2-bit field that can specify the
encoding/compression format. This field may indicate whether
compression is not performed and which type of compression is
performed.
[0381] Hereinafter, a description will be given of an additional
header for packet type extension.
[0382] In order to provide a mechanism to allow an almost unlimited
number of additional protocol and packet types to be carried by
link layer in the future, the additional header is defined. Packet
type extension can be used when Packet_type is 111 in the base
header as described above. Figure (tsib11020) shows the structure
of the link layer packets containing additional header for type
extension.
[0383] The additional header for type extension can include
following fields. According to a given embodiment, some fields may
be omitted.
[0384] extended_type can be a 16-bit field that can indicate the
protocol or packet type of the input encapsulated in the link layer
packet as payload. This field cannot be used for any protocol or
packet type already defined by Packet_Type field.
[0385] FIG. 12 illustrates a header structure of a link layer
packet for an MPEG-2 TS packet and an encapsulation process thereof
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0386] Hereinafter, a description will be given of a format of the
link layer packet when the MPEG-2 TS packet is input as an input
packet.
[0387] In this case, the Packet_Type field of the base header is
equal to 010. Multiple TS packets can be encapsulated within each
link layer packet. The number of TS packets is signaled via the
NUMTS field. In this case, as described in the foregoing, a
particular link layer packet header format may be used.
[0388] Link layer provides overhead reduction mechanisms for MPEG-2
TS to enhance the transmission efficiency. The sync byte (0x47) of
each TS packet can be deleted. The option to delete NULL packets
and similar TS headers is also provided.
[0389] In order to avoid unnecessary transmission overhead, TS null
packets (PID=0x1FFF) may be removed. Deleted null packets can be
recovered in receiver side using DNP field. The DNP field indicates
the count of deleted null packets. Null packet deletion mechanism
using DNP field is described below.
[0390] In order to achieve more transmission efficiency, similar
header of MPEG-2 TS packets can be removed. When two or more
successive TS packets have sequentially increased continuity
counter fields and other header fields are the same, the header is
sent once at the first packet and the other headers are deleted.
HDM field can indicate whether the header deletion is performed or
not. Detailed procedure of common TS header deletion is described
below.
[0391] When all three overhead reduction mechanisms are performed,
overhead reduction can be performed in sequence of sync removal,
null packet deletion, and common header deletion. According to a
given embodiment, a performance order of respective mechanisms may
be changed. In addition, some mechanisms may be omitted according
to a given embodiment.
[0392] The overall structure of the link layer packet header when
using MPEG-2 TS packet encapsulation is depicted in Figure
(tsib12010).
[0393] Hereinafter, a description will be given of each illustrated
field. Packet_Type can be a 3-bit field that can indicate the
protocol type of input packet as describe above. For MPEG-2 TS
packet encapsulation, this field can always be set to 010.
[0394] NUMTS (Number of TS packets) can be a 4-bit field that can
indicate the number of TS packets in the payload of this link layer
packet. A maximum of 16 TS packets can be supported in one link
layer packet. The value of NUMTS=0 can indicate that 16 TS packets
are carried by the payload of the link layer packet. For all other
values of NUMTS, the same number of TS packets are recognized, e.g.
NUMTS=0001 means one TS packet is carried.
[0395] AHF (Additional Header Flag) can be a field that can
indicate whether the additional header is present of not. A value
of 0 indicates that there is no additional header. A value of 1
indicates that an additional header of length 1-byte is present
following the base header. If null TS packets are deleted or TS
header compression is applied this field can be set to 1. The
additional header for TS packet encapsulation consists of the
following two fields and is present only when the value of AHF in
this link layer packet is set to 1.
[0396] HDM (Header Deletion Mode) can be a 1-bit field that
indicates whether TS header deletion can be applied to this link
layer packet. A value of 1 indicates that TS header deletion can be
applied. A value of "0" indicates that the TS header deletion
method is not applied to this link layer packet.
[0397] DNP (Deleted Null Packets) can be a 7-bit field that
indicates the number of deleted null TS packets prior to this link
layer packet. A maximum of 128 null TS packets can be deleted. When
HDM=0 the value of DNP=0 can indicate that 128 null packets are
deleted. When HDM=1 the value of DNP=0 can indicate that no null
packets are deleted. For all other values of DNP, the same number
of null packets are recognized, e.g. DNP=5 means 5 null packets are
deleted.
[0398] The number of bits of each field described above may be
changed. According to the changed number of bits, a minimum/maximum
value of a value indicated by the field may be changed. These
numbers may be changed by a designer.
[0399] Hereinafter, SYNC byte removal will be described.
[0400] When encapsulating TS packets into the payload of a link
layer packet, the SYNC byte (0x47) from the start of each TS packet
can be deleted. Hence the length of the MPEG2-TS packet
encapsulated in the payload of the link layer packet is always of
length 187 bytes (instead of 188 bytes originally).
[0401] Hereinafter, null packet deletion will be described.
[0402] Transport Stream rules require that bit rates at the output
of a transmitter's multiplexer and at the input of the receiver's
de-multiplexer are constant in time and the end-to-end delay is
also constant. For some Transport Stream input signals, null
packets may be present in order to accommodate variable bitrate
services in a constant bitrate stream. In this case, in order to
avoid unnecessary transmission overhead, TS null packets (that is
TS packets with PID=0x1FFF) may be removed. The process is
carried-out in a way that the removed null packets can be
re-inserted in the receiver in the exact place where they were
originally, thus guaranteeing constant bitrate and avoiding the
need for PCR time stamp updating.
[0403] Before generation of a link layer packet, a counter called
DNP (Deleted Null-Packets) can first be reset to zero and then
incremented for each deleted null packet preceding the first
non-null TS packet to be encapsulated into the payload of the
current link layer packet. Then a group of consecutive useful TS
packets is encapsulated into the payload of the current link layer
packet and the value of each field in its header can be determined.
After the generated link layer packet is injected to the physical
layer, the DNP is reset to zero. When DNP reaches its maximum
allowed value, if the next packet is also a null packet, this null
packet is kept as a useful packet and encapsulated into the payload
of the next link layer packet. Each link layer packet can contain
at least one useful TS packet in its payload.
[0404] Hereinafter, TS packet header deletion will be described. TS
packet header deletion may be referred to as TS packet header
compression.
[0405] When two or more successive TS packets have sequentially
increased continuity counter fields and other header fields are the
same, the header is sent once at the first packet and the other
headers are deleted. When the duplicated MPEG-2 TS packets are
included in two or more successive TS packets, header deletion
cannot be applied in transmitter side. HDM field can indicate
whether the header deletion is performed or not. When TS header
deletion is performed, HDM can be set to 1. In the receiver side,
using the first packet header, the deleted packet headers are
recovered, and the continuity counter is restored by increasing it
in order from that of the first header.
[0406] An example tsib12020 illustrated in the figure is an example
of a process in which an input stream of a TS packet is
encapsulated into a link layer packet. First, a TS stream including
TS packets having SYNC byte (0x47) may be input. First, sync bytes
may be deleted through a sync byte deletion process. In this
example, it is presumed that null packet deletion is not
performed.
[0407] Here, it is presumed that packet headers of eight TS packets
have the same field values except for CC, that is, a continuity
counter field value. In this case, TS packet deletion/compression
may be performed. Seven remaining TS packet headers are deleted
except for a first TS packet header corresponding to CC=1. The
processed TS packets may be encapsulated into a payload of the link
layer packet.
[0408] In a completed link layer packet, a Packet_Type field
corresponds to a case in which TS packets are input, and thus may
have a value of 010. A NUMTS field may indicate the number of
encapsulated TS packets. An AHF field may be set to 1 to indicate
the presence of an additional header since packet header deletion
is performed. An HDM field may be set to 1 since header deletion is
performed. DNP may be set to 0 since null packet deletion is not
performed.
[0409] FIG. 13 illustrates an example of adaptation modes in IP
header compression according to an embodiment of the present
invention (transmitting side).
[0410] Hereinafter, IP header compression will be described.
[0411] In the link layer, IP header compression/decompression
scheme can be provided. IP header compression can include two
parts: header compressor/decompressor and adaptation module. The
header compression scheme can be based on the Robust Header
Compression (RoHC). In addition, for broadcasting usage, adaptation
function is added.
[0412] In the transmitter side, ROHC compressor reduces the size of
header for each packet. Then, adaptation module extracts context
information and builds signaling information from each packet
stream. In the receiver side, adaptation module parses the
signaling information associated with the received packet stream
and attaches context information to the received packet stream.
ROHC decompressor reconstructs the original IP packet by recovering
the packet header.
[0413] The header compression scheme can be based on the RoHC as
described above. In particular, in the present system, an RoHC
framework can operate in a unidirectional mode (U mode) of the
RoHC. In addition, in the present system, it is possible to use an
RoHC UDP header compression profile which is identified by a
profile identifier of 0x0002.
[0414] Hereinafter, adaptation will be described.
[0415] In case of transmission through the unidirectional link, if
a receiver has no information of context, decompressor cannot
recover the received packet header until receiving full context.
This may cause channel change delay and turn on delay. For this
reason, context information and configuration parameters between
compressor and decompressor can be always sent with packet
flow.
[0416] The Adaptation function provides out-of-band transmission of
the configuration parameters and context information. Out-of-band
transmission can be done through the link layer signaling.
Therefore, the adaptation function is used to reduce the channel
change delay and decompression error due to loss of context
information.
[0417] Hereinafter, extraction of context information will be
described.
[0418] Context information may be extracted using various schemes
according to adaptation mode. In the present invention, three
examples will be described below. The scope of the present
invention is not restricted to the examples of the adaptation mode
to be described below. Here, the adaptation mode may be referred to
as a context extraction mode.
[0419] Adaptation Mode 1 (not illustrated) may be a mode in which
no additional operation is applied to a basic RoHC packet stream.
In other words, the adaptation module may operate as a buffer in
this mode. Therefore, in this mode, context information may not be
included in link layer signaling
[0420] In Adaptation Mode 2 (tsib13010), the adaptation module can
detect the IR packet from ROHC packet flow and extract the context
information (static chain). After extracting the context
information, each IR packet can be converted to an IR-DYN packet.
The converted IR-DYN packet can be included and transmitted inside
the ROHC packet flow in the same order as IR packet, replacing the
original packet.
[0421] In Adaptation Mode 3 (tsib13020), the adaptation module can
detect the IR and IR-DYN packet from ROHC packet flow and extract
the context information. The static chain and dynamic chain can be
extracted from IR packet and dynamic chain can be extracted from
IR-DYN packet. After extracting the context information, each IR
and IR-DYN packet can be converted to a compressed packet. The
compressed packet format can be the same with the next packet of IR
or IR-DYN packet. The converted compressed packet can be included
and transmitted inside the ROHC packet flow in the same order as IR
or IR-DYN packet, replacing the original packet.
[0422] Signaling (context) information can be encapsulated based on
transmission structure. For example, context information can be
encapsulated to the link layer signaling. In this case, the packet
type value can be set to "100".
[0423] In the above-described Adaptation Modes 2 and 3, a link
layer packet for context information may have a packet type field
value of 100. In addition, a link layer packet for compressed IP
packets may have a packet type field value of 001. The values
indicate that each of the signaling information and the compressed
IP packets are included in the link layer packet as described
above.
[0424] Hereinafter, a description will be given of a method of
transmitting the extracted context information.
[0425] The extracted context information can be transmitted
separately from ROHC packet flow, with signaling data through
specific physical data path. The transmission of context depends on
the configuration of the physical layer path. The context
information can be sent with other link layer signaling through the
signaling data pipe.
[0426] In other words, the link layer packet having the context
information may be transmitted through a signaling PLP together
with link layer packets having other link layer signaling
information (Packet_Type=100). Compressed IP packets from which
context information is extracted may be transmitted through a
general PLP (Packet_Type=001). Here, depending on embodiments, the
signaling PLP may refer to an L1 signaling path. In addition,
depending on embodiments, the signaling PLP may not be separated
from the general PLP, and may refer to a particular and general PLP
through which the signaling information is transmitted.
[0427] At a receiving side, prior to reception of a packet stream,
a receiver may need to acquire signaling information. When receiver
decodes initial PLP to acquire the signaling information, the
context signaling can be also received. After the signaling
acquisition is done, the PLP to receive packet stream can be
selected. In other words, the receiver may acquire the signaling
information including the context information by selecting the
initial PLP. Here, the initial PLP may be the above-described
signaling PLP. Thereafter, the receiver may select a PLP for
acquiring a packet stream. In this way, the context information may
be acquired prior to reception of the packet stream.
[0428] After the PLP for acquiring the packet stream is selected,
the adaptation module can detect IR-DYN packet form received packet
flow. Then, the adaptation module parses the static chain from the
context information in the signaling data. This is similar to
receiving the IR packet. For the same context identifier, IR-DYN
packet can be recovered to IR packet. Recovered ROHC packet flow
can be sent to ROHC decompressor. Thereafter, decompression may be
started.
[0429] FIG. 14 illustrates a link mapping table (LMT) and an RoHC-U
description table according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0430] Hereinafter, link layer signaling will be described.
[0431] Generally, link layer signaling is operates under IP level.
At the receiver side, link layer signaling can be obtained earlier
than IP level signaling such as Service List Table (SLT) and
Service Layer Signaling (SLS). Therefore, link layer signaling can
be obtained before session establishment.
[0432] For link layer signaling, there can be two kinds of
signaling according input path: internal link layer signaling and
external link layer signaling. The internal link layer signaling is
generated in link layer at transmitter side. And the link layer
takes the signaling from external module or protocol. This kind of
signaling information is considered as external link layer
signaling. If some signaling need to be obtained prior to IP level
signaling, external signaling is transmitted in format of link
layer packet.
[0433] The link layer signaling can be encapsulated into link layer
packet as described above. The link layer packets can carry any
format of link layer signaling, including binary and XML. The same
signaling information may not be transmitted in different formats
for the link layer signaling.
[0434] Internal link layer signaling may include signaling
information for link mapping. The Link Mapping Table (LMT) provides
a list of upper layer sessions carried in a PLP. The LMT also
provides addition information for processing the link layer packets
carrying the upper layer sessions in the link layer.
[0435] An example of the LMT (tsib14010) according to the present
invention is illustrated.
[0436] signaling_type can be an 8-bit unsigned integer field that
indicates the type of signaling carried by this table. The value of
signaling_type field for Link Mapping Table (LMT) can be set to
0x01.
[0437] PLP_ID can be an 8-bit field that indicates the PLP
corresponding to this table.
[0438] num_session can be an 8-bit unsigned integer field that
provides the number of upper layer sessions carried in the PLP
identified by the above PLP_ID field. When the value of
signaling_type field is 0x01, this field can indicate the number of
UDP/IP sessions in the PLP.
[0439] src_IP_add can be a 32-bit unsigned integer field that
contains the source IP address of an upper layer session carried in
the PLP identified by the PLPID field.
[0440] dst_IP_add can be a 32-bit unsigned integer field that
contains the destination IP address of an upper layer session
carried in the PLP identified by the PLP_ID field.
[0441] src_UDP_port can be a 16-bit unsigned integer field that
represents the source UDP port number of an upper layer session
carried in the PLP identified by the PLP_ID
FIELD
[0442] dst_UDP_port can be a 16-bit unsigned integer field that
represents the destination UDP port number of an upper layer
session carried in the PLP identified by the PLP_ID field.
[0443] SID_flag can be a 1-bit Boolean field that indicates whether
the link layer packet carrying the upper layer session identified
by above 4 fields, Src_IP_add, Dst_IP_add, Src_UDP_Port and
Dst_UDP_Port, has an SID field in its optional header. When the
value of this field is set to 0, the link layer packet carrying the
upper layer session may not have an SID field in its optional
header. When the value of this field is set to 1, the link layer
packet carrying the upper layer session can have an SID field in
its optional header and the value the SID field can be same as the
following SID field in this table.
[0444] compressed_flag can be a 1-bit Boolean field that indicates
whether the header compression is applied the link layer packets
carrying the upper layer session identified by above 4 fields,
Src_IP_add, Dst_IP_add, Src_UDP_Port and Dst_UDP_Port. When the
value of this field is set to 0, the link layer packet carrying the
upper layer session may have a value of 0x00 of Packet_Type field
in its base header. When the value of this field is set to 1, the
link layer packet carrying the upper layer session may have a value
of 0x01 of Packet_Type field in its base header and the Context_ID
field can be present.
[0445] SID can be an 8-bit unsigned integer field that indicates
sub stream identifier for the link layer packets carrying the upper
layer session identified by above 4 fields, Src_IP_add, Dst_IP_add,
Src_UDP_Port and Dst_UDP_Port. This field can be present when the
value of SID_flag is equal to 1.
[0446] context_id can be an 8-bit field that provides a reference
for the context id (CID) provided in the ROHC-U description table.
This field can be present when the value of compressed_flag is
equal to 1.
[0447] An example of the RoHC-U description table (tsib14020)
according to the present invention is illustrated. As described in
the foregoing, the RoHC-U adaptation module may generate
information related to header compression.
[0448] signaling_type can be an 8-bit field that indicates the type
of signaling carried by this table. The value of signaling_type
field for ROHC-U description table (RDT) can be set to "0x02".
[0449] PLP_ID can be an 8-bit field that indicates the PLP
corresponding to this table.
[0450] context_id can be an 8-bit field that indicates the context
id (CID) of the compressed IP stream. In this system, 8-bit CID can
be used for large CID.
[0451] context_profile can be an 8-bit field that indicates the
range of protocols used to compress the stream. This field can be
omitted.
[0452] adaptation_mode can be a 2-bit field that indicates the mode
of adaptation module in this PLP. Adaptation modes have been
described above.
[0453] context_config can be a 2-bit field that indicates the
combination of the context information. If there is no context
information in this table, this field may be set to "0x0". If the
static_chain( ) or dynamic_chain( ) byte is included in this table,
this field may be set to "0x01" or "0x02" respectively. If both of
the static_chain( ) and dynamic_chain( ) byte are included in this
table, this field may be set to "0x03".
[0454] context_length can be an 8-bit field that indicates the
length of the static chain byte sequence. This field can be
omitted.
[0455] static_chain_byte ( ) can be a field that conveys the static
information used to initialize the ROHC-U decompressor. The size
and structure of this field depend on the context profile.
[0456] dynamic_chain_byte ( ) can be a field that conveys the
dynamic information used to initialize the ROHC-U decompressor. The
size and structure of this field depend on the context profile.
[0457] The static_chain_byte can be defined as sub-header
information of IR packet. The dynamic_chain_byte can be defined as
sub-header information of IR packet and IR-DYN packet.
[0458] FIG. 15 illustrates a structure of a link layer on a
transmitter side according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0459] The present embodiment presumes that an IP packet is
processed. From a functional point of view, the link layer on the
transmitter side may broadly include a link layer signaling part in
which signaling information is processed, an overhead reduction
part, and/or an encapsulation part. In addition, the link layer on
the transmitter side may include a scheduler for controlling and
scheduling an overall operation of the link layer and/or input and
output parts of the link layer.
[0460] First, signaling information of an upper layer and/or a
system parameter tsib15010 may be delivered to the link layer. In
addition, an IP stream including IP packets may be delivered to the
link layer from an IP layer tsib15110.
[0461] As described above, the scheduler tsib15020 may determine
and control operations of several modules included in the link
layer. The delivered signaling information and/or system parameter
tsib15010 may be filterer or used by the scheduler tsib15020.
Information, which corresponds to a part of the delivered signaling
information and/or system parameter tsib15010, necessary for a
receiver may be delivered to the link layer signaling part. In
addition, information, which corresponds to a part of the signaling
information, necessary for an operation of the link layer may be
delivered to an overhead reduction controller tsib15120 or an
encapsulation controller tsib15180.
[0462] The link layer signaling part may collect information to be
transmitted as a signal in a physical layer, and convert/configure
the information in a form suitable for transmission. The link layer
signaling part may include a signaling manager tsib15030, a
signaling formatter tsib15040, and/or a buffer for channels
tsib15050.
[0463] The signaling manager tsib15030 may receive signaling
information delivered from the scheduler tsib15020 and/or signaling
(and/or context) information delivered from the overhead reduction
part. The signaling manager tsib15030 may determine a path for
transmission of the signaling information for delivered data. The
signaling information may be delivered through the path determined
by the signaling manager tsib15030. As described in the foregoing,
signaling information to be transmitted through a divided channel
such as the FIC, the EAS, etc. may be delivered to the signaling
formatter tsib15040, and other signaling information may be
delivered to an encapsulation buffer tsib15070.
[0464] The signaling formatter tsib15040 may format related
signaling information in a form suitable for each divided channel
such that signaling information may be transmitted through a
separately divided channel. As described in the foregoing, the
physical layer may include separate physically/logically divided
channels. The divided channels may be used to transmit FIC
signaling information or EAS-related information. The FIC or
EAS-related information may be sorted by the signaling manager
tsib15030, and input to the signaling formatter tsib15040. The
signaling formatter tsib15040 may format the information based on
each separate channel. When the physical layer is designed to
transmit particular signaling information through a separately
divided channel other than the FIC and the EAS, a signaling
formatter for the particular signaling information may be
additionally provided. Through this scheme, the link layer may be
compatible with various physical layers.
[0465] The buffer for channels tsib15050 may deliver the signaling
information received from the signaling formatter tsib15040 to
separate dedicated channels tsib15060. The number and content of
the separate channels may vary depending on embodiments.
[0466] As described in the foregoing, the signaling manager
tsib15030 may deliver signaling information, which is not delivered
to a particular channel, to the encapsulation buffer tsib15070. The
encapsulation buffer tsib15070 may function as a buffer that
receives the signaling information which is not delivered to the
particular channel.
[0467] An encapsulation block for signaling information tsib15080
may encapsulate the signaling information which is not delivered to
the particular channel. A transmission buffer tsib15090 may
function as a buffer that delivers the encapsulated signaling
information to a DP for signaling information tsib15100. Here, the
DP for signaling information tsib15100 may refer to the
above-described PLS region.
[0468] The overhead reduction part may allow efficient transmission
by removing overhead of packets delivered to the link layer. It is
possible to configure overhead reduction parts corresponding to the
number of IP streams input to the link layer.
[0469] An overhead reduction buffer tsib15130 may receive an IP
packet delivered from an upper layer. The received IP packet may be
input to the overhead reduction part through the overhead reduction
buffer tsib15130.
[0470] An overhead reduction controller tsib15120 may determine
whether to perform overhead reduction on a packet stream input to
the overhead reduction buffer tsib15130. The overhead reduction
controller tsib15120 may determine whether to perform overhead
reduction for each packet stream. When overhead reduction is
performed on a packet stream, packets may be delivered to a robust
header compression (RoHC) compressor tsib15140 to perform overhead
reduction. When overhead reduction is not performed on a packet
stream, packets may be delivered to the encapsulation part to
perform encapsulation without overhead reduction. Whether to
perform overhead reduction of packets may be determined based on
the signaling information tsib15010 delivered to the link layer.
The signaling information may be delivered to the encapsulation
controller tsib15180 by the scheduler tsib15020.
[0471] The RoHC compressor tsib15140 may perform overhead reduction
on a packet stream. The RoHC compressor tsib15140 may perform an
operation of compressing a header of a packet. Various schemes may
be used for overhead reduction. Overhead reduction may be performed
using a scheme proposed by the present invention. The present
invention presumes an IP stream, and thus an expression "RoHC
compressor" is used. However, the name may be changed depending on
embodiments. The operation is not restricted to compression of the
IP stream, and overhead reduction of all types of packets may be
performed by the RoHC compressor tsib15140.
[0472] A packet stream configuration block tsib15150 may separate
information to be transmitted to a signaling region and information
to be transmitted to a packet stream from IP packets having
compressed headers. The information to be transmitted to the packet
stream may refer to information to be transmitted to a DP region.
The information to be transmitted to the signaling region may be
delivered to a signaling and/or context controller tsib15160. The
information to be transmitted to the packet stream may be
transmitted to the encapsulation part.
[0473] The signaling and/or context controller tsib15160 may
collect signaling and/or context information and deliver the
signaling and/or context information to the signaling manager in
order to transmit the signaling and/or context information to the
signaling region.
[0474] The encapsulation part may perform an operation of
encapsulating packets in a form suitable for a delivery to the
physical layer. It is possible to configure encapsulation parts
corresponding to the number of IP streams.
[0475] An encapsulation buffer tsib15170 may receive a packet
stream for encapsulation. Packets subjected to overhead reduction
may be received when overhead reduction is performed, and an input
IP packet may be received without change when overhead reduction is
not performed.
[0476] An encapsulation controller tsib15180 may determine whether
to encapsulate an input packet stream. When encapsulation is
performed, the packet stream may be delivered to a
segmentation/concatenation block tsib15190. When encapsulation is
not performed, the packet stream may be delivered to a transmission
buffer tsib15230. Whether to encapsulate packets may be determined
based on the signaling information tsib15010 delivered to the link
layer. The signaling information may be delivered to the
encapsulation controller tsib15180 by the scheduler tsib15020.
[0477] In the segmentation/concatenation block tsib15190, the
above-described segmentation or concatenation operation may be
performed on packets. In other words, when an input IP packet is
longer than a link layer packet corresponding to an output of the
link layer, one IP packet may be segmented into several segments to
configure a plurality of link layer packet payloads. On the other
hand, when an input IP packet is shorter than a link layer packet
corresponding to an output of the link layer, several IP packets
may be concatenated to configure one link layer packet payload.
[0478] A packet configuration table tsib15200 may have
configuration information of a segmented and/or concatenated link
layer packet. A transmitter and a receiver may have the same
information in the packet configuration table tsib15200. The
transmitter and the receiver may refer to the information of the
packet configuration table tsib15200. An index value of the
information of the packet configuration table tsib15200 may be
included in a header of the link layer packet.
[0479] A link layer header information block tsib15210 may collect
header information generated in an encapsulation process. In
addition, the link layer header information block tsib15210 may
collect header information included in the packet configuration
table tsib15200. The link layer header information block tsib15210
may configure header information according to a header structure of
the link layer packet.
[0480] A header attachment block tsib15220 may add a header to a
payload of a segmented and/or concatenated link layer packet. The
transmission buffer tsib15230 may function as a buffer to deliver
the link layer packet to a DP tsib15240 of the physical layer.
[0481] The respective blocks, modules, or parts may be configured
as one module/protocol or a plurality of modules/protocols in the
link layer.
[0482] FIG. 16 illustrates a structure of a link layer on a
receiver side according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0483] The present embodiment presumes that an IP packet is
processed. From a functional point of view, the link layer on the
receiver side may broadly include a link layer signaling part in
which signaling information is processed, an overhead processing
part, and/or a decapsulation part. In addition, the link layer on
the receiver side may include a scheduler for controlling and
scheduling overall operation of the link layer and/or input and
output parts of the link layer.
[0484] First, information received through a physical layer may be
delivered to the link layer. The link layer may process the
information, restore an original state before being processed at a
transmitter side, and then deliver the information to an upper
layer. In the present embodiment, the upper layer may be an IP
layer.
[0485] Information, which is separated in the physical layer and
delivered through a particular channel tsib16030, may be delivered
to a link layer signaling part. The link layer signaling part may
determine signaling information received from the physical layer,
and deliver the determined signaling information to each part of
the link layer.
[0486] A buffer for channels tsib16040 may function as a buffer
that receives signaling information transmitted through particular
channels. As described in the foregoing, when physically/logically
divided separate channels are present in the physical layer, it is
possible to receive signaling information transmitted through the
channels. When the information received from the separate channels
is segmented, the segmented information may be stored until
complete information is configured.
[0487] A signaling decoder/parser tsib16050 may verify a format of
the signaling information received through the particular channel,
and extract information to be used in the link layer. When the
signaling information received through the particular channel is
encoded, decoding may be performed. In addition, according to a
given embodiment, it is possible to verify integrity, etc. of the
signaling information.
[0488] A signaling manager tsib16060 may integrate signaling
information received through several paths. Signaling information
received through a DP for signaling tsib16070 to be described below
may be integrated in the signaling manager tsib16060. The signaling
manager tsib16060 may deliver signaling information necessary for
each part in the link layer. For example, the signaling manager
tsib16060 may deliver context information, etc. for recovery of a
packet to the overhead processing part. In addition, the signaling
manager tsib16060 may deliver signaling information for control to
a scheduler tsib16020.
[0489] General signaling information, which is not received through
a separate particular channel, may be received through the DP for
signaling tsib16070. Here, the DP for signaling may refer to PLS,
L1, etc. Here, the DP may be referred to as a PLP. A reception
buffer tsib16080 may function as a buffer that receives signaling
information delivered from the DP for signaling. In a decapsulation
block for signaling information tsib16090, the received signaling
information may be decapsulated. The decapsulated signaling
information may be delivered to the signaling manager tsib16060
through a decapsulation buffer tsib16100. As described in the
foregoing, the signaling manager tsib16060 may collate signaling
information, and deliver the collated signaling information to a
necessary part in the link layer.
[0490] The scheduler tsib16020 may determine and control operations
of several modules included in the link layer. The scheduler
tsib16020 may control each part of the link layer using receiver
information tsib16010 and/or information delivered from the
signaling manager tsib16060. In addition, the scheduler tsib16020
may determine an operation mode, etc. of each part. Here, the
receiver information tsib16010 may refer to information previously
stored in the receiver. The scheduler tsib16020 may use information
changed by a user such as channel switching, etc. to perform a
control operation.
[0491] The decapsulation part may filter a packet received from a
DP tsib16110 of the physical layer, and separate a packet according
to a type of the packet. It is possible to configure decapsulation
parts corresponding to the number of DPs that can be simultaneously
decoded in the physical layer.
[0492] The decapsulation buffer tsib16100 may function as a buffer
that receives a packet stream from the physical layer to perform
decapsulation. A decapsulation controller tsib16130 may determine
whether to decapsulate an input packet stream. When decapsulation
is performed, the packet stream may be delivered to a link layer
header parser tsib16140. When decapsulation is not performed, the
packet stream may be delivered to an output buffer tsib16220. The
signaling information received from the scheduler tsib16020 may be
used to determine whether to perform decapsulation.
[0493] The link layer header parser tsib16140 may identify a header
of the delivered link layer packet. It is possible to identify a
configuration of an IP packet included in a payload of the link
layer packet by identifying the header. For example, the IP packet
may be segmented or concatenated.
[0494] A packet configuration table tsib16150 may include payload
information of segmented and/or concatenated link layer packets.
The transmitter and the receiver may have the same information in
the packet configuration table tsib16150. The transmitter and the
receiver may refer to the information of the packet configuration
table tsib16150. It is possible to find a value necessary for
reassembly based on index information included in the link layer
packet.
[0495] A reassembly block tsib16160 may configure payloads of the
segmented and/or concatenated link layer packets as packets of an
original IP stream. Segments may be collected and reconfigured as
one IP packet, or concatenated packets may be separated and
reconfigured as a plurality of IP packet streams. Recombined IP
packets may be delivered to the overhead processing part.
[0496] The overhead processing part may perform an operation of
restoring a packet subjected to overhead reduction to an original
packet as a reverse operation of overhead reduction performed in
the transmitter. This operation may be referred to as overhead
processing. It is possible to configure overhead processing parts
corresponding to the number of DPs that can be simultaneously
decoded in the physical layer.
[0497] A packet recovery buffer tsib16170 may function as a buffer
that receives a decapsulated RoHC packet or IP packet to perform
overhead processing.
[0498] An overhead controller tsib16180 may determine whether to
recover and/or decompress the decapsulated packet. When recovery
and/or decompression are performed, the packet may be delivered to
a packet stream recovery block tsib16190. When recovery and/or
decompression are not performed, the packet may be delivered to the
output buffer tsib16220. Whether to perform recovery and/or
decompression may be determined based on the signaling information
delivered by the scheduler tsib16020.
[0499] The packet stream recovery block tsib16190 may perform an
operation of integrating a packet stream separated from the
transmitter with context information of the packet stream. This
operation may be a process of restoring a packet stream such that
an RoHC decompressor tsib16210 can perform processing. In this
process, it is possible to receive signaling information and/or
context information from a signaling and/or context controller
tsib16200. The signaling and/or context controller tsib16200 may
determine signaling information delivered from the transmitter, and
deliver the signaling information to the packet stream recovery
block tsib16190 such that the signaling information may be mapped
to a stream corresponding to a context ID.
[0500] The RoHC decompressor tsib16210 may restore headers of
packets of the packet stream. The packets of the packet stream may
be restored to forms of original IP packets through restoration of
the headers. In other words, the RoHC decompressor tsib16210 may
perform overhead processing.
[0501] The output buffer tsib16220 may function as a buffer before
an output stream is delivered to an IP layer tsib16230.
[0502] The link layers of the transmitter and the receiver proposed
in the present invention may include the blocks or modules
described above. In this way, the link layer may independently
operate irrespective of an upper layer and a lower layer, overhead
reduction may be efficiently performed, and a supportable function
according to an upper/lower layer may be easily
defined/added/deleted.
[0503] FIG. 17 illustrates a configuration of signaling
transmission through a link layer according to an embodiment of the
present invention (transmitting/receiving sides).
[0504] In the present invention, a plurality of service providers
(broadcasters) may provide services within one frequency band. In
addition, a service provider may provide a plurality of services,
and one service may include one or more components. It can be
considered that the user receives content using a service as a
unit.
[0505] The present invention presumes that a transmission protocol
based on a plurality of sessions is used to support an IP hybrid
broadcast. Signaling information delivered through a signaling path
may be determined based on a transmission configuration of each
protocol. Various names may be applied to respective protocols
according to a given embodiment.
[0506] In the illustrated data configuration tsib17010 on the
transmitting side, service providers (broadcasters) may provide a
plurality of services (Service #1, #2, . . . ). In general, a
signal for a service may be transmitted through a general
transmission session (signaling C). However, the signal may be
transmitted through a particular session (dedicated session)
according to a given embodiment (signaling B).
[0507] Service data and service signaling information may be
encapsulated according to a transmission protocol. According to a
given embodiment, an IP/UDP layer may be used. According to a given
embodiment, a signal in the IP/UDP layer (signaling A) may be
additionally provided. This signaling may be omitted.
[0508] Data processed using the IP/UDP may be input to the link
layer. As described in the foregoing, overhead reduction and/or
encapsulation may be performed in the link layer. Here, link layer
signaling may be additionally provided. Link layer signaling may
include a system parameter, etc. Link layer signaling has been
described above.
[0509] The service data and the signaling information subjected to
the above process may be processed through PLPs in a physical
layer. Here, a PLP may be referred to as a DP. The example
illustrated in the figure presumes a case in which a base DP/PLP is
used. However, depending on embodiments, transmission may be
performed using only a general DP/PLP without the base DP/PLP.
[0510] In the example illustrated in the figure, a particular
channel (dedicated channel) such as an FIC, an EAC, etc. is used. A
signal delivered through the FIC may be referred to as a fast
information table (FIT), and a signal delivered through the EAC may
be referred to as an emergency alert table (EAT). The FIT may be
identical to the above-described SLT. The particular channels may
not be used depending on embodiments. When the particular channel
(dedicated channel) is not configured, the FIT and the EAT may be
transmitted using a general link layer signaling transmission
scheme, or transmitted using a PLP via the IP/UDP as other service
data.
[0511] According to a given embodiment, system parameters may
include a transmitter-related parameter, a service provider-related
parameter, etc. Link layer signaling may include IP header
compression-related context information and/or identification
information of data to which the context is applied. Signaling of
an upper layer may include an IP address, a UDP number,
service/component information, emergency alert-related information,
an IP/UDP address for service signaling, a session ID, etc.
Detailed examples thereof have been described above.
[0512] In the illustrated data configuration tsib17020 on the
receiving side, the receiver may decode only a PLP for a
corresponding service using signaling information without having to
decode all PLPs.
[0513] First, when the user selects or changes a service desired to
be received, the receiver may be tuned to a corresponding frequency
and may read receiver information related to a corresponding
channel stored in a DB, etc. The information stored in the DB, etc.
of the receiver may be configured by reading an SLT at the time of
initial channel scan.
[0514] After receiving the SLT and the information about the
corresponding channel, information previously stored in the DB is
updated, and information about a transmission path of the service
selected by the user and information about a path, through which
component information is acquired or a signal necessary to acquire
the information is transmitted, are acquired. When the information
is not determined to be changed using version information of the
SLT, decoding or parsing may be omitted.
[0515] The receiver may verify whether SLT information is included
in a PLP by parsing physical signaling of the PLP in a
corresponding broadcast stream (not illustrated), which may be
indicated through a particular field of physical signaling. It is
possible to access a position at which a service layer signal of a
particular service is transmitted by accessing the SLT information.
The service layer signal may be encapsulated into the IP/UDP and
delivered through a transmission session. It is possible to acquire
information about a component included in the service using this
service layer signaling. A specific SLT-SLS configuration is as
described above.
[0516] In other words, it is possible to acquire transmission path
information, for receiving upper layer signaling information
(service signaling information) necessary to receive the service,
corresponding to one of several packet streams and PLPs currently
transmitted on a channel using the SLT. The transmission path
information may include an IP address, a UDP port number, a session
ID, a PLP ID, etc. Here, depending on embodiments, a value
previously designated by the IANA or a system may be used as an
IP/UDP address. The information may be acquired using a scheme of
accessing a DB or a shared memory, etc.
[0517] When the link layer signal and service data are transmitted
through the same PLP, or only one PLP is operated, service data
delivered through the PLP may be temporarily stored in a device
such as a buffer, etc. while the link layer signal is decoded.
[0518] It is possible to acquire information about a path through
which the service is actually transmitted using service signaling
information of a service to be received. In addition, a received
packet stream may be subjected to decapsulation and header recovery
using information such as overhead reduction for a PLP to be
received, etc.
[0519] In the illustrated example (tsib17020), the FIC and the EAC
are used, and a concept of the base DP/PLP is presumed. As
described in the foregoing, concepts of the FIC, the EAC, and the
base DP/PLP may not be used.
[0520] 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. The present invention proposes
a physical profile (or system) optimized to minimize receiver
complexity while attaining the performance required for a
particular use case. Physical (PHY) profiles (base, handheld and
advanced profiles) according to an embodiment of the present
invention are subsets of all configurations that a corresponding
receiver should implement. The PHY profiles share most of the
functional blocks but differ slightly in specific blocks and/or
parameters. For the system evolution, future profiles may also be
multiplexed with existing profiles in a single radio frequency (RF)
channel through a future extension frame (FEF). The base profile
and the handheld profile according to the embodiment of the present
invention refer to profiles to which MIMO is not applied, and the
advanced profile refers to a profile to which MIMO is applied. The
base profile may be used as a profile for both the terrestrial
broadcast service and the mobile broadcast service. That is, the
base profile may be used to define a concept of a profile which
includes the mobile profile. In addition, the advanced profile may
be divided into an advanced profile for a base profile with MIMO
and an advanced profile for a handheld profile with MIMO. Moreover,
the profiles may be changed according to intention of the
designer.
[0521] The following terms and definitions may be applied to the
present invention. The following terms and definitions may be
changed according to design.
[0522] 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
[0523] Base data pipe: data pipe that carries service signaling
data
[0524] Baseband frame (or BBFRAME): set of Kbch bits which form the
input to one FEC encoding process (BCH and LDPC encoding)
[0525] Cell: modulation value that is carried by one carrier of
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission
[0526] Coded block: LDPC-encoded block of PLS1 data or one of the
LDPC-encoded blocks of PLS2 data
[0527] Data pipe: logical channel in the physical layer that
carries service data or related metadata, which may carry one or a
plurality of service(s) or service component(s).
[0528] Data pipe unit (DPU): a basic unit for allocating data cells
to a DP in a frame.
[0529] Data symbol: OFDM symbol in a frame which is not a preamble
symbol (the data symbol encompasses the frame signaling symbol and
frame edge symbol)
[0530] DP_ID: this 8-bit field identifies uniquely a DP within the
system identified by the SYSTEM_ID
[0531] Dummy cell: cell carrying a pseudo-random value used to fill
the remaining capacity not used for PLS signaling, DPs or auxiliary
streams
[0532] Emergency alert channel (EAC): part of a frame that carries
EAS information data
[0533] Frame: physical layer time slot that starts with a preamble
and ends with a frame edge symbol
[0534] Frame repetition unit: a set of frames belonging to the same
or different physical layer profiles including an FEF, which is
repeated eight times in a superframe
[0535] Fast information channel (FIC): a logical channel in a frame
that carries mapping information between a service and the
corresponding base DP
[0536] FECBLOCK: set of LDPC-encoded bits of DP data
[0537] FFT size: nominal FFT size used for a particular mode, equal
to the active symbol period Ts expressed in cycles of an elementary
period T
[0538] 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
[0539] 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
[0540] Frame group: the set of all frames having the same PHY
profile type in a superframe
[0541] Future extension frame: physical layer time slot within the
superframe that may be used for future extension, which starts with
a preamble
[0542] Futurecast UTB system: proposed physical layer broadcast
system, the input of which is one or more MPEG2-TS, IP or general
stream(s) and the output of which is an RF signal
[0543] Input stream: a stream of data for an ensemble of services
delivered to the end users by the system
[0544] Normal data symbol: data symbol excluding the frame
signaling symbol and the frame edge symbol
[0545] PHY profile: subset of all configurations that a
corresponding receiver should implement
[0546] PLS: physical layer signaling data including PLS1 and
PLS2
[0547] PLS1: a first set of PLS data carried in a frame signaling
symbol (FSS) having a fixed size, coding and modulation, which
carries basic information about a system as well as parameters
needed to decode PLS2
[0548] NOTE: PLS1 data remains constant for the duration of a frame
group
[0549] PLS2: a second set of PLS data transmitted in the FSS, which
carries more detailed PLS data about the system and the DPs
[0550] PLS2 dynamic data: PLS2 data that dynamically changes
frame-by-frame
[0551] PLS2 static data: PLS2 data that remains static for the
duration of a frame group
[0552] Preamble signaling data: signaling data carried by the
preamble symbol and used to identify the basic mode of the
system
[0553] Preamble symbol: fixed-length pilot symbol that carries
basic PLS data and is located at the beginning of a frame
[0554] The preamble symbol is mainly used for fast initial band
scan to detect the system signal, timing thereof, frequency offset,
and FFT size.
[0555] Reserved for future use: not defined by the present document
but may be defined in future
[0556] Superframe: set of eight frame repetition units
[0557] Time interleaving block (TI block): set of cells within
which time interleaving is carried out, corresponding to one use of
a time interleaver memory
[0558] 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
[0559] NOTE: The TI group may be mapped directly to one frame or
may be mapped to a plurality of frames. The TI group may contain
one or more TI blocks.
[0560] Type 1 DP: DP of a frame where all DPs are mapped to the
frame in time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme
[0561] Type 2 DP: DP of a frame where all DPs are mapped to the
frame in frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme
[0562] XFECBLOCK: set of N.sub.cells cells carrying all the bits of
one LDPC FECBLOCK
[0563] FIG. 18 illustrates a configuration of a broadcast signal
transmission apparatus for future broadcast services according to
an embodiment of the present invention.
[0564] The broadcast signal transmission apparatus for future
broadcast services according to the present embodiment may include
an input formatting block 1000, a bit interleaved coding &
modulation (BICM) block 1010, a frame building block 1020, an OFDM
generation block 1030 and a signaling generation block 1040.
Description will be given of an operation of each block of the
broadcast signal transmission apparatus.
[0565] In input data according to an embodiment of the present
invention, IP stream/packets and MPEG2-TS may be main input
formats, and other stream types are handled as general streams. In
addition to these data inputs, management information is input to
control scheduling and allocation of the corresponding bandwidth
for each input stream. In addition, the present invention allows
simultaneous input of one or a plurality of TS streams, IP
stream(s) and/or a general stream(s).
[0566] The input formatting block 1000 may demultiplex each input
stream into one or a plurality of data pipes, to each of which
independent coding and modulation are applied. A DP is the basic
unit for robustness control, which affects QoS. One or a plurality
of services or service components may be carried by one DP. The DP
is a logical channel in a physical layer for delivering service
data or related metadata capable of carrying one or a plurality of
services or service components.
[0567] In addition, a DPU is a basic unit for allocating data cells
to a DP in one frame.
[0568] An input to the physical layer may include one or a
plurality of data streams. Each of the data streams is delivered by
one DP. The input formatting block 1000 may covert a data stream
input through one or more physical paths (or DPs) into a baseband
frame (BBF). In this case, the input formatting block 1000 may
perform null packet deletion or header compression on input data (a
TS or IP input stream) in order to enhance transmission efficiency.
A receiver may have a priori information for a particular part of a
header, and thus this known information may be deleted from a
transmitter. A null packet deletion block 3030 may be used only for
a TS input stream.
[0569] In the BICM block 1010, parity data is added for error
correction and 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 an additional data path is added at the output for
MIMO transmission.
[0570] The frame building block 1020 may map the data cells of the
input DPs into the OFDM symbols within a frame, and perform
frequency interleaving for frequency-domain diversity, especially
to combat frequency-selective fading channels. The frame building
block 1020 may include a delay compensation block, a cell mapper
and a frequency interleaver.
[0571] The delay compensation block may adjust timing between DPs
and corresponding PLS data to ensure that the DPs and the
corresponding PLS data are co-timed at a transmitter side. The PLS
data is delayed by the same amount as the data pipes 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. In-band signaling data carries information of the next
TI group so that the information is carried one frame ahead of the
DPs to be signaled. The delay compensation block delays in-band
signaling data accordingly.
[0572] The cell mapper may map PLS, DPs, auxiliary streams, dummy
cells, etc. to 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. A basic function of the
cell mapper is to map a data cell generated by time interleaving
for each DP and PLS cell to an array of active OFDM cells (if
present) corresponding to respective OFDM symbols in one frame.
Service signaling data (such as program specific information
(PSI)/SI) may be separately gathered and sent by a DP. The cell
mapper operates according to dynamic information produced by a
scheduler and the configuration of a frame structure. The frequency
interleaver may randomly interleave data cells received from the
cell mapper to provide frequency diversity. In addition, the
frequency interleaver may operate on an OFDM symbol pair including
two sequential OFDM symbols using a different interleaving-seed
order to obtain maximum interleaving gain in a single frame.
[0573] The OFDM generation block 1030 modulates OFDM carriers by
cells produced by the frame building block, inserts pilots, and
produces a time domain signal for transmission. In addition, this
block subsequently inserts guard intervals, and applies
peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction processing to produce
a final RF signal.
[0574] Specifically, after inserting a preamble at the beginning of
each frame, the OFDM generation block 1030 may apply conventional
OFDM modulation having a cyclic prefix as a guard interval. For
antenna space diversity, a distributed MISO scheme is applied
across transmitters. In addition, a PAPR scheme is performed in the
time domain. For flexible network planning, the present invention
provides a set of various FFT sizes, guard interval lengths and
corresponding pilot patterns.
[0575] In addition, the present invention may 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 may 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.
[0576] The signaling generation block 1040 may create physical
layer signaling information used for an operation of each
functional block. This signaling information is also transmitted so
that services of interest are properly recovered at a receiver
side. Signaling information according to an embodiment of the
present invention may include PLS data. PLS provides the receiver
with a means to access physical layer DPs. The PLS data includes
PLS1 data and PLS2 data.
[0577] The PLS1 data is a first set of PLS data carried in an FSS
symbol in a frame having a fixed size, coding and modulation, which
carries basic information about the system in addition to the
parameters needed to decode the PLS2 data. The PLS1 data provides
basic transmission parameters including parameters required to
enable reception and decoding of the PLS2 data. In addition, the
PLS1 data remains constant for the duration of a frame group.
[0578] The PLS2 data is a second set of PLS data transmitted in an
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 a desired DP. The PLS2
signaling further includes 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
dynamically changes frame by frame. Details of the PLS data will be
described later.
[0579] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0580] FIG. 19 illustrates a BICM block according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0581] The BICM block illustrated in FIG. 19 corresponds to an
embodiment of the BICM block 1010 described with reference to FIG.
18.
[0582] As described above, the broadcast signal transmission
apparatus for future broadcast services according to the embodiment
of the present invention may provide a terrestrial broadcast
service, mobile broadcast service, UHDTV service, etc.
[0583] Since QoS depends on characteristics of a service provided
by the broadcast signal transmission apparatus for future broadcast
services according to the embodiment of the present invention, data
corresponding to respective services needs to be processed using
different schemes. Accordingly, the BICM block according to the
embodiment of the present invention may independently process
respective DPs by independently applying SISO, MISO and MIMO
schemes to data pipes respectively corresponding to data paths.
Consequently, the broadcast signal transmission apparatus for
future broadcast services according to the embodiment of the
present invention may control QoS for each service or service
component transmitted through each DP.
[0584] (a) shows a BICM block applied to a profile (or system) to
which MIMO is not applied, and (b) shows a BICM block of a profile
(or system) to which MIMO is applied.
[0585] The BICM block to which MIMO is not applied and the BICM
block to which MIMO is applied may include a plurality of
processing blocks for processing each DP.
[0586] Description will be given of each processing block of the
BICM block to which MIMO is not applied and the BICM block to which
MIMO is applied.
[0587] A processing block 5000 of the BICM block to which MIMO is
not applied may include a data FEC encoder 5010, a bit interleaver
5020, a constellation mapper 5030, a signal space diversity (SSD)
encoding block 5040 and a time interleaver 5050.
[0588] The data FEC encoder 5010 performs FEC encoding on an input
BBF to generate FECBLOCK procedure using outer coding (BCH) and
inner coding (LDPC). The outer coding (BCH) is optional coding
method. A detailed operation of the data FEC encoder 5010 will be
described later.
[0589] The bit interleaver 5020 may interleave outputs of the data
FEC encoder 5010 to achieve optimized performance with a
combination of LDPC codes and a modulation scheme while providing
an efficiently implementable structure. A detailed operation of the
bit interleaver 5020 will be described later.
[0590] The constellation mapper 5030 may modulate each cell word
from the bit interleaver 5020 in the base and the handheld
profiles, or each 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, or NUQ-1024) or non-uniform constellation
(NUC-16, NUC-64, NUC-256, or NUC-1024) mapping to give a
power-normalized constellation point, e.sub.1. This constellation
mapping is applied only for DPs. It is observed that QAM-16 and
NUQs are square shaped, while NUCs have arbitrary shapes. 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 the PLS2 data.
[0591] The time interleaver 5050 may operates at a DP level.
Parameters of time interleaving (TI) may be set differently for
each DP. A detailed operation of the time interleaver 5050 will be
described later.
[0592] A processing block 5000-1 of the BICM block to which MIMO is
applied may include the data FEC encoder, the bit interleaver, the
constellation mapper, and the time interleaver.
[0593] However, the processing block 5000-1 is distinguished from
the processing block 5000 of the BICM block to which MIMO is not
applied in that the processing block 5000-1 further includes a
cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 and a MIMO encoding block
5020-1.
[0594] In addition, operations of the data FEC encoder, the bit
interleaver, the constellation mapper, and the time interleaver in
the processing block 5000-1 correspond to those of the data FEC
encoder 5010, the bit interleaver 5020, the constellation mapper
5030, and the time interleaver 5050 described above, and thus
description thereof is omitted.
[0595] The cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 is used for a DP of the
advanced profile to divide a single cell-word stream into dual
cell-word streams for MIMO processing.
[0596] The MIMO encoding block 5020-1 may process an output of the
cell-word demultiplexer 5010-1 using a MIMO encoding scheme. The
MIMO encoding scheme is optimized for broadcast signal
transmission. MIMO technology is a promising way to obtain a
capacity increase but depends on channel characteristics.
Especially for broadcasting, a strong LOS component of a channel or
a difference in received signal power between two antennas caused
by different signal propagation characteristics makes it difficult
to obtain capacity gain from MIMO. The proposed MIMO encoding
scheme overcomes this problem using rotation-based precoding and
phase randomization of one of MIMO output signals.
[0597] MIMO encoding is intended for a 2.times.2 MIMO system
requiring at least two antennas at both the transmitter and the
receiver. A MIMO encoding mode of the present invention may be
defined as full-rate spatial multiplexing (FR-SM). FR-SM encoding
may provide capacity increase with relatively small complexity
increase at the receiver side. In addition, the MIMO encoding
scheme of the present invention has no restriction on an antenna
polarity configuration.
[0598] MIMO processing is applied at the DP level. NUQ (e.sub.1,i
and e.sub.2,i) corresponding to a pair of constellation mapper
outputs is fed to an input of a MIMO encoder. Paired MIMO encoder
output (g1,i and g2,i) is transmitted by the same carrier k and
OFDM symbol 1 of respective TX antennas thereof.
[0599] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0600] FIG. 20 illustrates a BICM block according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0601] The BICM block illustrated in FIG. 20 corresponds to another
embodiment of the BICM block 1010 described with reference to FIG.
18.
[0602] FIG. 20 illustrates a BICM block for protection of physical
layer signaling (PLS), an emergency alert channel (EAC) and a fast
information channel (FIC). The EAC is a part of a frame that
carries EAS information data, and the FIC is a logical channel in a
frame that carries mapping information between a service and a
corresponding base DP. Details of the EAC and FIC will be described
later.
[0603] Referring to FIG. 20, the BICM block for protection of the
PLS, the EAC and the FIC may include a PLS FEC encoder 6000, a bit
interleaver 6010 and a constellation mapper 6020.
[0604] In addition, the PLS FEC encoder 6000 may include a
scrambler, a BCH encoding/zero insertion block, an LDPC encoding
block and an LDPC parity puncturing block. Description will be
given of each block of the BICM block.
[0605] The PLS FEC encoder 6000 may encode scrambled PLS 1/2 data,
EAC and FIC sections.
[0606] The scrambler may scramble PLS1 data and PLS2 data before
BCH encoding and shortened and punctured LDPC encoding.
[0607] The BCH encoding/zero insertion block may perform outer
encoding on the scrambled PLS 1/2 data using a shortened BCH code
for PLS protection, and insert zero bits after BCH encoding. For
PLS1 data only, output bits of zero insertion may be permuted
before LDPC encoding.
[0608] The LDPC encoding block may encode an output of the BCH
encoding/zero insertion block using an LDPC code. To generate a
complete coded block, C.sub.ldpc and parity bits P.sub.ldpc are
encoded systematically from each zero-inserted PLS information
block I.sub.ldpc and appended thereto.
C.sub.ldpc=[I.sub.ldpcP.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.lpdc.sub.-K.sub.lpdc.sub.-1] [Equation 1]
[0609] The LDPC parity puncturing block may perform puncturing on
the PLS1 data and the PLS2 data.
[0610] When shortening is applied to PLS1 data protection, some
LDPC parity bits are punctured after LDPC encoding. In addition,
for PLS2 data protection, LDPC parity bits of PLS2 are punctured
after LDPC encoding. These punctured bits are not transmitted.
[0611] The bit interleaver 6010 may interleave each of shortened
and punctured PLS1 data and PLS2 data.
[0612] The constellation mapper 6020 may map the bit-interleaved
PLS1 data and PLS2 data to constellations.
[0613] The above-described blocks may be omitted or replaced by
blocks having similar or identical functions.
[0614] FIG. 21 illustrates a bit interleaving process of PLS
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0615] Each shortened and punctured PLS1 and PLS2 coded block is
interleaved bit-by-bit as described in FIG. 22. Each block of
additional parity bits is interleaved with the same block
interleaving structure but separately.
[0616] In the case of BPSK, there are two branches for bit
interleaving to duplicate FEC coded bits in the real and imaginary
parts. Each coded block is written to the upper branch first. The
bits are mapped to the lower branch by applying modulo N.sub.FEC
addition with cyclic shifting value floor(N.sub.FEC/2), where
N.sub.FEC is the length of each LDPC coded block after shortening
and puncturing.
[0617] In other modulation cases, such as QSPK, QAM-16 and NUQ-64,
FEC coded bits are written serially into the interleaver
column-wise, where the number of columns is the same as the
modulation order.
[0618] In the read operation, the bits for one constellation symbol
are read out sequentially row-wise and fed into the bit
demultiplexer block. These operations are continued until the end
of the column.
[0619] Each bit interleaved group is demultiplexed bit-by-bit in a
group before constellation mapping. Depending on modulation order,
there are two mapping rules. In the case of BPSK and QPSK, the
reliability of bits in a symbol is equal. Therefore, the bit group
read out from the bit interleaving block is mapped to a QAM symbol
without any operation.
[0620] In the cases of QAM-16 and NUQ-64 mapped to a QAM symbol,
the rule of operation is described in FIG. 23(a). As shown in FIG.
23(a), i is bit group index corresponding to column index in bit
interleaving.
[0621] FIG. 21 shows the bit demultiplexing rule for QAM-16. This
operation continues until all bit groups are read from the bit
interleaving block.
[0622] FIG. 22 illustrates a configuration of a broadcast signal
reception apparatus for future broadcast services according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0623] The broadcast signal reception apparatus for future
broadcast services according to the embodiment of the present
invention may correspond to the broadcast signal transmission
apparatus for future broadcast services described with reference to
FIG. 18.
[0624] The broadcast signal reception apparatus for future
broadcast services according to the embodiment of the present
invention may 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 broadcast signal reception apparatus.
[0625] The synchronization & demodulation module 9000 may
receive input signals through m Rx antennas, perform signal
detection and synchronization with respect to a system
corresponding to the broadcast signal reception apparatus, and
carry out demodulation corresponding to a reverse procedure of a
procedure performed by the broadcast signal transmission
apparatus.
[0626] The frame parsing module 9010 may parse input signal frames
and extract data through which a service selected by a user is
transmitted. If the broadcast signal transmission apparatus
performs interleaving, the frame parsing module 9010 may carry out
deinterleaving corresponding to a reverse procedure of
interleaving. In this case, positions of a signal and data that
need to be extracted may be obtained by decoding data output from
the signaling decoding module 9040 to restore scheduling
information generated by the broadcast signal transmission
apparatus.
[0627] The demapping & decoding module 9020 may convert input
signals into bit domain data and then deinterleave the same as
necessary. The demapping & decoding module 9020 may perform
demapping of mapping applied for transmission efficiency and
correct an error generated on a transmission channel through
decoding. In this case, the demapping & decoding module 9020
may obtain transmission parameters necessary for demapping and
decoding by decoding data output from the signaling decoding module
9040.
[0628] The output processor 9030 may perform reverse procedures of
various compression/signal processing procedures which are applied
by the broadcast signal transmission apparatus to improve
transmission efficiency. In this case, the output processor 9030
may acquire necessary control information from data output from the
signaling decoding module 9040. An output of the output processor
9030 corresponds to a signal input to the broadcast signal
transmission apparatus and may be MPEG-TSs, IP streams (v4 or v6)
and generic streams.
[0629] The signaling decoding module 9040 may obtain PLS
information from a signal demodulated by the synchronization &
demodulation module 9000. As described above, the frame parsing
module 9010, the demapping & decoding module 9020 and the
output processor 9030 may execute functions thereof using data
output from the signaling decoding module 9040.
[0630] A frame according to an embodiment of the present invention
is further divided into a number of OFDM symbols and a preamble. As
shown in (d), the frame includes a preamble, one or more frame
signaling symbols (FSSs), normal data symbols and a frame edge
symbol (FES).
[0631] 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
a signal. Details of the preamble will be described later.
[0632] A main purpose of the FSS is to carry PLS data. For fast
synchronization and channel estimation, and hence fast decoding of
PLS data, the FSS has a dense pilot pattern than a 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.
[0633] FIG. 23 illustrates a signaling hierarchy structure of a
frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0634] FIG. 23 illustrates the signaling hierarchy structure, which
is split into three main parts corresponding to preamble signaling
data 11000, PLS1 data 11010 and PLS2 data 11020. A purpose of a
preamble, which is carried by a preamble symbol in every frame, is
to indicate a transmission type and basic transmission parameters
of the frame. PLS1 enables the receiver to access and decode the
PLS2 data, which contains the parameters to access a DP of
interest. PLS2 is carried in every frame and split into two main
parts corresponding to PLS2-STAT data and PLS2-DYN data. Static and
dynamic portions of PLS2 data are followed by padding, if
necessary.
[0635] Preamble signaling data according to an embodiment of the
present invention 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.
[0636] FFT_SIZE: This 2-bit field indicates an FFT size of a
current frame within a frame group as described in the following
Table 1.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Value FFT size 00 8K FFT 01 16K FFT 10 32K
FFT 11 Reserved
[0637] GI_FRACTION: This 3-bit field indicates a guard interval
fraction value in a current superframe as described in the
following Table 2.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Value GI_FRACTION 000 1/5 001 1/10 010 1/20
011 1/40 100 1/80 101 1/160 110 to 111 Reserved
[0638] EAC_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether the EAC is
provided in a current frame. If this field is set to `1`, an
emergency alert service (EAS) is provided in the current frame. If
this field set to `0`, the EAS is not carried in the current frame.
This field may be switched dynamically within a superframe.
[0639] PILOT_MODE: This 1-bit field indicates whether a pilot mode
is a mobile mode or a fixed mode for a current frame in a current
frame group. If this field is set to `0`, the mobile pilot mode is
used. If the field is set to `1`, the fixed pilot mode is used.
[0640] PAPR_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether PAPR reduction
is used for a current frame in a current frame group. If this field
is set to a value of `1`, tone reservation is used for PAPR
reduction. If this field is set to a value of `0`, PAPR reduction
is not used.
[0641] RESERVED: This 7-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0642] FIG. 24 illustrates PLS1 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0643] PLS1 data provides basic transmission parameters including
parameters required to enable reception and decoding of PLS2. As
mentioned above, the PLS1 data remain unchanged for the entire
duration of one frame group. A detailed definition of the signaling
fields of the PLS1 data is as follows.
[0644] PREAMBLE_DATA: This 20-bit field is a copy of preamble
signaling data excluding EAC_FLAG.
[0645] NUM_FRAME_FRU: This 2-bit field indicates the number of the
frames per FRU.
[0646] PAYLOAD_TYPE: This 3-bit field indicates a format of payload
data carried in a frame group. PAYLOAD_TYPE is signaled as shown in
Table 3.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Value Payload type 1XX TS is transmitted.
XIX IP stream is transmitted. XXI GS is transmitted.
[0647] NUM_FSS: This 2-bit field indicates the number of FSSs in a
current frame.
[0648] SYSTEM_VERSION: This 8-bit field indicates a version of a
transmitted signal format. SYSTEM_VERSION is divided into two 4-bit
fields: a major version and a minor version.
[0649] Major version: The MSB corresponding to four bits of the
SYSTEM_VERSION field indicate major version information. A change
in the major version field indicates a non-backward-compatible
change. A default value is `0000`. For a version described in this
standard, a value is set to `0000`.
[0650] Minor version: The LSB corresponding to four bits of
SYSTEM_VERSION field indicate minor version information. A change
in the minor version field is backwards compatible.
[0651] CELL_ID: This is a 16-bit field which uniquely identifies a
geographic cell in an ATSC network. An ATSC cell coverage area may
include one or more frequencies depending on the number of
frequencies used per futurecast UTB system. If a value of CELL_ID
is not known or unspecified, this field is set to `0`.
[0652] NETWORK_ID: This is a 16-bit field which uniquely identifies
a current ATSC network.
[0653] SYSTEM_ID: This 16-bit field uniquely identifies the
futurecast UTB system within the ATSC network. The futurecast UTB
system is a 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 RFs in different geographical areas,
allowing local service insertion. The frame structure and
scheduling are controlled in one place and are identical for all
transmissions within the 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.
[0654] The following loop includes FRU_PHY_PROFILE,
FRU_FRAME_LENGTH, FRU_GI_FRACTION, and RESERVED which are used to
indicate an FRU configuration and a length of each frame type. A
loop size is fixed so that four PHY profiles (including an FEF) are
signaled within the FRU. If NUM_FRAME_FRU is less than 4, unused
fields are filled with zeros.
[0655] FRU_PHY_PROFILE: This 3-bit field indicates a PHY profile
type of an (i+1).sup.th (i is a loop index) frame of an associated
FRU. This field uses the same signaling format as shown in Table
8.
[0656] FRU_FRAME_LENGTH: This 2-bit field indicates a length of an
(i+1).sup.th frame of an associated FRU. Using FRU_FRAME_LENGTH
together with FRU_GI_FRACTION, an exact value of a frame duration
may be obtained.
[0657] FRU_GI_FRACTION: This 3-bit field indicates a guard interval
fraction value of an (i+1).sup.th frame of an associated FRU.
FRU_GI_FRACTION is signaled according to Table 7.
[0658] RESERVED: This 4-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0659] The following fields provide parameters for decoding the
PLS2 data.
[0660] PLS2_FEC_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates an FEC type used
by PLS2 protection. The FEC type is signaled according to Table 4.
Details of LDPC codes will be described later.
TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Content PLS2 FEC type 00 4K-1/4 and 7K-3/10
LDPC codes 01 to 11 Reserved
[0661] PLS2_MOD: This 3-bit field indicates a modulation type used
by PLS2. The modulation type is signaled according to Table 5.
TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Value PLS2_MODE 000 BPSK 001 QPSK 010 QAM-16
011 NUQ-64 100 to 111 Reserved
[0662] PLS2_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
C.sub.total_partial_block, a size (specified as the number of QAM
cells) of the collection of full coded blocks for PLS2 that is
carried in a current frame group. This value is constant during the
entire duration of the current frame group.
[0663] PLS2_STAT_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates a size, in
bits, of PLS2-STAT for a current frame group. This value is
constant during the entire duration of the current frame group.
[0664] PLS2_DYN_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates a size, in
bits, of PLS2-DYN for a current frame group. This value is constant
during the entire duration of the current frame group.
[0665] PLS2_REP_FLAG: This 1-bit flag indicates whether a PLS2
repetition mode is used in a current frame group. When this field
is set to a value of `1`, the PLS2 repetition mode is activated.
When this field is set to a value of `0`, the PLS2 repetition mode
is deactivated.
[0666] PLS2_REP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
C.sub.total_partial_block, a size (specified as the number of QAM
cells) of the collection of partial coded blocks for PLS2 carried
in every frame of a current frame group, when PLS2 repetition is
used. If repetition is not used, a value of this field is equal to
0. This value is constant during the entire duration of the current
frame group.
[0667] PLS2_NEXT_FEC_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates an FEC type
used for PLS2 that is carried in every frame of a next frame group.
The FEC type is signaled according to Table 10.
[0668] PLS2_NEXT_MOD: This 3-bit field indicates a modulation type
used for PLS2 that is carried in every frame of a next frame group.
The modulation type is signaled according to Table 11.
[0669] PLS2_NEXT_REP_FLAG: This 1-bit flag indicates whether the
PLS2 repetition mode is used in a next frame group. When this field
is set to a value of `1`, the PLS2 repetition mode is activated.
When this field is set to a value of `0`, the PLS2 repetition mode
is deactivated.
[0670] PLS2_NEXT_REP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates
C.sub.total_full_block, a size (specified as the number of QAM
cells) of the collection of full coded blocks for PLS2 that is
carried in every frame of a next frame group, when PLS2 repetition
is used. If repetition is not used in the next frame group, a value
of this field is equal to 0. This value is constant during the
entire duration of a current frame group.
[0671] PLS2_NEXT_REP_STAT_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates a
size, in bits, of PLS2-STAT for a next frame group. This value is
constant in a current frame group.
[0672] PLS2_NEXT_REP_DYN_SIZE_BIT: This 14-bit field indicates the
size, in bits, of the PLS2-DYN for a next frame group. This value
is constant in a current frame group.
[0673] PLS2_AP_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether additional
parity is provided for PLS2 in a current frame group. This value is
constant during the entire duration of the current frame group.
Table 6 below provides values of this field. When this field is set
to a value of `00`, additional parity is not used for the PLS2 in
the current frame group.
TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Value PLS2-AP mode 00 AP is not provided 01
API mode 10 to 11 Reserved
[0674] PLS_AP_SIZE_ELL: This 15-bit field indicates a size
(specified as the number of QAM cells) of additional parity bits of
PLS2. This value is constant during the entire duration of a
current frame group.
[0675] PLS2_NEXT_AP_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether
additional parity is provided for PLS2 signaling in every frame of
a next frame group. This value is constant during the entire
duration of a current frame group. Table 12 defines values of this
field.
[0676] PLS2_NEXT_AP_SIZE_CELL: This 15-bit field indicates a size
(specified as the number of QAM cells) of additional parity bits of
PLS2 in every frame of a next frame group. This value is constant
during the entire duration of a current frame group.
[0677] RESERVED: This 32-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0678] CRC_32: A 32-bit error detection code, which is applied to
all PLS1 signaling.
[0679] FIG. 25 illustrates PLS2 data according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
[0680] FIG. 25 illustrates PLS2-STAT data of the PLS2 data. The
PLS2-STAT data is the same within a frame group, while PLS2-DYN
data provides information that is specific for a current frame.
[0681] Details of fields of the PLS2-STAT data are described
below.
[0682] FIC_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether the FIC is used
in a 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 a current frame group.
[0683] AUX_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether an auxiliary
stream is used in a current frame group. If this field is set to
`1`, the auxiliary stream is provided in a 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.
[0684] NUM_DP: This 6-bit field indicates the number of DPs carried
within a current frame. A value of this field ranges from 1 to 64,
and the number of DPs is NUM_DP+1.
[0685] DP_ID: This 6-bit field identifies uniquely a DP within a
PHY profile.
[0686] DP_TYPE: This 3-bit field indicates a type of a DP. This is
signaled according to the following Table 7.
TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Value DP Type 000 DP Type 1 001 DP Type 2
010 to 111 Reserved
[0687] DP_GROUP_ID: This 8-bit field identifies a DP group with
which a current DP is associated. This may be used by the receiver
to access DPs of service components associated with a particular
service having the same DP_GROUP_ID.
[0688] BASE_DP_ID: This 6-bit field indicates a DP carrying service
signaling data (such as PSI/SI) used in a management layer. The DP
indicated by BASE_DP_ID may be either a normal DP carrying the
service signaling data along with service data or a dedicated DP
carrying only the service signaling data.
[0689] DP_FEC_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates an FEC type used by
an associated DP. The FEC type is signaled according to the
following Table 8.
TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 Value FEC_TYPE 00 16K LDPC 01 64K LDPC 10 to
11 Reserved
[0690] DP_COD: This 4-bit field indicates a code rate used by an
associated DP. The code rate is signaled according to the following
Table 9.
TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 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 to 1111 Reserved
[0691] DP_MOD: This 4-bit field indicates modulation used by an
associated DP. The modulation is signaled according to the
following Table 10.
TABLE-US-00010 TABLE 10 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 to 1111 Reserved
[0692] DP_SSD_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates whether an SSD mode
is used in an associated DP. If this field is set to a value of
`1`, SSD is used. If this field is set to a value of `0`, SSD is
not used.
[0693] The following field appears only if PHY_PROFILE is equal to
`010`, which indicates the advanced profile:
[0694] DP_MIMO: This 3-bit field indicates which type of MIMO
encoding process is applied to an associated DP. A type of MIMO
encoding process is signaled according to the following Table
11.
TABLE-US-00011 TABLE 11 Value MIMO encoding 000 FR-SM 001 FRFD-SM
010 to 111 Reserved
[0695] DP_TI_TYPE: This 1-bit field indicates a 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.
[0696] DP_TI_LENGTH: The use of this 2-bit field (allowed values
are only 1, 2, 4, and 8) is determined by values set within the
DP_TI_TYPE field as follows.
[0697] If DP_TI_TYPE is set to a value of `1`, this field indicates
P.sub.I, the number of frames to which each TI group is mapped, and
one TI block is present per TI group (N.sub.TI=1). Allowed values
of PI with the 2-bit field are defined in Table 12 below.
[0698] If DP_TI_TYPE is set to a value of `0`, this field indicates
the number of TI blocks N.sub.TI per TI group, and one TI group is
present per frame (P.sub.I=1). Allowed values of P.sub.I with the
2-bit field are defined in the following Table 12.
TABLE-US-00012 TABLE 12 2-bit field Pi Nn 00 1 1 01 2 2 10 4 3 11 8
4
[0699] DP_FRAME_INTERVAL: This 2-bit field indicates a frame
interval (I.sub.JUMP) within a frame group for an associated DP and
allowed values are 1, 2, 4, and 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, a value of this field is
equal to an interval between successive frames. For example, if a
DP appears on frames 1, 5, 9, 13, etc., this field is set to a
value of `4`. For DPs that appear in every frame, this field is set
to a value of `1`.
[0700] DP_TI_BYPASS: This 1-bit field determines availability of
the time interleaver 5050. If time interleaving is not used for a
DP, a value of this field is set to `1`. If time interleaving is
used, the value is set to `0`.
[0701] DP_FIRST_FRAME_IDX: This 5-bit field indicates an index of a
first frame of a superframe in which a current DP occurs. A value
of DP_FIRST_FRAME_IDX ranges from 0 to 31.
[0702] DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX: This 10-bit field indicates a maximum
value of DP_NUM_BLOCKS for this DP. A value of this field has the
same range as DP_NUM_BLOCKS.
[0703] DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates a type of
payload data carried by a given DP. DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is signaled
according to the following Table 13.
TABLE-US-00013 TABLE 13 Value Payload type 00 TS 01 IP 10 GS 11
Reserved
[0704] DP_INBAND_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether a current
DP carries in-band signaling information. An in-band signaling type
is signaled according to the following Table 14.
TABLE-US-00014 TABLE 14 Value In-band mode 00 In-band signaling is
not carried. 01 INBAND-PLS is carried 10 INBAND-ISSY is carried 11
INBAND-PLS and INBAND-ISSY are carried
[0705] DP_PROTOCOL_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates a protocol type
of a payload carried by a given DP. The protocol type is signaled
according to Table 15 below when input payload types are
selected.
TABLE-US-00015 TABLE 15 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
[0706] DP_CRC_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates whether CRC encoding
is used in an input formatting block. A CRC mode is signaled
according to the following Table 16.
TABLE-US-00016 TABLE 16 Value CRC mode 00 Not used 01 CRC-8 10
CRC-16 11 CRC-32
[0707] DNP_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates a null-packet deletion
mode used by an associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to TS
(`00`). DNP_MODE is signaled according to Table 17 below. If
DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is not TS (`00`), DNP_MODE is set to a value of
`00`.
TABLE-US-00017 TABLE 17 Value Null-packet deletion mode 00 Not used
01 DNP-NORMAL 10 DNP-OFFSET 11 Reserved
[0708] ISSY_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates an ISSY mode used by
an associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to TS (`00`).
ISSY_MODE is signaled according to Table 18 below. If
DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is not TS (`00`), ISSY_MODE is set to the value of
`00`.
TABLE-US-00018 TABLE 18 Value ISSY mode 00 Not used 01 ISSY-UP 10
ISSY-BBF 11 Reserved
[0709] HC_MODE_TS: This 2-bit field indicates a TS header
compression mode used by an associated DP when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is
set to TS (`00`). HC_MODE_TS is signaled according to the following
Table 19.
TABLE-US-00019 TABLE 19 Value Header compression mode 00 HC_MODE_TS
1 01 HC_MODE_TS 2 10 HC_MODE_TS 3 11 HC_MODE_TS 4
[0710] HC_MODE_IP: This 2-bit field indicates an IP header
compression mode when DP_PAYLOAD_TYPE is set to IP (`01`).
HC_MODE_IP is signaled according to the following Table 20.
TABLE-US-00020 TABLE 20 Value Header compression mode 00 No
compression 01 HC_MODE_IP 1 10 to 11 Reserved
[0711] 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`.
[0712] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0713] The following fields appear only if FIC_FLAG is equal to
`1`.
[0714] FIC_VERSION: This 8-bit field indicates the version number
of the FIC.
[0715] FIC_LENGTH_BYTE: This 13-bit field indicates the length, in
bytes, of the FIC.
[0716] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0717] The following fields appear only if AUX_FLAG is equal to
`1`.
[0718] NUM_AUX: This 4-bit field indicates the number of auxiliary
streams. Zero means no auxiliary stream is used.
[0719] AUX_CONFIG_RFU: This 8-bit field is reserved for future
use.
[0720] AUX_STREAM_TYPE: This 4-bit is reserved for future use for
indicating a type of a current auxiliary stream.
[0721] AUX_PRIVATE_CONFIG: This 28-bit field is reserved for future
use for signaling auxiliary streams.
[0722] FIG. 26 illustrates PLS2 data according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[0723] FIG. 26 illustrates PLS2-DYN data of the PLS2 data. Values
of the PLS2-DYN data may change during the duration of one frame
group while sizes of fields remain constant.
[0724] Details of fields of the PLS2-DYN data are as below.
[0725] FRAME_INDEX: This 5-bit field indicates a frame index of a
current frame within a superframe. An index of a first frame of the
superframe is set to `0`.
[0726] PLS_CHANGE_COUNTER: This 4-bit field indicates the number of
superframes before a configuration changes. A next superframe with
changes in the configuration is indicated by a value signaled
within this field. If this field is set to a value of `0000`, it
means that no scheduled change is foreseen. For example, a value of
`1` indicates that there is a change in the next superframe.
[0727] FIC_CHANGE_COUNTER: This 4-bit field indicates the number of
superframes before a configuration (i.e., content of the FIC)
changes. A next superframe with changes in the configuration is
indicated by a value signaled within this field. If this field is
set to a value of `0000`, it means that no scheduled change is
foreseen. For example, a value of `0001` indicates that there is a
change in the next superframe.
[0728] RESERVED: This 16-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0729] The following fields appear in a loop over NUM_DP, which
describe parameters associated with a DP carried in a current
frame.
[0730] DP_ID: This 6-bit field uniquely indicates a DP within a PHY
profile.
[0731] DP_START: This 15-bit (or 13-bit) field indicates a start
position of the first of the DPs using a DPU addressing scheme. The
DP_START field has differing length according to the PHY profile
and FFT size as shown in the following Table 21.
TABLE-US-00021 TABLE 21 DP_START field size PHY profile 64K 16K
Base 13 bits 15 bits Handheld -- 13 bits Advanced 13 bits 15
its
[0732] DP_NUM_BLOCK: This 10-bit field indicates the number of FEC
blocks in a current TI group for a current DP. A value of
DP_NUM_BLOCK ranges from 0 to 1023.
[0733] RESERVED: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
[0734] The following fields indicate FIC parameters associated with
the EAC.
[0735] EAC_FLAG: This 1-bit field indicates the presence of the EAC
in a current frame. This bit is the same value as EAC_FLAG in a
preamble.
[0736] EAS_WAKE_UP_VERSION_NUM: This 8-bit field indicates a
version number of a wake-up indication.
[0737] If the EAC_FLAG field is equal to `1`, the following 12 bits
are allocated to EAC_LENGTH_BYTE. If the EAC_FLAG field is equal to
`0`, the following 12 bits are allocated to EAC_COUNTER.
[0738] EAC_LENGTH_BYTE: This 12-bit field indicates a length, in
bytes, of the EAC.
[0739] EAC_COUNTER: This 12-bit field indicates the number of
frames before a frame where the EAC arrives.
[0740] The following fields appear only if the AUX_FLAG field is
equal to `1`.
[0741] AUX_PRIVATE_DYN: This 48-bit field is reserved for future
use for signaling auxiliary streams. A meaning of this field
depends on a value of AUX_STREAM_TYPE in a configurable
PLS2-STAT.
[0742] CRC_32: A 32-bit error detection code, which is applied to
the entire PLS2.
[0743] FIG. 27 illustrates a logical structure of a frame according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0744] As above mentioned, the PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary
streams and dummy cells are mapped to the active carriers of OFDM
symbols in a frame. PLS1 and PLS2 are first mapped to one or more
FSSs. Thereafter, EAC cells, if any, are mapped to an immediately
following PLS field, followed next by FIC cells, if any. The DPs
are mapped next after the PLS or after the EAC or the FIC, if any.
Type 1 DPs are mapped first and Type 2 DPs are mapped next. Details
of types of the DPs will be described later. In some cases, DPs may
carry some special data for EAS or service signaling data. The
auxiliary streams or streams, if any, follow the DPs, which in turn
are followed by dummy cells. When the PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary
streams and dummy data cells are mapped all together in the above
mentioned order, i.e. the PLS, EAC, FIC, DPs, auxiliary streams and
dummy data cells, cell capacity in the frame is exactly filled.
[0745] FIG. 28 illustrates PLS mapping according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
[0746] PLS cells are mapped to 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) N.sub.FSS 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) have higher pilot density, allowing
fast synchronization and frequency-only interpolation within the
FSS.
[0747] PLS cells are mapped to active carriers of the FSS(s) in a
top-down manner as shown in the figure. PLS1 cells are mapped first
from a first cell of a first FSS in increasing order of cell index.
PLS2 cells follow immediately after a last cell of PLS1 and mapping
continues downward until a 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 a next FSS and continues
in exactly the same manner as the first FSS.
[0748] After PLS mapping is completed, DPs are carried next. If an
EAC, an FIC or both are present in a current frame, the EAC and the
FIC are placed between the PLS and "normal" DPs.
[0749] Hereinafter, description will be given of encoding an FEC
structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As
above mentioned, the data FEC encoder may perform FEC encoding on
an input BBF to generate an FECBLOCK procedure using outer coding
(BCH), and inner coding (LDPC). The illustrated FEC structure
corresponds to the FECBLOCK. In addition, the FECBLOCK and the FEC
structure have same value corresponding to a length of an LDPC
codeword.
[0750] As described above, BCH encoding is applied to each BBF
(K.sub.bch bits), and then LDPC encoding is applied to BCH-encoded
BBF (K.sub.ldpc bits=N.sub.bch bits).
[0751] A value of N.sub.ldpc is either 64,800 bits (long FECBLOCK)
or 16,200 bits (short FECBLOCK).
[0752] Table 22 and Table 23 below show FEC encoding parameters for
the long FECBLOCK and the short FECBLOCK, respectively.
TABLE-US-00022 TABLE 22 BCH error LDPC correction rate N.sub.ldpc
K.sub.ldpc 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-00023 TABLE 23 BCH error LDPC correction rate N.sub.ldpc
K.sub.ldpc 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
[0753] Detailed operations of BCH encoding and LDPC encoding are as
below.
[0754] A 12-error correcting BCH code is used for outer encoding of
the BBF. A BCH generator polynomial for the short FECBLOCK and the
long FECBLOCK are obtained by multiplying all polynomials
together.
[0755] LDPC code is used to encode an output of outer BCH encoding.
To generate a completed B.sub.ldpc (FECBLOCK), P.sub.ldpc (parity
bits) is encoded systematically from each I.sub.ldpc (BCH--encoded
BBF), and appended to I.sub.ldpc. The completed B.sub.ldpc
(FECBLOCK) is expressed by the following Equation.
B.sub.ldpc=[I.sub.ldpcP.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.lpdc.sub.-K.sub.lpdc.sub.-1] [Equation 2]
[0756] Parameters for the long FECBLOCK and the short FECBLOCK are
given in the above Tables 22 and 23, respectively.
[0757] A detailed procedure to calculate N.sub.ldpc-K.sub.ldpc
parity bits for the long FECBLOCK, is as follows.
[0758] 1) Initialize the parity bits
p.sub.0=p.sub.1=p.sub.2= . . .
=p.sub.N.sub.lpdc.sub.-K.sub.lpdc.sub.-1=0 [Equation 3]
[0759] 2) Accumulate a first information bit -i.sub.0, at a parity
bit address specified in a first row of addresses of a parity check
matrix. Details of the addresses of the parity check matrix will be
described later. For example, for the rate of 13/15,
p 983 = p 983 .sym. i 0 .times. p 2815 = p 2815 .sym. i 0 .times. p
4837 = p 4837 .sym. i 0 .times. p 4989 = p 4989 .sym. i 0 .times. p
6138 = p 6138 .sym. i 0 .times. p 6458 = p 6458 .sym. i 0 .times. p
6921 = p 6921 .sym. i 0 .times. p 6974 = p 6974 .sym. i 0 .times. p
7572 = p 7572 .sym. i 0 .times. p 8260 = p 8260 .sym. i 0 .times. p
8496 = p 8496 .sym. i 0 [ Equation .times. 4 ] ##EQU00001##
[0760] 3) For the next 359 information bits, i.sub.s, s=1, 2, . . .
, 359, accumulate is at parity bit addresses using following
Equation.
{x+(s mod 360).times.Q.sub.ldpc}mod(N.sub.ldpc-K.sub.ldpc)
[Equation 5]
[0761] Here, x denotes an address of a parity bit accumulator
corresponding to a first bit i.sub.0, and Q.sub.ldpc is a code rate
dependent constant specified in the addresses of the parity check
matrix. Continuing with the example, Q.sub.ldpc=24 for the rate of
13/15, so for an information bit i.sub.1, the following operations
are performed.
p 1007 = p 1007 .sym. i 1 .times. p 2839 = p 2839 .sym. i 1 .times.
p 4861 = p 4861 .sym. i 1 .times. p 5013 = p 5013 .sym. i 1 .times.
p 6162 = p 6162 .sym. i 1 .times. p 6482 = p 6482 .sym. i 1 .times.
p 6945 = p 6945 .sym. i 1 .times. p 6998 = p 6998 .sym. i 1 .times.
p 7596 = p 7596 .sym. i 1 .times. p 8284 = p 8284 .sym. i 1 .times.
p 8520 = p 8520 .sym. i 1 [ Equation .times. 6 ] ##EQU00002##
[0762] 4) For a 361th information bit i.sub.360, an address of the
parity bit accumulator is given in a second row of the addresses of
the parity check matrix. In a similar manner, addresses of the
parity bit accumulator for the following 359 information bits
i.sub.s, s=361, 362, . . . , 719 are obtained using Equation 6,
where x denotes an address of the parity bit accumulator
corresponding to the information bit i.sub.360, i.e., an entry in
the second row of the addresses of the parity check matrix.
[0763] 5) In a similar manner, for every group of 360 new
information bits, a new row from the addresses of the parity check
matrix is used to find the address of the parity bit
accumulator.
[0764] After all of the information bits are exhausted, a final
parity bit is obtained as below.
[0765] 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
[Equation 7]
[0766] Here, final content of p.sub.i (i=0, 1, . . . ,
N.sub.ldpc-K.sub.ldpc-1) is equal to a parity bit p.sub.i.
TABLE-US-00024 TABLE 24 Code rate Q.sub.ldpc 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
[0767] This LDPC encoding procedure for the short FECBLOCK is in
accordance with t LDPC encoding procedure for the long FECBLOCK,
except that Table 24 is replaced with Table 25, and the addresses
of the parity check matrix for the long FECBLOCK are replaced with
the addresses of the parity check matrix for the short
FECBLOCK.
TABLE-US-00025 TABLE 25 Code rate Q.sub.ldpc 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
[0768] FIG. 29 illustrates time interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0769] (a) to (c) show examples of a TI mode.
[0770] A time interleaver operates at the DP level. Parameters of
time interleaving (TI) may be set differently for each DP.
[0771] The following parameters, which appear in part of the
PLS2-STAT data, configure the TI.
[0772] DP_TI_TYPE (allowed values: 0 or 1): This parameter
represents the TI mode. The value of `0` indicates a 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). The value of `1` indicates a 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).
[0773] DP_TI_LENGTH: If DP_TI_TYPE=`0`, this parameter is the
number of TI blocks N.sub.TI per TI group. For DP_TI_TYPE=`1`, this
parameter is the number of frames P.sub.I spread from one TI
group.
[0774] DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX (allowed values: 0 to 1023): This parameter
represents the maximum number of XFECBLOCKs per TI group.
[0775] DP_FRAME_INTERVAL (allowed values: 1, 2, 4, and 8): This
parameter represents the number of the frames I.sub.JUMP between
two successive frames carrying the same DP of a given PHY
profile.
[0776] DP_TI_BYPASS (allowed values: 0 or 1): If time interleaving
is not used for a DP, this parameter is set to `1`. This parameter
is set to `0` if time interleaving is used.
[0777] 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.
[0778] 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 may still be required.
In each DP, the XFECBLOCKs received from SSD/MIMO encoding are
grouped into TI groups. That is, each TI group is a set of an
integer number of XFECBLOCKs and contains a dynamically variable
number of XFECBLOCKs. The number of XFECBLOCKs in the TI group of
index n is denoted by N.sub.xBLOCK_Group(n) and is signaled as
DP_NUM_BLOCK in the PLS2-DYN data. Note that N.sub.xBLOCK_Group(n)
may vary from a minimum value of 0 to a maximum value of
N.sub.xBLOCK_Group_MAX (corresponding to DP_NUM_BLOCK_MAX), the
largest value of which is 1023.
[0779] Each TI group is either mapped directly to one frame or
spread over P.sub.I frames. Each TI group is also divided into more
than one TI block (N.sub.TI), where each TI block corresponds to
one usage of a 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, the TI group is
directly mapped to only one frame. There are three options for time
interleaving (except an extra option of skipping time interleaving)
as shown in the following Table 26.
TABLE-US-00026 TABLE 26 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 PLS2- STAT by DP_TI_TYPE = `0`
and DP_TI_LENGTH = `1` (N.sub.TI = 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` (P.sub.I = 2) and DP_FRAME_INTERVAL (I.sub.JUMP
= 2). This provides greater time diversity for low data-rate
services. This option is signaled in 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
a full TI memory so as to provide a maximum bit- rate for a DP.
This option is signaled in PLS2-STAT by DP_TI_TYPE = `0` and
DP_TI_LENGTH = N.sub.TI, while P.sub.I = l.
[0780] Typically, the time interleaver may also function as a
buffer for DP data prior to a process of frame building. This is
achieved by means of two memory banks for each DP. A first TI block
is written to a first bank. A second TI block is written to a
second bank while the first bank is being read from and so on.
[0781] The TI is a twisted row-column block interleaver. For an
s.sup.th TI block of an n.sup.th 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).
[0782] FIG. 30 illustrates a basic operation of a twisted
row-column block interleaver according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[0783] FIG. 30(a) shows a write operation in the time interleaver
and FIG. 30(b) shows a read operation in the time interleaver. A
first XFECBLOCK is written column-wise into a first column of a TI
memory, and a second XFECBLOCK is written into a next column, and
so on as shown in (a). Then, in an interleaving array, cells are
read diagonal-wise. During diagonal-wise reading from a first row
(rightwards along a row beginning with a left-most column) to a
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.rN.sub.c) as a TI memory
cell position to be read sequentially, a reading process in such an
interleaving array is performed by calculating a row index
R.sub.n,s,i, a column index C.sub.n,s,i, and an associated twisting
parameter T.sub.n,s,i as in the following Equation.
GENERATE ( R n , s , i , C n , s , i ) = { R n , s , i = mod
.function. ( i , N r ) , T n , s , i = mod .function. ( S shift
.times. R n , s , i , N c ) , C n , s , i = mod .function. ( T n ,
s , i + i N r , N c ) } [ Equation .times. 8 ] ##EQU00003##
[0784] Here, S.sub.shift is a common shift value for a
diagonal-wise reading process regardless of N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n,s),
and the shift value is determined by N.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX given in
PLS2-STAT as in the following Equation.
for .times. { N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX ' = N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX
+ 1 , if .times. N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX .times. mod .times. 2 = 0
N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX ' = N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX , if .times.
N xBLOCK_TI .times. _MAX .times. mod .times. 2 = 0 , S shift = N
xBLOCK_TI .times. _ .times. MAX ' - 1 2 [ Equation .times. 9 ]
##EQU00004##
[0785] As a result, cell positions to be read are calculated by
coordinates z.sub.n,s,i=N.sub.rC.sub.n,s,i+R.sub.n,s,i.
[0786] FIG. 31 illustrates an operation of a twisted row-column
block interleaver according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0787] More specifically, FIG. 31 illustrates an interleaving array
in a TI memory for each TI group, including virtual XFECBLOCKs when
N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(0,0)=3, N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(1,0)=6, and
N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(2,0)=5.
[0788] A variable number N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n,s)=N.sub.r may be less
than or equal to N.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX'. Thus, in order to achieve
single-memory deinterleaving at a receiver side regardless of
N.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n,s), the interleaving array for use in the twisted
row-column block interleaver is set to a size of
N.sub.r.times.N.sub.c=N.sub.cells=N.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX by inserting
the virtual XFECBLOCKs into the TI memory and a reading process is
accomplished as in the following Equation.
TABLE-US-00027 [Equation 10] p = 0; for i = 0;i <
N'.sub.cellsN'.sub.xBLOCK_TI_MAX;i = i + 1 {GENERATE (R.sub.n,s,i,
C.sub.n,s,i); V.sub.i = N.sub.rC.sub.n,s,i + R.sub.n,s,i if V.sub.i
< N.sub.cellsM.sub.xBLOCK_TI(n,s) { Z.sub.n,s,p = V.sub.i; p = p
+ 1; } }
[0789] The number of TI groups is set to 3. An option of the 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. A maximum number of XFECBLOCKs 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.
[0790] The purpose of the Frequency Interleaver, which operates on
data corresponding to a single OFDM symbol, is to provide frequency
diversity by randomly interleaving data cells received from the
frame builder. In order to get maximum interleaving gain in a
single frame, a different interleaving-sequence is used for every
OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols.
[0791] Therefore, the frequency interleaver according to the
present embodiment may include an interleaving address generator
for generating an interleaving address for applying corresponding
data to a symbol pair.
[0792] FIG. 32 illustrates an interleaving address generator
including a main pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) generator and
a sub-PRBS generator according to each FFT mode according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0793] (a) shows the block diagrams of the interleaving-address
generator for 8K FFT mode, (b) shows the block diagrams of the
interleaving-address generator for 16K FFT mode and (c) shows the
block diagrams of the interleaving-address generator for 32K FFT
mode.
[0794] The interleaving process for the OFDM symbol pair is
described as follows, exploiting a single interleaving-sequence.
First, available data cells (the output cells from the Cell Mapper)
to be interleaved in one OFDM symbol O.sub.m,l is defined as
O.sub.m,l=[x.sub.m,l,0, . . . , x.sub.m,l,p, . . . ,
x.sub.m,l,N.sub.data.sub.-1] for l=0, . . . ,N.sup.sym-1 where
x.sub.m,l,p is the p.sup.th cell of the lth OFDM symbol in the
m.sup.th frame and N.sub.data is the number of data cells:
N.sub.data=C.sub.FSS for the frame signaling symbol(s),
N.sub.data=C.sub.data for the normal data, and N.sub.data=C.sub.FES
for the frame edge symbol. In addition, the interleaved data cells
are defined as P.sub.m,l=[v.sub.m,l,0, . . . ,
x.sub.m,l,N.sub.data.sub.-1] for l=0, . . . , N.sub.Tsym-1.
For the OFDM symbol pair, the interleaved OFDM symbol pair is given
by
v m , l , H l ( p ) = x m , l , p , p = 0 , , N data - 1 , v m , l
, p = x m , l , H l ( p ) , p = 0 , , N data - 1 , ##EQU00005##
for the first OFDM symbol of each pair for the second OFDM symbol
of each pair, where H.sub.l(p) is the interleaving
[0795] address generated by a PRBS generator.
[0796] FIG. 33 illustrates a main PRBS used for all FFT modes
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0797] (a) illustrates the main PRBS, and (b) illustrates a
parameter Nmax for each FFT mode.
[0798] FIG. 34 illustrates a sub-PRBS used for FFT modes and an
interleaving address for frequency interleaving according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[0799] (a) illustrates a sub-PRBS generator, and (b) illustrates an
interleaving address for frequency interleaving. A cyclic shift
value according to an embodiment of the present invention may be
referred to as a symbol offset.
[0800] FIG. 35 illustrates a write operation of a time interleaver
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0801] FIG. 35 illustrates a write operation for two TI groups.
[0802] A left block in the figure illustrates a TI memory address
array, and right blocks in the figure illustrate a write operation
when two virtual FEC blocks and one virtual FEC block are inserted
into heads of two contiguous TI groups, respectively.
[0803] Hereinafter, description will be given of a configuration of
a time interleaver and a time interleaving method using both a
convolutional interleaver (CI) and a block interleaver (BI) or
selectively using either the CI or the BI according to a physical
layer pipe (PLP) mode. A PLP according to an embodiment of the
present invention is a physical path corresponding to the same
concept as that of the above-described DP, and a name of the PLP
may be changed by a designer.
[0804] A PLP mode according to an embodiment of the present
invention may include a single PLP mode or a multi-PLP mode
according to the number of PLPs processed by a broadcast signal
transmitter or a broadcast signal transmission apparatus. The
single PLP mode corresponds to a case in which one PLP is processed
by the broadcast signal transmission apparatus. The single PLP mode
may be referred to as a single PLP.
[0805] The multi-PLP mode corresponds to a case in which one or
more PLPs are processed by the broadcast signal transmission
apparatus. The multi-PLP mode may be referred to as multiple
PLPs.
[0806] In the present invention, time interleaving in which
different time interleaving schemes are applied according to PLP
modes may be referred to as hybrid time interleaving. Hybrid time
interleaving according to an embodiment of the present invention is
applied for each PLP (or at each PLP level) in the multi-PLP
mode.
[0807] FIG. 36 illustrates an interleaving type applied according
to the number of PLPs in a table.
[0808] In a time interleaving according to an embodiment of the
present invention, an interleaving type may be determined based on
a value of PLP_NUM. PLP_NUM is a signaling field indicating a PLP
mode. When PLP_NUM has a value of 1, the PLP mode corresponds to a
single PLP. The single PLP according to the present embodiment may
be applied only to a CI.
[0809] When PLP_NUM has a value greater than 1, the PLP mode
corresponds to multiple PLPs. The multiple PLPs according to the
present embodiment may be applied to the CI and a BI. In this case,
the CI may perform inter-frame interleaving, and the BI may perform
intra-frame interleaving.
[0810] FIG. 37 is a block diagram including a first example of a
structure of a hybrid time interleaver described above.
[0811] The hybrid time interleaver according to the first example
may include a BI and a CI. The time interleaver of the present
invention may be positioned between a BICM chain block and a frame
builder.
[0812] The BICM chain block illustrated in FIGS. 37 and 38 may
include the blocks in the processing block 5000 of the BICM block
illustrated in FIG. 19 except for the time interleaver 5050. The
frame builder illustrated in FIGS. 37 and 38 may perform the same
function as that of the frame building block 1020 of FIG. 18.
[0813] As described in the foregoing, it is possible to determine
whether to apply the BI according to the first example of the
structure of the hybrid time interleaver depending on values of
PLP_NUM. That is, when PLP_NUM=1, the BI is not applied (BI is
turned OFF) and only the CI is applied. When PLP_NUM>1, both the
BI and the CI may be applied (BI is turned ON). A structure and an
operation of the CI applied when PLP_NUM>1 may be the same as or
similar to a structure and an operation of the CI applied when
PLP_NUM=1.
[0814] FIG. 38 is a block diagram including a second example of the
structure of the hybrid time interleaver described above.
[0815] An operation of each block included in the second example of
the structure of the hybrid time interleaver is the same as the
above description in FIG. 20. It is possible to determine whether
to apply a BI according to the second example of the structure of
the hybrid time interleaver depending on values of PLP_NUM. Each
block of the hybrid time interleaver according to the second
example may perform operations according to embodiments of the
present invention. In this instance, an applied structure and
operation of a CI may be different between a case of PLP_NUM=1 and
a case of PLP_NUM>1.
[0816] FIG. 39 is a block diagram including a first example of a
structure of a hybrid time deinterleaver.
[0817] The hybrid time deinterleaver according to the first example
may perform an operation corresponding to a reverse operation of
the hybrid time interleaver according to the first example
described above. Therefore, the hybrid time deinterleaver according
to the first example of FIG. 39 may include a convolutional
deinterleaver (CDI) and a block deinterleaver (BDI).
[0818] A structure and an operation of the CDI applied when
PLP_NUM>1 may be the same as or similar to a structure and an
operation of the CDI applied when PLP_NUM=1.
[0819] It is possible to determine whether to apply the BDI
according to the first example of the structure of the hybrid time
deinterleaver depending on values of PLP_NUM. That is, when
PLP_NUM=1, the BDI is not applied (BDI is turned OFF) and only the
CDI is applied.
[0820] The CDI of the hybrid time deinterleaver may perform
inter-frame deinterleaving, and the BDEI may perform intra-frame
deinterleaving. Details of inter-frame deinterleaving and
intra-frame deinterleaving are the same as the above
description.
[0821] A BICM decoding block illustrated in FIGS. 39 and 40 may
perform a reverse operation of the BICM chain block of FIGS. 37 and
38.
[0822] FIG. 40 is a block diagram including a second example of the
structure of the hybrid time deinterleaver.
[0823] The hybrid time deinterleaver according to the second
example may perform an operation corresponding to a reverse
operation of the hybrid time interleaver according to the second
example described above. An operation of each block included in the
second example of the structure of the hybrid time deinterleaver
may be the same as the above description in FIG. 39.
[0824] It is possible to determine whether to apply a BDI according
to the second example of the structure of the hybrid time
deinterleaver depending on values of PLP_NUM. Each block of the
hybrid time deinterleaver according to the second example may
perform operations according to embodiments of the present
invention. In this instance, an applied structure and operation of
a CDI may be different between a case of PLP_NUM=1 and a case of
PLP_NUM>1.
[0825] FIG. 41 is a block diagram illustrating a hybrid broadcast
reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present
invention. A hybrid broadcast system can transmit broadcast signals
in connection with terrestrial broadcast networks and the Internet.
The hybrid broadcast reception apparatus can receive broadcast
signals through terrestrial broadcast networks (broadcast networks)
and the Internet (broadband). The hybrid broadcast reception
apparatus may include physical layer module(s), physical layer I/F
module(s), service/content acquisition controller, Internet access
control module(s), a signaling decoder, a service signaling
manager, a service guide manager, an application signaling manager,
an alert signal manager, an alert signaling parser, a targeting
signaling parser, a streaming media engine, a non-real time file
processor, a component synchronizer, a targeting processor, an
application processor, an A/V processor, a device manager, a data
sharing and communication unit, redistribution module(s), companion
device(s) and/or an external management module.
[0826] The physical layer module(s) can receive a broadcast related
signal through a terrestrial broadcast channel, process the
received signal, convert the processed signal into an appropriate
format and deliver the signal to the physical layer I/F
module(s).
[0827] The physical layer I/F module(s) can acquire an IP datagram
from information obtained from the physical layer module. In
addition, the physical layer I/F module can convert the acquired IP
datagram into a specific frame (e.g., RS frame, GSE, etc.).
[0828] The service/content acquisition controller can perform
control operation for acquisition of services, content and
signaling data related thereto through broadcast channels and/or
broadband channels.
[0829] The Internet access control module(s) can control receiver
operations for acquiring service, content, etc. through broadband
channels.
[0830] The signaling decoder can decode signaling information
acquired through broadcast channels.
[0831] The service signaling manager can extract signaling
information related to service scan and/or content from the IP
datagram, parse the extracted signaling information and manage the
signaling information.
[0832] The service guide manager can extract announcement
information from the IP datagram, manage a service guide (SG)
database and provide a service guide.
[0833] The application signaling manager can extract signaling
information related to application acquisition from the IP
datagram, parse the signaling information and manage the signaling
information.
[0834] The alert signaling parser can extract signaling information
related to alerting from the IP datagram, parse the extracted
signaling information and manage the signaling information.
[0835] The targeting signaling parser can extract signaling
information related to service/content personalization or targeting
from the IP datagram, parse the extracted signaling information and
manage the signaling information. In addition, the targeting
signaling parser can deliver the parsed signaling information to
the targeting processor.
[0836] The streaming media engine can extract audio/video data for
A/V streaming from the IP datagram and decode the audio/video
data.
[0837] The non-real time file processor can extract NRT data and
file type data such as applications, decode and manage the
extracted data.
[0838] The component synchronizer can synchronize content and
services such as streaming audio/video data and NRT data.
[0839] The targeting processor can process operations related to
service/content personalization on the basis of the targeting
signaling data received from the targeting signaling parser.
[0840] The application processor can process application related
information and downloaded application state and represent
parameters.
[0841] The A/V processor can perform audio/video rendering related
operations on the basis of decoded audio/video data and application
data.
[0842] The device manager can perform connection and data exchange
with external devices. In addition, the device manager can perform
operations of managing external devices connectable thereto, such
as addition/deletion/update of the external devices.
[0843] The data sharing and communication unit can process
information related to data transmission and exchange between a
hybrid broadcast receiver and external devices. Here, data that can
be transmitted and exchanged between the hybrid broadcast receiver
and external devices may be signaling data, A/V data and the
like.
[0844] The redistribution module(s) can acquire information related
to future broadcast services and content when the broadcast
receiver cannot directly receive terrestrial broadcast signals. In
addition, the redistribution module can support acquisition of
future broadcast services and content by future broadcast systems
when the broadcast receiver cannot directly receive terrestrial
broadcast signals.
[0845] The companion device(s) can share audio, video or signaling
data by being connected to the broadcast receiver according to the
present invention. The companion device may be an external device
connected to the broadcast receiver.
[0846] The external management module can refer to a module for
broadcast services/content provision. For example, the external
management module can be a future broadcast services/content
server. The external management module may be an external device
connected to the broadcast receiver.
[0847] FIG. 42 is a block diagram illustrating a hybrid broadcast
receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0848] The hybrid broadcast receiver can receive hybrid broadcast
services through interworking of terrestrial broadcasting and a
broadband network in DTV services of a future broadcast system. The
hybrid broadcast receiver can receive broadcast audio/video (A/V)
content transmitted through terrestrial broadcasting and receive
enhancement data related thereto or part of broadcast A/V content
through the broadband network in real time. In the specification,
the broadcast A/V content can be referred to as media content.
[0849] The hybrid broadcast receiver may include a physical layer
controller D55010, a tuner D55020, a physical frame parser D55030,
a link layer frame parser D55040, an IP/UDP datagram filter D55050,
an ATSC 3.0 digital TV (DTV) control engine D55060, an ALC/LCT+
client D55070, a timing controller D55080, a signaling parser
D55090, a dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) client
D55100, an HTTP access client D55110, an ISO base media file format
(BMFF) parser D55120 and/or a media decoder D55130.
[0850] The physical layer controller D55010 can control operations
of the tuner D55020 and the physical frame parser D55030 using
radio frequency (RF) information of a terrestrial broadcast channel
that the hybrid broadcast receiver intends to receive.
[0851] The tuner D55020 can receive a broadcast related signal
through a terrestrial broadcast channel, process the received
signal and convert the signal into an appropriate format. For
example, the tuner D55020 can convert a received terrestrial
broadcast signal into physical frames.
[0852] The physical frame parser D55030 can parse a received
physical frame and acquire a link layer frame through processing
related thereto.
[0853] The link layer parser D55040 can execute related operations
for acquisition of link layer signaling or an IP/UDP datagram from
the link layer frame. The link layer parser D55040 can output at
least one IP/UDP datagram.
[0854] The IP/UDP datagram filter D55050 can filter a specific
IP/UDP datagram from the received at least one IP/UDP datagram.
That is, the IP/UDP datagram filter D55050 can selectively filter
an IP/UDP datagram, which is selected by the ATSC 3.0 DTV control
engine, from the at least one IP/UDP datagram output from the link
layer parser D55040. The IP/UDP datagram filter D55050 can output
an application layer transport protocol packet such as
ALC/LCT+.
[0855] The ATSC 3.0 DTV control engine D55060 can serve as an
interface between modules included in the hybrid broadcast
receiver. In addition, the ATSC 3.0 DTV control engine D55060 can
deliver parameters necessary for each module to each module and
control operation of each module through the parameters. In the
present invention, the ATSC 3.0 DTV control engine D55060 can
transfer media presentation description (MPD) and/or an MPD URL to
the DASH client D55100. In addition, the ATSC 3.0 DTV control
engine D55060 can transfer a delivery mode and/or a transport
session identifier (TSI) to the ALC/LCT+ client D55070. Here, the
TSI indicates an identifier of a session in which a transport
packet including a signaling message such as MPD or MPD URL related
signaling is transmitted, for example, ALC/LCT+ session
corresponding to application layer transport protocol or FLUTE
session. In addition, the TSI can correspond to an asset ID of an
MMT.
[0856] The ALC/LCT+ client D55070 can generate one or more ISO base
media file format (ISO MMFF) objects by processing an application
layer transport protocol packet such as ALC/LCT+ and collecting and
processing a plurality of packets. The application layer transport
protocol packet may include an ALC/LCT packet, an ALC/LCT+ packet,
a ROUTE packet and/or an MMTP packet.
[0857] The timing controller D55080 can process a packet including
system time information and control a system clock according
thereto.
[0858] The signaling parser D55090 can acquire and parse DTV
broadcast service related signaling, and generate and manage a
channel map on the basis of the parsed signaling. In the present
invention, the signaling parser can parse MPD or MPD related
information extended from signaling information.
[0859] The DASH client D55100 can execute operations related to
real-time streaming or adaptive streaming. The DASH client D55100
can receive DASH content from an HTTP server through the HTTP
access client D55110. The DASH client D55100 can process a received
DASH segment and output an ISO BMFF object. In the present
invention, the DASH client D55100 can deliver a fully qualified
representation ID or a segment URL to the ATSC 3.0 DTV control
engine D55060. Here, the fully qualified representation ID can
refer to an ID corresponding to a combination of an MPD URL,
period@id and represenstation@id, for example. In addition, the
DASH client D55100 can receive the MPD or MPD URL from the ATSC 3.0
DTV control engine D55060. The DASH client D55100 can receive a
desired media stream or DASH segment from the HTTP server using the
received MPD or MPD URL. In the specification, the DASH client
D55100 may be referred to as a processor.
[0860] The HTTP access client D55110 can request that the HTTP
server provide specific information, receive a response to the
request from the HTTP server and process the response. Here, the
HTTP server can process the request received from the HTTP access
client and provide a response to the request.
[0861] The ISO BMFF parser D55120 can extract audio/video data from
the ISO BMFF object.
[0862] The media decoder D55130 can decode the received audio/video
data and perform processing for presentation of the decoded
audio/video data.
[0863] To provide hybrid broadcast services through interworking of
a terrestrial broadcast network and a broadband network according
to the hybrid broadcast receiver of the present invention, MPD
needs to be extended or modified. The aforementioned terrestrial
broadcast system can transmit extended or modified MPD and the
hybrid broadcast receiver can receive content through broadcasting
or a broadband network using the extended or modified MPD. That is,
the hybrid broadcast receiver can receive the extended or modified
MPD through terrestrial broadcasting and receive content through
terrestrial broadcasting or a broadband network on the basis of the
MPD. A description will be given of elements or attributes that
need to be additionally included in the extended or modified MPD,
compared to the conventional MPD. In the following, the extended or
modified MPD is referred to as MPD.
[0864] The MPD can be extended or modified to represent ATSC 3.0
service. The extended or modified MPD can additionally include
MPD@anchorPresentationTime, Common@presentable, Common.Targeting,
Common.TargetDevice and/or Common@associatedTo.
[0865] MPD@anchorPresentationTime can indicate presentation time
anchor of segments included in the MPD, that is, base time. In the
following, MPD@anchorPresentationTime can be used as effective time
of the MPD. MPD@anchorPresentationTime can indicate the earliest
playback time from among segments included in the MPD.
[0866] The MPD may further include common attributes and elements.
The common attributes and elements can be applied to AdaptionSet
and Representation in the MPD. Common@presentable can indicate that
media described by the MPD is a presentable component.
[0867] Common.Targeting can indicate targeting properties and/or
personalization properties of the media described by the MPD.
[0868] Common.TargetDevice can indicate a target device or target
devices of the media described by the MPD.
[0869] Common@associatedTo can indicate adaptationSet and/or
representation related to the media described by the MPD.
[0870] In addition, MPD@id, Period@id and AdaptationSet@id included
in the MPD may be necessary to specify media content described by
the MPD. That is, the DASH client can specify content to be
received on the basis of the MPD using MPD@id, Period@id and
AdaptationSet@id and signal the content to the ATSC 3.0 DTV control
engine. The ATSC 3.0 DTV control engine can receive the
corresponding content and deliver the content to the DASH
client.
[0871] FIG. 43 illustrates a protocol stack of a future hybrid
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. As shown in the figure, a future broadcast transmission
system supporting IP based hybrid broadcasting can encapsulate
audio or video data of broadcast services in the ISO base media
file format (BMFF). Here, a DASH segment or a media processing unit
(MPU) of an MMT can be used for encapsulation. In addition, the
future broadcast system can equally transmit the encapsulated data
through a broadcast network and the Internet or differently
transmit the encapsulated data through the broadcast network and
the Internet according to attributes of the respective networks.
Furthermore, the future broadcast system can equally transmit the
encapsulated data using at least one of broadcast or broadband. In
the case of a broadcast network using broadcast, the broadcast
system can transmit data encapsulated in the ISO BMFF through an
application layer transport protocol packet which supports
real-time object transmission. For example, the broadcast system
can encapsulate data in a real-time object delivery over
unidirectional transport (ROUTE) or MMTP transport packet. The
broadcast system can process the encapsulated data into an IP/UDP
datagram, load the IP/UDP datagram in a broadcast signal and
transmit the broadcast signal. When broadband is used, the
broadcast system can deliver the encapsulated data to a receiving
side through streaming such as DASH.
[0872] In addition, the broadcast system can transmit broadcast
service signaling information as follows. In the case of a
broadcast network using broadcast, the broadcast system can
transmit signaling information through physical layers of the
future broadcast transmission system and the broadcast network
according to signaling attributes. Here, the broadcast system can
transmit the signaling information through a specific data pipe
(DP) of a transport frame included in a broadcast signal. Signaling
information transmitted through broadcast may have a form of being
encapsulated in a bitstream or IP/UDP datagram. When broadband is
used, the broadcast system can return and deliver signaling data to
a receiver in response to a request of the receiver.
[0873] In addition, the broadcast system can transmit broadcast
service ESG or NRT content through the following method. In the
case of a broadcast network using broadcast, the broadcast system
can encapsulate the ESG or NRT content in an application layer
transport protocol packet, for example, real-time object delivery
over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) or MMTP transport packet. The
broadcast system can generate an IP/UDP datagram with the
encapsulated ESG or NRT content, load the IP/UDP datagram in a
broadcast signal and transmit the broadcast signal. When broadband
is used, the broadcast system can return and deliver the ESG or NRT
content to a receiver in response to a request of the receiver.
[0874] FIG. 44 illustrates a structure of a transport frame
delivered to a physical layer of the future broadcast transmission
system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The
future broadcast system can transmit a transport frame using
broadcast. In the figure, P1 located at the front of the transport
frame can refer to a symbol including information for transport
signal detection. P1 can include tuning information and a receiver
can decode a part L1 following P1 on the basis of a parameter
included in the symbol P1. The broadcast system can include, in the
part L1, information about transport frame configuration and
characteristics of data pipes. That is, the receiver can obtain the
information about the transport frame configuration and
characteristics of data pipes by decoding the part L1. In addition,
the receiver can acquire information that needs to be shared
between DPs through a common DP. According to an embodiment, the
transport frame may not include the common DP.
[0875] Components such as audio, video and data in the transport
frame are included in an interleaved DP region composed of DP1 to
DPn and transmitted. Here, DPs through which components
constituting each service (channel) are transmitted can be signaled
through L1 or a common PLP.
[0876] In addition, the future broadcast system can transmit
information for rapidly acquiring information about services
included in a transport frame. That is, the future broadcast system
enables a future broadcast receiver to rapidly acquire broadcast
services and content related information included in a transport
frame. When services/content generated by one or more broadcasting
stations are present in the corresponding frame, the future
broadcast system can enable the receiver to efficiently recognize
the services/content according to the broadcasting stations. That
is, the future broadcast system can include, in a transport stream,
service list information about services included in the transport
stream, and transmit the transport stream including the service
list information.
[0877] When an additional channel, for example, a fast information
channel (FIC) is present, the broadcast system can transmit
broadcast service related information through the additional
channel such that the receiver can rapidly scan broadcast services
and content in a corresponding frequency. As shown in FIG. 44, the
broadcast system can include, in the transport stream, information
for broadcast service scan and acquisition and transmit the same.
Here, the region including the information for broadcast service
scan and acquisition may be referred to as an FIC. The receiver can
acquire information about broadcast services generated and
transmitted by one or more broadcasting stations and easily and
rapidly scan broadcast services available therein using the
information.
[0878] In addition, a specific DP included in the transport stream
can serve as a base DP capable of rapidly and robustly delivering
signaling about broadcast services and content transmitted in the
corresponding transport frame. Data transmitted through each DP of
the transport frame of the physical layer is as shown in the lower
part of FIG. 44. That is, link layer signaling or an IP datagram
can be encapsulated in a generic packet in a specific format and
then transmitted through a DP. Here, the IP datagram can include
signaling data. Link (low) layer signaling can include signaling
related to fast service scan/acquisition, context information of IP
header compression and emergency alert.
[0879] FIG. 45 illustrates a transport packet of an application
layer transport protocol according to an embodiment of the present
invention. An application layer transport session can be composed
of a combination of an IP address and a port number. When the
application layer transport protocol corresponds to ROUTE, a ROUTE
session can be composed of one or more layered coding transport
(LCT) sessions. For example, when a single media component (e.g.,
DASH representation) is delivered through a single LCT transport
session, one or more media components can be multiplexed and
delivered through a single application transport session.
Furthermore, one or more transport objects can be delivered through
a single LCT transport session, and each transport object can be a
DASH segment associated with DASH representation delivered through
the transport session.
[0880] For example, when the application layer transport protocol
is an LCT based protocol, a transport packet can be configured as
follows. The transport packet can include an LCT header, a ROUTE
header and payload data. A plurality of fields included in the
transport packet is as follows.
[0881] The LCT header can include the following fields. A version
field V can indicate version information of the corresponding
transport protocol packet. A field C can include a flag related to
the length of a congestion control information field which will be
described below. A field PSI can indicate protocol-specific
information, that is, information specific to the corresponding
protocol. A field S can indicate a flag associated with the length
of a transport session identifier (TSI) field. A field O can
indicate a flag associated with the length of a transport object
identifier (TOI) field. A field H can indicate whether a half-word
(16 bits) is added to the lengths of the TSI field and the TOI
field. A field A (close session flag) can indicate that a session
is closed or closure of the session is imminent. A field B (close
object flag) can indicate that an object being transmitted is
closed or closure of the object is imminent. A code point field can
indicate information related to encoding or decoding of a payload
of the corresponding packet. For example, payload type can
correspond to the information. A congestion control information
field can indicate information related to congestion control. For
example, the information related to congestion control can be a
current time slot index (CTSI), a channel number or a packet
sequence number in the corresponding channel. A transport session
identifier field can indicate a transport field identifier. A
transport object identifier field can indicate an identifier of an
object transmitted through the corresponding transport session.
[0882] A ROUTE (ALC) header can include additional information of
the preceding LCT header, such as a payload identifier related to a
forward error correction scheme.
[0883] Payload data can indicate a data part of the payload of the
corresponding packet.
[0884] FIG. 46 illustrates a method for transmitting signaling data
by the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention. Signaling data of the future broadcast system
can be transmitted as shown in the figure. To enable the receiver
to support fast service/content scan and acquisition, the future
broadcast transmission system can transmit signaling data with
respect to a broadcast service delivered through a corresponding
physical layer frame, via a fast information channel (FIC). In the
specification, the FIC can refer to information about a service
list. Unless an additional FIC is present, the signaling data may
be delivered through a path through which link layer signaling is
delivered. That is, signaling information including information
about services and components (audio and video) thereof can be
encapsulated in an IP/UDP datagram and transmitted through one or
more DPs in the physical layer frame. According to an embodiment,
signaling information about services and service components can be
encapsulated in an application layer transport packet (e.g. a ROUTE
packet or an MMTP packet) and transmitted.
[0885] The upper part of FIG. 46 illustrates an example of
delivering the aforementioned signaling data through an FIC or one
or more DPs. That is, signaling data for supporting fast service
scan/acquisition can be delivered through the FIC and signaling
data including detailed information about services can be
encapsulated in an IP datagram and transmitted through a specific
DP. In the specification, the signaling data including detailed
information about services may be referred to as service layer
signaling.
[0886] The middle part of FIG. 46 illustrates an example of
delivering the aforementioned signaling data through an FIC and one
or more DPs. That is, signaling data for supporting fast service
scan/acquisition can be delivered through the FIC and signaling
data including detailed information about services can be
encapsulated in an IP datagram and transmitted through a specific
DP. In addition, part of signaling data including information about
a specific component included in a service may be delivered through
one or more transport sessions in the application layer transport
protocol. For example, part of the signaling data can be delivered
through one or more transport sessions in a ROUTE session.
[0887] The lower part of FIG. 46 illustrates an example of
delivering the aforementioned signaling data through an FIC and one
or more DPs. That is, signaling data for supporting fast service
scan/acquisition can be delivered through the FIC and signaling
data including detailed information about services can be delivered
through one or more sessions in a ROUTE session.
[0888] FIG. 47 is a table showing signaling data transmitted, by
the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention, for fast broadcast service scan of a receiver.
The specification proposes signaling information for allowing a
future broadcast reception apparatus to scan and acquire broadcast
services. In the future broadcast system, broadcast services and
content generated by one or more broadcasting stations can be
transmitted within a specific frequency. The receiver can use the
aforementioned signaling information to rapidly and easily scan
broadcasting stations and services/contents thereof, included in
the corresponding frequency. The signaling information can be
represented by the illustrated syntax and expressed in other
formats such as XML.
[0889] The signaling information for fast service scan and
acquisition can be delivered to a fast information channel (FIC)
corresponding to an additional channel in a physical layer
transport frame. Furthermore, the aforementioned signaling
information may be delivered through a common DP capable of
carrying information that can be shared between data pipes of the
physical layer. The signaling information may be delivered through
a path through which link layer signaling is transmitted. The
signaling information may be encapsulated in an IP datagram and
delivered through a specific DP. Furthermore, the signaling
information may be delivered via a service signaling channel
through which service signaling is transmitted or a transport
session of an application layer.
[0890] The signaling information (FIC information) for fast service
scan and acquisition can include at least one of the following
fields. In the specification, the FIC information can be referred
to as service acquisition information. An FIC_portocol_version
field can indicate the version of the structure of the signaling
information. A TSID field can indicate an identifier of the overall
broadcast stream. An FIC_data_version field can indicate the data
version of the FIC information. The value of the FIC_data_version
field can increase when the FIC is changed. A num_partitions field
can indicate the number of partitions of a broadcast stream. To use
the num_partitions field, it is assumed that each broadcast stream
can be segmented into one or more partitions and transmitted. Each
partition can include a plurality of DPs of a single broadcaster.
Each partition can indicate a part of a broadcast stream used by a
single broadcaster. A partition_protocol_version field can indicate
the version of the aforementioned partition structure. A base_DP_ID
field can indicate the identifier of a base DP of the corresponding
partition. The base DP can include a service signaling table. The
service signaling table can include a list of all services in the
corresponding partition. That is, the service signaling table can
list transmitted services. In addition, the service signaling table
can define basic attributes of each service. The base DP may be a
robust DP in the corresponding partition and may include another
signaling table with respect to the corresponding partition. A
base_DP_version field can indicate version information representing
change of data transmitted through the base DP. For example, when
serving signaling information is delivered through the base DP, the
base_DP_version field can increase by 1 if the serving signaling
information is changed. A num_services field can indicate the
number of one or more components belonging to the corresponding
partition. A service_id field can indicate a service identifier. A
channel_number field can indicate a channel number associated with
the corresponding service. A service_category field can indicate
the category of the corresponding service. For example, the
service_category field can indicate A/V, audio, ESG, CoD, etc. A
short_service_name_length field can indicate the length of the name
of the corresponding service. A short_Service_name field can
indicate the name of the corresponding service. A service_status
field can indicate the status of the corresponding service. The
service_status field can indicate an "active", "suspended",
"hidden" or "shown" attribute. A service_distribution field can
have an attribute similar to "multi-ensemble" flag of the ATSC M/H
document. For example, the service_distribution field can indicate
information about whether the corresponding service is included in
the corresponding partition, the service is presentable only with
the corresponding partition although the service is partially
included in the partition, another partition is necessary for
presentation, or other broadcast streams are necessary for
presentation. An sp_indicator field is a service protection flag
and can indicate whether one or more components necessary for
presentation are protected.
[0891] FIG. 48 is a table showing signaling data transmitted, by
the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention, for fast broadcast service scan of a receiver.
The FIC information (service acquisition information) for
supporting fast broadcast service scan and service/component
acquisition can include information about an application layer
transport session for delivering service and component data. As
illustrated, the FIC information can be represented in a binary
format. However, the FIC information may be represented in other
formats such as XML according to embodiments. The FIC information
can include the following fields. An FIC_portocol_version field can
indicate the version of the structure of the signaling information.
A TSID field can indicate an identifier of the overall broadcast
stream. An FIC_data_version field can indicate the data version of
the FIC information. The value of the FIC_data_version field can
increase when the FIC is changed. A num_partitions field can
indicate the number of partitions of a broadcast stream. To use the
num_partitions field, it is assumed that each broadcast stream can
be segmented into one or more partitions and transmitted. Each
partition can include a plurality of DPs of a single broadcaster.
Each partition can indicate a part of a broadcast stream used by a
single broadcaster. A partition_id field can indicate the
identifier of the corresponding partition. A
partition_protocol_version field can indicate the version of the
aforementioned partition structure. A num_services field can
indicate the number of one or more components belonging to the
corresponding partition. A service_id field can indicate a service
identifier. A service_data_version field can indicate a change of
service loop data in the FIC or a change of serving signaling data
related to the corresponding service. The value of the
service_data_version field can increase by 1 whenever included
service data is changed. The receiver can detect data change in a
service loop of the FIC or change of signaling related to the
corresponding service using the service_data_version field. A
channel_number field can indicate a channel number associated with
the corresponding service. A service_category field can indicate
the category of the corresponding service. For example, the
service_category field can indicate A/V, audio, ESG, CoD, etc. A
short_service_name_length field can indicate the length of the name
of the corresponding service. A short_Service_name field can
indicate the name of the corresponding service. A service_status
field can indicate the status of the corresponding service. The
service_status field can indicate an attribute "active",
"suspended", "hidden" or "shown". A service_distribution field can
have an attribute similar to the "multi-ensemble" flag of the ATSC
M/H document. For example, the service_distribution field can
indicate information about whether the corresponding service is
included in the corresponding partition, the service is presentable
only with the corresponding partition although the service is
partially included in the partition, another partition is necessary
for presentation, or other broadcast streams are necessary for
presentation. An sp_indicator field is a service protection flag
and can indicate whether one or more components necessary for
presentation are protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate
the following IP address format. The IP_version_flag field can
indicate that IPv4 is used when the value thereof is 0 and indicate
that IPv6 is used when the value thereof is 1. A
source_IP_address_flag field can indicate whether the FIC
information includes source_IP_addr. The source_IP_address_flag
field can indicate presence of source_IP_addr when the value
thereof is 1. A num_transport_session field can indicate the number
of transport sessions (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP sessions) in which
component data of the corresponding service is transmitted in a
broadcast stream. A source_IP_addr field can indicate the source IP
address of an IP datagram including the component data of the
corresponding service when the source_IP_address_flag is 1. A
dest_IP_addr field can indicate the destination IP address of the
IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. A dest_UDP_port field can indicate the UDP port number of
the IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. An LSID_DP field can indicate the identifier of a data
pipe of a physical layer, which delivers signaling including
detailed information about a transport session. In the case of
ROUTE, for example, the signaling including the detailed
information about the transport session can be an LCT session
instance description including information about an LCT transport
session of a ROUTE session. A service_signaling_flag field can
indicate whether service signaling is transmitted through the
corresponding transport session. The service_signaling_flag field
can indicate that data transmitted through the corresponding
transport session (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP session) includes the service
signaling when the value thereof is 1. A transport session
descriptors field can include transport session level descriptors.
Each descriptor can be extended and include a num_descriptors
field. Each descriptor can include as many descriptor loops as a
number corresponding to a value indicated by the num_descriptors
field. The transport session descriptors field can include
transport session level descriptors. A service descriptors field
can include service level descriptors. A partition descriptors
field can include a partition level descriptor, and one partition
can indicate part of broadcast streams used by a single
broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors field can include FIC level
descriptors. According to an embodiment, the fields included in the
FIC may be included in a table other than the FIC and transmitted
along with a broadcast signal.
[0892] FIG. 49 illustrates a method for transmitting FIC based
signaling according to an embodiment of the present invention. The
aforementioned example of delivering FIC based signaling is shown
in the figure. In the specification, FIC based signaling can be
referred to as service acquisition information or service
acquisition signaling. As shown in the figure, physical layer
signaling can include a field with respect to the service
acquisition information. The field with respect to the service
acquisition information can indicate whether the service
acquisition information FIC is parsed to the receiver. The receiver
can check whether service signaling data has been changed through
service_data_version information by parsing the service acquisition
information. When the service signaling data has been changed, the
broadcast signal receiver can confirm a data pipe identifier of the
physical layer which delivers signaling including detailed
information about the corresponding transport session, using an
LSID_DP field. The broadcast receiver can confirm detailed
information about the transport session by parsing a DP indicated
by the DP identifier. That is, the signaling method of the future
broadcast system can include a sequence of confirming detailed
information about the transport session by signaling whether the
service acquisition information is parsed through the physical
layer signaling and signaling the position of the detailed
information about the transmission session through the service
acquisition information. Here, the detailed information about the
transport session can include an MPD transport table, an
application signaling table, a transport session descriptor (LSID)
and/or a component mapping table (CMT).
[0893] FIG. 50 illustrates signaling data transmitted, by the
future broadcast system according to an embodiment, for fast
broadcast service scan of a receiver. The FIC information (service
acquisition information) for supporting fast broadcast service scan
and service/component acquisition can include information about an
application layer transport session for delivering service and
component data. As illustrated, the FIC information can be
represented in a binary format. However, the FIC information may be
represented in other formats such as XML according to embodiments.
The FIC information can include the following fields. An
FIC_portocol_version field can indicate the version of the
structure of the signaling information. A TSID field can indicate
an identifier of the overall broadcast stream. An FIC_data_version
field can indicate the data version of the FIC information. The
value of the FIC_data_version field can increase when the FIC is
changed. A num_partitions field can indicate the number of
partitions of a broadcast stream. To use the num_partitions field,
it is assumed that each broadcast stream can be segmented into one
or more partitions and transmitted. Each partition can include a
plurality of DPs of a single broadcaster. Each partition can
indicate a part of a broadcast stream used by a single broadcaster.
A partition_id field can indicate the identifier of the
corresponding partition. A partition_protocol_version field can
indicate the version of the aforementioned partition structure. A
num_services field can indicate the number of one or more
components belonging to the corresponding partition. A service_id
field can indicate a service identifier. A service_data_version
field can indicate a change of service loop data in the FIC or a
change of serving signaling data related to the corresponding
service. The value of the service_data_version field can increase
by 1 whenever included service data is changed. The receiver can
detect data change in a service loop of the FIC or change of
signaling related to the corresponding service using the
service_data_version field. A channel_number field can indicate a
channel number associated with the corresponding service. A
service_category field can indicate the category of the
corresponding service. For example, the service_category field can
indicate A/V, audio, ESG, CoD, etc. A short_service_name_length
field can indicate the length of the name of the corresponding
service. A short_Service_name field can indicate the name of the
corresponding service. A service_status field can indicate the
status of the corresponding service. The service_status field can
indicate an "active", "suspended", "hidden" or "shown" attribute. A
service_distribution field can have an attribute similar to
"multi-ensemble" flag of the ATSC M/H document. For example, the
service_distribution field can indicate information about whether
the corresponding service is included in the corresponding
partition, whether the service is presentable only with the
corresponding partition although the service is partially included
in the partition, whether another partition is necessary for
presentation, or whether other broadcast streams are necessary for
presentation. An sp_indicator field is a service protection flag
and can indicate whether one or more components necessary for
presentation are protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate
the following IP address format. The IP_version_flag field can
indicate that IPv4 is used when the value thereof is 0 and indicate
that IPv6 is used when the value thereof is 1. A
source_IP_address_flag field can indicate whether the FIC
information includes source_IP_addr. The source_IP_address_flag
field can indicate presence of source_IP_addr when the value
thereof is 1. A num_transport_session field can indicate the number
of transport sessions (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP sessions) in which
component data of the corresponding service is transmitted in a
broadcast stream. A source_IP_addr field can indicate the source IP
address of an IP datagram including the component data of the
corresponding service when the source_IP_address_flag is 1. A
dest_IP_addr field can indicate the destination IP address of the
IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. A dest_UDP_port field can indicate the UDP port number of
the IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. An LSID_DP field can indicate the identifier of a data
pipe of a physical layer, which delivers signaling including
detailed information about a transport session. In the case of
ROUTE, for example, the signaling including the detailed
information about the transport session can be LCT session instance
description including information about an LCT transport session of
a ROUTE session. A service_signaling_flag field can indicate
whether service signaling is transmitted through the corresponding
transport session. The service_signaling_flag field can indicate
presence of a DP including service signaling when the value thereof
is 1. A signaling_data_version field can indicate a change of
related service signaling data. The value of the
signaling_data_version field can increase by 1 whenever the service
signaling data is changed. The receiver can detect a change of
signaling related to the corresponding service using the
signaling_data_version field. A signaling_DP field can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe of the physical layer, which delivers
service signaling. A transport session descriptors field can
include transport session level descriptors. Each descriptor can be
extended and include a num_descriptors field. Each descriptor can
include as many descriptor loops as a number corresponding to a
value indicated by the num_descriptors field. The transport session
descriptors field can include transport session level descriptors.
A service descriptors field can include service level descriptors.
A partition descriptors field can include a partition level
descriptor, and one partition can indicate part of broadcast
streams used by a single broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors
field can include FIC level descriptors. According to an
embodiment, the fields included in the FIC may be included in a
table other than the FIC and transmitted along with a broadcast
signal.
[0894] FIG. 51 illustrates a method for transmitting FIC based
signaling according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The aforementioned example of delivering FIC based signaling is as
shown in the figure. In the specification, FIC based signaling can
be referred to as service acquisition information or service
acquisition signaling. As shown in the figure, physical layer
signaling can include a field with respect to the service
acquisition information. The field with respect to the service
acquisition information can indicate whether the service
acquisition information FIC is parsed to the receiver. The receiver
can check whether service signaling data has been changed through
service_data_version information by parsing the service acquisition
information. When the service signaling data has been changed, the
broadcast signal receiver can acquire LSID or an LSID table, which
includes detailed information about the corresponding transport
session, using an LSID_DP field through a DP identified from the
LSID_DP field. In addition, the receiver can recognize a change of
signaling data using information such as the
service_signaling_flag, signaling_data_version and signaling_DP and
acquire the signaling data through an identified DP.
[0895] That is, the signaling method of the future broadcast system
can include a sequence of confirming detailed information about the
transport session by signaling whether the service acquisition
information is parsed through the physical layer signaling and
signaling the position of the detailed information about the
transmission session through the service acquisition information.
Here, the detailed information about the transport session can
include an MPD transport table, an application signaling table, a
transport session descriptor (LSID) and/or a component mapping
table (CMT), and detailed information of transmission sessions can
be delivered according to different examples.
[0896] FIG. 52 illustrates a service signaling message format of
the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention. In the specification, a service signaling
message can be referred to as signaling data or service layer
signaling including detailed information about services. The
service signaling message may include a signaling message header
and a signaling message. The signaling message can be represented
in a binary or XML format. The signaling message can be included in
an IP datagram or a payload of an application layer transport
packet (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP packet) and transmitted. The signaling
message header may have the following syntax and can be represented
in a format such as XML. The signaling message header can include
the following fields. A signaling_id field can indicate a signaling
message identifier. For example, when the signaling message is
represented in the form of a section, the signaling_id field can
indicate the ID of a signaling table section. A signaling_length
field can indicate the length of the signaling message. A
signaling_id_extension field can indicate extension information
about the identifier of the signaling message. The
signaling_id_extension field can be used as signaling
identification information along with the signaling_id field. For
example, the signaling_id_extension field can include the protocol
version of the signaling message. A version_number field can
indicate version information of the signaling message. The
version_number field can be changed when the contents of the
signaling message are changed. A current_next_indicator field can
indicate whether the signaling message is currently available. The
current_next_indicator field can indicate that the signaling
message is currently available when the value thereof is 1. The
current_next_indicator field can indicate that the signaling
message is not currently available and a signaling message
including the same signaling_id, signaling_id_extension or
fragment_number may be available in the future when the value
thereof is 0. A fragmentation_indicator field can indicate whether
the signaling message has been fragmented. The
fragmentation_indicator field indicates that the corresponding
signaling message has been fragmented when the value thereof is 1.
In this case, inclusion of part of signaling data can be indicated
through signaling_message_data( ). When the value of the
fragmentation_indicator field is 0, inclusion of the entire
signaling data can be indicated through signaling_message_data( ).
A payload_format_indicator field can indicate whether the current
signaling message header includes a payload_format value. A
payload_format_indicator field value of 1 can indicate that the
signaling message header includes a payload_format value. An
expiration_indicator field can indicate whether the current
signaling message header includes an expiration value. An
expiration_indicator field value of 1 can indicate that the
signaling message header includes an expiration value. A
fragment_number field can indicate a fragment number of the current
signaling message when a single signaling message is divided into
multiple fragments and transmitted. A last_fragment_number field
can indicate the number of a fragment including the last data of
the corresponding signaling message when a single signaling message
is divided into multiple fragments and transmitted. A
payload_format field can indicate the format of signaling message
data included in a payload. In an embodiment, the payload_format
field can be represented in a binary or XML format. An expiration
field can indicate effective time of the signaling message included
in the payload.
[0897] FIG. 53 shows service signaling tables used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. Service signaling tables/messages according to the
present invention are as described below and can include the
following information and be signaled. Information included in
tables/messages can be individually transmitted per table and is
not limited to the illustrated embodiments. According to an
embodiment, signaling information belonging to different tables may
be merged into one table and transmitted. A service mapping table
can include service attributes and service related information. For
example, attribute information of services can include information
such as IDs, names and categories of the services, and information
related to services can include information about paths through
which the services can be acquired. An MPD delivery table can
include DASH MPD related to services/content or information on
paths through which DASH MPD can be acquired. A component mapping
table can include component information in services and component
related information. The component information can include related
DASH representation information, and the component related
information can include information on paths through which
components can be acquired. An LSID table can include information
about transport sessions for delivering services/components and
transport packet configurations. An initialization segment delivery
table can include initialization segment information about DASH
representation related to components in services or information
about paths through which the initialization segment information
can be acquired. An application parameter table can include
detailed information about applications relate to broadcast
services and information about paths through which the detailed
information can be obtained. When such signaling messages/tables
are transmitted through a broadcast network, the signaling
messages/tables can be transmitted through a fast information
channel (FIC), a service signaling channel (SSC), an application
layer transport session (e.g., ROUTE or MMTP session) or the like.
Furthermore, the signaling messages/tables can be transmitted over
the Internet (broadband).
[0898] FIG. 54 shows a service mapping table used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The following description may be transmitted by being
included in a service signaling message part following a signaling
message header.
[0899] The service mapping table can include information about
service mapping signaling and can be represented in XML or binary
format. The service mapping table corresponding to service
signaling information can include service identifier information,
service type information, service name information, channel number
information, ROUTE session related information, MPD related
information and component signaling position information. The
service identifier can indicate information identifying a service
and can be represented as an id attribute. The service type
information can indicate the type of the service and can be
represented as a serviceType attribute. The service name
information can indicate the name of the service and can be
represented as a serviceName attribute. The channel number
information can indicate a channel number related to the service
and can be represented as a channelNumber attribute.
[0900] The ROUTE session related information can include sourceIP,
destinationIP and destinationPort attributes. The sourceIP
attribute can indicate a source address of IP datagrams carrying
associated data. The destinationIP attribute can indicate a
destination address of the IP datagrams carrying associated data.
The destinationPort attribute can indicate a destination port
number of the IP datagrams carrying associated data.
[0901] In addition, the ROUTE session related information can
include detailed information (LSID) about transport sessions. For
example, the ROUTE session related information can include LSID
location information and delivery mode information of LSID location
information. Furthermore, the detailed information LSID about
transport sessions can include bootstrap information. The bootstrap
information included in LSID can include LSID bootstrap information
according to delivery mode. Attributes included in the bootstrap
information will be described in detail below.
[0902] The MPD related information can include information about
MPD or MPD signaling location. The information about MPD can
include a version attribute and indicate the version of MPD. The
MPD signaling location information can indicate a location where
signaling related to MPD or MPD URL can be acquired. Delivery mode
information included in MPD signaling location can indicate a
delivery mode of the MPD location signaling. Bootstrap information
included in the MPD signaling location can include bootstrap
information of MPD or MPD URL according to the delivery mode.
[0903] The component signaling location related information can
include a delivery mode attribute. The delivery mode attribute can
indicate a delivery mode of corresponding component signaling
location information. The bootstrap information included in the MPD
signaling location can include bootstrap information of
corresponding component location signaling according to the
delivery mode.
[0904] The bootstrap information can include at least one of the
following attributes according to delivery mode.
[0905] A sourceIP attribute can indicate a source address of IP
datagrams carrying associated data. A destinationIP attribute can
indicate a destination address of the IP datagrams carrying
associated data. A destinationPort attribute can indicate a
destination port number of the IP datagrams carrying associated
data. A tsi attribute can include the identifier of a transport
session delivering transport packets carrying associated data. A
URL attribute can indicate a URL where associated data can be
acquired. A packetid attribute can indicate the identifier of
transport packets carrying associated data.
[0906] FIG. 55 shows a service signaling table of the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The future broadcast system can provide broadcast
service signaling such that the receiver can receive broadcast
services and content. This allows the receiver to acquire related
signaling when signaling data is transmitted through the same
transport session identifier TSI. The service signaling table can
be represented in a binary format as illustrated and may be
represented in other formats such as XML according to embodiments.
In addition, the service signaling table can encapsulated in the
aforementioned signaling message format. The service signaling
table can include the following fields. An SST_portocol_version
field can indicate the version of the service signaling table. A
partition_id field can indicate the identifier of a corresponding
partition. An SST_data_version field can indicate the data version
of the corresponding service signaling table. A num_services field
can indicate the number of one or more services included in the
corresponding partition. A service_id field can indicate the
identifier of the corresponding service. A service_name field can
indicate the name of the corresponding service. An MPD_availability
field can indicate whether MPD can be acquired through broadcast, a
cellular network and/or Wi-Fi/Ethernet. A CMT_availability field
can indicate whether a component mapping table (CMT) can be used
through broadcast, a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi/Ethernet. An
ASL_availability field can indicate whether an application
signaling table (AST) can be used through broadcast, a cellular
network and/or Wi-Fi/Ethernet. A DP_ID field can indicate the
identifier of a DP carrying the MPD, CMT and/or ASL through
broadcast. An LCT_IP_address field can indicate the IP address of
an LCT channel delivering the MPD, CMT and/or ASL. An LCT_UDP_port
field can indicate a UDP port of the LCT channel delivering the
MPD, CMT and/or ASL. An LCT_TSI field can indicate a transport
session identifier (TSI) of the LCT channel delivering the MPD, CMT
and/or ASL. An MPD_TOI field can indicate the transport object
identifier of the MPD when the MPD is delivered through broadcast.
A CMT TOI field can indicate the transport object identifier of the
CMT when the CMT is delivered through broadcast. An AST_TOI field
can indicate the transport object identifier of the AST when the
AST is delivered through broadcast. An MPD_URL field can indicate a
URL where the MPD can be acquired through broadband. A CMT_URL
field can indicate a URL where the CMT can be acquired through
broadband. An AST_URL field can indicate a URL where the AST can be
acquired through broadband.
[0907] FIG. 56 shows a component mapping table used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The following description may be transmitted by being
included in a service signaling message part following a signaling
message header. The component mapping table can include information
about component mapping signaling and can be represented in XML or
binary format. The component mapping table corresponding to service
signaling information can include the following fields. A
Signaling_id field can include an identifier indicating that the
corresponding table is the component mapping table. A
protocol_version field can indicate a protocol version of the
component mapping table, such as a component mapping table syntax.
A Signaling_version field can indicate a change of signaling data
of the component mapping table. A Service_id field can indicate the
identifier of a service associated with corresponding components. A
Num_component field can indicate the number of components included
in the corresponding service. An Mpd_id field can indicate a DASH
MPD identifier associated a component. A Period_id field can
indicate a DASH period identifier associated with the component. A
representation_id field can indicate a DASH representation
identifier associated with the component. A Source_IP field can
indicate a source IP address of IP/UDP datagrams carrying
corresponding component data. A Dest_IP field can indicate a
destination IP address of the IP/UDP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. A port field can indicate a port
number of the IP/UDP datagrams carrying the corresponding component
data. A tsi field can indicate the identifier of an application
layer transport session carrying the corresponding component data.
A DP_id field can indicate the identifier of a physical layer data
pipe carrying the corresponding component data. The CMT can define
components associated with each service and signal, to the
receiver, locations or paths where the corresponding components can
be received through the aforementioned information.
[0908] FIG. 57 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Component
mapping description can signal information about transport paths of
components included in broadcast services in the future broadcast
system. Component mapping table description may be represented in
XML format or as a binary bitstream. Component mapping table
description can include the following elements and attributes. A
service_id attribute can indicate the identifier of a service
associated with a component. BroadcastComp can indicate one or more
components transmitted through the same broadcast stream.
BroadcastComp can include mpdID, perID, reptnID, baseURL and/or
datapipeID attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate a DASH MPD
identifier associated with BroadcastComp. The perID attribute can
indicate an associated period identifier in corresponding MPD. The
reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of a DASH segment associated with the
corresponding component. The datapipeID attribute can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe carrying corresponding component data in
a broadcast stream.
[0909] BBComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through a broadband network. BBComp can include mpdID, perID,
reptnID and/or baseURL attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate
a DASH MPD identifier associated with BBComp. The perID attribute
can indicate an associated period identifier in corresponding MPD.
The reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of a DASH segment associated with the
corresponding component.
[0910] ForeignComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through other broadcast streams. ForeignComp can include mpdID,
perID, reptnID, baseURL, transportStreamID, sourceIPAddr,
destIPAddr, destUDPPort and/or datapipeID attributes. The mpdID
attribute can indicate a DASH MPD identifier associated with
ForeignComp. The perID attribute can indicate an associated period
identifier in corresponding MPD. The reptnID attribute can indicate
a DASH representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base URL of a DASH
segment associated with the corresponding component. The
transportStreamID attribute can indicate the identifier of a
broadcast stream including corresponding component data. The
sourceIPAddr attribute can indicate a source IP address of IP
datagrams carrying the corresponding component data. The destIPAddr
attribute can indicate a destination IP address of the IP datagrams
carrying the corresponding component data. The destUDPPort
attribute can indicate a destination UDP port number of the IP
datagrams carrying the corresponding component data. The datapipeID
attribute can indicate the identifier of a data pipe through which
the corresponding component data is transmitted in the
corresponding broadcast stream. The aforementioned component
mapping description can be transmitted by being encapsulated in an
XML file or the above-described signaling message format. As shown
in the lower part of FIG. 57, a signaling message header can have
the aforementioned format and component mapping description or part
thereof can be included in the service message part. The CMT can
define components associated with each service and signal, to the
receiver, locations or paths where the corresponding components can
be received through the aforementioned information.
[0911] FIG. 58 illustrates a syntax of the component mapping table
of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention. The future broadcast system can signal the
component mapping table such that the receiver can acquire
components of broadcast services. The component mapping table can
be represented in binary, XML or other formats and can be
encapsulated in the aforementioned signaling message format. The
component mapping table can include the following fields. A
CMT_portocol_version field can indicate the version of the
structure of the component mapping table (CMT). A service_id field
can indicate the identifier of a service related to a component
position provided by the corresponding CMT. A CMT_data_version
field can indicate the data version of the CMT. A
num_broadcast_streams field can indicate the number of broadcast
streams including at least one component related to the
corresponding service. A TSID field can indicate a transport
session identifier of a corresponding broadcast stream. A
num_partitions field can indicate the number of partitions of a
broadcast stream including at least one component related to the
corresponding service. The CMT can include a plurality of
partitions. A partition_id field can indicate the identifier of a
corresponding partition. A num_data_pipes field can indicate the
number of data pipes in a partition including at least one
component related to the corresponding service. A DP_ID field can
indicate the identifier of each data pipe. A num_ROUTE_sessions
field can indicate the number of transport sessions (e.g. ROUTE
sessions) included in each data pipe. Each data pipe can include at
least one component associated with the corresponding service. An
IP_address field can indicate the IP address of each transport
session. A UDP_port field can indicate a UDP port of each transport
session. A num_LCT_channels field can indicate the number of LCT
channels in a transport session including a component associated
with the corresponding service. An LCT_TSI field can indicate a
transport session identifier (TSI). A Representation_ID field can
indicate the identifier of representation carried by a
corresponding LCT channel. An Internet_availability field can be an
identifier indicating whether corresponding representation can be
received through the Internet or broadband. A
num_internet_only_reptns field can indicate the number of
representations which can be received only through the Internet or
broadband. A Representation_ID field can indicate the identifier of
representation which can be received only through the Internet or
broadband in a loop of num_internet_only_reptns. The CMT can define
components associated with each service and signal, to the
receiver, locations or paths where the corresponding components can
be received through the aforementioned information.
[0912] FIG. 59 illustrates a method for delivering signaling
related each service through a broadband network in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The future broadcast system can transmit signaling
related to a service to the receiver through a broadband network.
The future broadcast system can transmit signaling to the receiver
through the broadband network using URL signaling table
description. The URL signaling table description can be represented
in XML or binary format. The URL signaling table description can
include the following attributes. A service_id attribute can
indicate the identifier of a service associated with signaling. An
mpdURL attribute can indicate the URL of broadband MPD. A cstURL
attribute can indicate the URL of a broadband CMT. The CMT can
include information about a path through which component data in a
broadcast service is acquired. An astURL attribute can indicate the
URL of a broadband AST. The AST can include information about an
application related to a broadcast service. The receiver can
receive the description and receive the corresponding signaling on
the basis of the URL of each signaling. The aforementioned URL
signaling table description can be encapsulated in a single XML
file or the aforementioned signaling message format and
transmitted. As shown in the lower part of the figure, a signaling
message header can take the aforementioned format and the URL
signaling table description or part thereof can follow the
signaling message header.
[0913] FIG. 60 illustrates a method for signaling MPD in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. As shown in the upper part of the figure, a signaling
message about MPD of a broadcast service available in a future
broadcast network can be composed of a signaling message header and
the signaling message. The signaling message header can take the
aforementioned format and MPD delivery table information can
include the following information. Signaling_id information can
indicate that the corresponding signaling message is a signaling
message including MPD or information about a path through which the
MPD can be acquired. protocol_version information can indicate a
protocol version of an MPD delivery table, such as the syntax of
the signaling message. Signaling_version information can indicate a
change of signaling data of the MPD delivery table. Service_id
information can indicate the identifier of a service associated
with the corresponding signaling information. Mpd_id information
can indicate the identifier of DASH MPD associated with the
signaling message. MPD_version information is version information
indicating a change of the corresponding MPD. Delivery_mode
information can indicate whether the signaling message includes the
corresponding MPD or is delivered through a different path.
MPD_data( ) information can include MPD data when the signaling
message includes the MPD. MPD_path information can include
information about a path through which the MPD can be acquired. For
example, the path can indicate a URL.
[0914] MPD delivery table description can include the following
information. A service_id attribute can indicate the identifier of
a service associated with signaling. An MPD id attribute can
indicate the identifier of the MPD. MPD version is version
information indicating a change of the MPD. An MPD_URL attribute
can include information about a URL through which the MPD can be
acquired. An MPD element can include MPD information. The MPD
delivery table description can be encapsulated in a single XML file
or the aforementioned signaling message format and transmitted.
That is, the signaling message header can take the aforementioned
format and the MPD delivery table description or part thereof can
follow the signaling message header.
[0915] FIG. 61 illustrates a syntax of an MPD delivery table of the
future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. Information of the MPD delivery table or part thereof
can follow a signaling message header. The information of the MPD
delivery table can include the following fields. A service_id field
can indicate the identifier of an associated broadcast service. An
MPD_id_length field can indicate the length of the following
MPD_id_bytes( ). An MPD_id_bytes field can indicate the identifier
of an MPD filed included in a signaling message. An MPD_version
field can indicate version information such as a change of data of
the corresponding MPD. An MPD_URL_availability field can indicate
presence or absence of URL information of the MPD in the
corresponding signaling table/message. An MPD_data_availabilty
field can indicate whether the corresponding signaling
table/message includes the MPD. The MPD_data_availabilty field can
indicate that the signaling table/message includes the MPD when the
value thereof is 1. An MPD_URL_length field can indicate the length
of the following MPD_URL_bytes( ). An MPD_URL_bytes field can
indicate an MPD URL included in the signaling message. An
MPD_coding field can indicate an encoding scheme of an MPD field
included in the signaling message. As shown in the lower part of
the figure, an MPD file can be encoded according to different
encoding schemes according to values of the MPD_coding field. For
example, an MPD_coding field value of "0x00" can indicate that the
signaling table/message includes a plain MPD field represented in
XML. An MPD_coding field value of "0x01" can indicate that the
signaling table/message includes an MPD field compressed by gzip.
If an MPD field compressed by gzip is segmented and respectively
transmitted through a plurality of messages/tables, corresponding
multiple MPD_bytes( ) can be concatenated and then unzipped. An
MPD_byte_length field can indicate the length of the following
MPD_bytes( ). An MPD_bytes field can include data of the MPD field
included in the signaling message according to the encoding scheme
indicated by the MPD_coding field. The future broadcast system
enables the receiver to receive or acquire service related MPD
through the MPD delivery table including the aforementioned
fields.
[0916] FIG. 62 illustrates transport session instance description
of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment of the
present invention. When an application layer transmission method
corresponds to real-time object delivery over unidirectional
transport (ROUTE), a ROUTE session can be composed of one or more
layered coding transport (LCT) sessions. Detailed information about
one or more transport sessions can be signaled through transport
session instance description. In the case of ROUTE, the transport
session instance description may be referred to as LCT session
instance description (LSID). Particularly, the transport session
instance description can define what is delivered through each LCT
transport session constituting the ROUTE session. Each transport
session can be uniquely identified by a transport session
identifier (TSI). The TSI can be included in an LCT header. The
transport session instance description can describe all transport
sessions carried by the corresponding session. For example, LSID
can describe all LCT sessions carried by a ROUTE. The transport
session instance description may be delivered through the same
ROUTE session as transport sessions or through a different ROUTE
session or unicast.
[0917] When delivered through the same ROUTE session, the transport
session instance description can be delivered through a transport
session having a TSI of 0. While an object referred to in the
transport session instance description may be delivered through the
transport session with TSI=0, the object can have a TOI value
different from that of the transport session instance description.
Otherwise, the object may be delivered through a separate transport
session with TSI.noteq.0. The transport session instance
description can be updated using at least one of the version
number, validity information and expiration information. The
transport session instance description can be represented in a
bitstream in addition to the illustrated format.
[0918] The transport session instance description can include
version, validFrom and expiration attributes and include a TSI
attribute and SourceFlow and RepairFlow information with respect to
each transport session. The version attribute can indicate the
version information of the transport session instance description,
and the version information can increase whenever contents thereof
are updated. Transport session instance description having a
highest version number is the currently valid version. The
validFrom attribute can indicate the data and time from which the
corresponding transport session instance description is valid. The
validFrom attribute may not be included in the transport session
instance description according to embodiment. In this case, the
receiver can assume that the corresponding transport session
instance description is valid immediately. The expiration attribute
can indicate the date and time when the corresponding transport
session instance description expires. The expiration attribute may
not be included in the transport session instance description. In
this case, the receiver can assume that the corresponding transport
session instance description is valid for all time. If transport
session instance description having an expiration attribute is
received, the transport session instance description can conform to
the corresponding expiration attribute. The TSI attribute can
indicate a transport session identifier. A SourceFlow element
provides information of a source flow transmitted with the
corresponding TSI. The SourceFlow element will be described in
detail below. A RepairFlow element can provide information of a
repair flow transmitted with the corresponding TSI.
[0919] FIG. 63 illustrates shows a SourceFlow element of the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The Sourceflow element can include an EFDT element, an
idRef attribute, a realtime attribute, a minBufferSize attribute,
an Application Identifier element and a PayloadFormat element. The
EFDT element can specify detailed information of file delivery
data. The EFDT element indicates an extended file delivery table
(FDT) instance and will be described in detail below. The idRef
attribute can indicate an EFDT identifier and can be represented as
a URI by the corresponding transport session. The realtime
attribute can indicate that corresponding LCT packets include
extension headers. The extended headers can include timestamps
indicating presentation time of an included delivery object. The
minBufferSize attribute can define the maximum amount of data that
needs to be stored in the receiver. The Application Identifier
element can provide additional information that can be mapped to
the application carried in the corresponding transport session. For
example, representation ID of DASH content or Application Set
parameters of a DASH representation can be provided as additional
information in order to select a transport session for rendering.
The PayloadFormat element can define payload formats of ROUTE
packets carrying objects of the source flow. The PayloadFormat
element can include a codePoint attribute, a deliveryObjectFormat
attribute, a fragmentation attribute, a deliveryOrder attribute, a
sourceFecPayloadID attribute and/or an FECParameters element. The
codePoint attribute can define a code point used in the
corresponding payload. This can indicate the value of the CP field
in the LCT header. The deliveryObjectFormat attribute can indicate
the payload format of the corresponding delivery object. The
fragmentation attribute can define the type of fragmentation. The
deliveryOrder attribute can indicate the order of delivery of
objects. The sourceFecPayloadID attribute can define the format of
a source FEC payload identifier. The FECParameters element can
define FEC parameters. This includes an FEC encoding id, an
instance id, etc.
[0920] FIG. 64 shows an EFDT of the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention. The EFDT can
include detailed information of file delivery data. The EFDT can
include an idRef attribute, a version attribute, a maxExpiresDelta
attribute, a maxTransportSize attribute and a FileTemplate element.
The idRef attribute can indicate the identifier of the EFDT. The
version attribute can indicate the version of an EFDT instance
descriptor. This attribute can be increased by 1 when the EFDT is
updated. A received EFDT with the highest version number can be the
currently valid version. The maxExpiresDelta attribute can indicate
a maximum expiry time for an object after sending a first packet
associated to the object. The maxTransportSize attribute can
indicate a maximum transport size of an object described by the
corresponding EFDT. The FileTemplate element can specify the file
URL or file template in the body.
[0921] The aforementioned transport session instance descriptor
(LSID) element can be transmitted according to a transport session
instance descriptor (LSID) table shown in the lower part of the
figure. The LSID table can be delivered through the aforementioned
signaling message which is divided into a signaling message header
and a signaling message data part. The signaling message data part
can include the transport session instance descriptor (LSID) or
part thereof. Signaling message data can include the LSID table and
the following fields. A Signaling_id field is identifier
information indicating that the corresponding table is a signaling
table including the LSID. A protocol_version field can indicate the
protocol version of signaling, such as a signaling syntax including
the LSID. A Signaling_version field can indicate a change of
signaling data including the LSID. In addition, the LSID table may
further include the contents of the aforementioned transport
session instance descriptor (LSID) element.
[0922] FIG. 65 illustrates a method for transmitting an
initialization segment delivery table (ISDT) used in the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The future broadcast system can deliver signaling
information about an initialization segment of DASH representation
associated with a component in a broadcast service by transmitting
an ISDT. The signaling information about the initialization segment
of DASH representation associated with the component in the
broadcast service may include a header and data. The signaling
message header can have the aforementioned format and the signaling
message data can include initialization segment delivery
information or part thereof. The initialization segment delivery
information can include the following information. Signaling_id
information can identify a signaling message including the
initialization segment or information on the path thereof.
protocol_version information can indicate the protocol version of
the ISDT, such as the syntax of the corresponding signaling
message. Sequence_number information can indicate the instance
identifier of the ISDT. Signaling_version information can indicate
a change of signaling data of the ISDT. Service_id information can
identify a service associated with the corresponding component.
Mpd_id information can indicate a DASH MPD identifier associated
with the corresponding component. period_id information can
indicate a DASH Period identifier associated with the corresponding
component. representation_id information can indicate a DASH
representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. Initialization_segment_version information can be
version information indicating a change of the corresponding MPD.
Delivery_mode information can indicate whether the ISDT includes
the initialization segment or is delivered through a different
path. Initialization_segment_data( ) information can include the
initialization segment data itself. Initialization segment path
information can include information about a path through which the
initialization segment can be acquired, such as the URL of the
initialization segment. The receiver can receive information about
the initialization segment of DASH representation associated with
the corresponding component through the ISDT.
[0923] FIG. 66 illustrates a delivery structure of a signaling
message of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. The aforementioned signaling data can be
delivered as illustrated when transmitted based on application
layer transport, for example, ROUTE. That is, some signaling can be
transmitted through a fast information channel in order to support
fast service scan. Some signaling can be transmitted through a
specific transport session and delivered along with component
data.
[0924] Signaling information for supporting fast service scan and
acquisition can be received through a separate channel from a
transport session. Here, the separate channel can refer to a
separate data pipe (DP). Detailed information about a service can
be received through a separate designated transport session. Here,
the transport session can have a value of TSI=0. Information
delivered through the designated transport session can include an
MPD delivery table, an application signaling table, a transport
session instance description table and/or a component mapping
table. Some signaling information can be delivered through a
transport session along with component data. For example, the
initialization segment delivery table can be delivered along with
component data.
[0925] The lower part of the figure illustrates an example of
acquiring broadcast services in the future broadcast network. When
a service is selected, the receiver can tune to broadcast, acquire
information for fast service scan and acquisition and parse the
information. Upon determination of the location of service layer
signaling or transport session instance description (TSID or LSID)
from the information for fast service scan and acquisition, the
receiver can acquire and parse the corresponding description. In
addition, the receiver can check the transport session including
the signaling, acquire a signaling table from the transport
session, parse the signaling table and determine a desired
component. Through this process, the receiver can present the
desired component. That is, broadcast services can be provided to a
user by acquiring information about a transport session from
information for fast service scan and acquisition, confirming the
location of a desired component from the information about the
transport session and reproducing the component.
[0926] FIG. 67 shows signaling data transmitted, by the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention, for fast broadcast service scan. FIC information
(service acquisition information) for supporting fast broadcast
service scan and service/component acquisition can include
information about an application layer transport session delivering
service and component data. As illustrated, the FIC information can
be represented in a binary format. However, the FIC information may
be represented in other formats such as XML according to
embodiments. The FIC information can include the following fields.
An FIC_portocol_version field can indicate the version of the
structure of signaling information. A TSID field can indicate the
identifier of a broadcast stream. An FIC_data_version field can
indicate the data version of the corresponding FIC information. An
FIC_data_version field can be increased when the contents of the
FIC are changed. A num_partitions field can indicate the number of
partitions of a broadcast stream. It is assumed that each broadcast
stream can be divided into one or more partitions and transmitted
in order to use the num_partitions field. Each partition can
include a plurality of DPs by a single broadcaster. Each partition
can indicate a part of a broadcast steam, used by a single
broadcaster. A partition_id field can indicate the identifier of
the corresponding partition. A partition_protocol_version field can
indicate the version of the aforementioned partition structure. A
num_services field can indicate the number of one or more
components included in the corresponding partition. A service_id
field can indicate a service identifier. A service_data_version
field can indicate a change of service loop data in the FIC or a
change of service signaling data associated with the corresponding
service. A service_data_version field can be increased by 1
whenever included service data is changed. The receiver can detect
a service loop data change of the FIC or a change of signaling
associated with the corresponding service using the
service_data_version field. A channel_number field can indicate the
channel number associated with the corresponding service. A
service_category field can indicate the category of the
corresponding service. For example, the service_category field can
indicate A/V, audio, ESG, CoD, etc. A short_service_name_length
field can indicate the length of the name of the corresponding
service. A short_service_name field can indicate the name of the
corresponding service. A service_status field can indicate the
status of the corresponding service and represent an active or
suspended attribute and a hidden or shown attribute according to
the value thereof. A service_distribution field can have an
attribute similar to "multi-ensemble" flag of ATSC M/H. For
example, the service_distribution field can indicate information
about whether the corresponding service is included in the
corresponding partition, the service is presentable only with the
corresponding partition although the service is partially included
in the partition, another partition is necessary for presentation,
or other broadcast streams are necessary for presentation. An
sp_indicator field is a service protection flag and can indicate
whether one or more components necessary for presentation are
protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate the following IP
address format. The IP_version_flag field can indicate that IPv4 is
used when the value thereof is 0 and indicate that IPv6 is used
when the value thereof is 1. A source_IP_address_flag field can
indicate whether the FIC information includes source_IP_addr. The
source_IP_address_flag field can indicate presence of
source_IP_addr when the value thereof is 1. A num_transport_session
field can indicate the number of transport sessions (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP sessions) in which component data of the corresponding service
is transmitted in a broadcast stream. A source_IP_addr field can
indicate the source IP address of an IP datagram including the
component data of the corresponding service when the
source_IP_address_flag is 1. A dest_IP_addr field can indicate the
destination IP address of the IP datagram including the component
data of the corresponding service. A dest_UDP_port field can
indicate the UDP port number of the IP datagram including the
component data of the corresponding service. An LSID_DP field can
indicate the identifier of a data pipe of a physical layer, which
delivers signaling including detailed information about a transport
session. In the case of ROUTE, for example, the signaling including
the detailed information about the transport session can be LCT
session instance description including information about an LCT
transport session of a ROUTE session. An LSID_tsi field can
indicate the identifier of a transport session through which
transport session instance description that is signaling including
detailed information about transport sessions is transmitted. Here,
the transport session instance description can be LSID in the case
of an LCT transmission session. In addition, signaling associated
with the corresponding service can be delivered through the
transport session in which the transport session instance
description is transmitted. A service_signaling_flag field can
indicate whether service signaling is transmitted through the
corresponding transport session. The service_signaling_flag field
can indicate presence of a DP including service signaling when the
value thereof is 1. A signaling_data_version field can indicate a
change of related service signaling data. The value of the
signaling_data_version field can increase by 1 whenever the service
signaling data is changed. The receiver can detect a change of
signaling related to the corresponding service using the
signaling_data_version field. A signaling_DP field can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe of the physical layer, which delivers
service signaling. A signaling_tsi field can indicate the
identifier of a transport session delivering service signaling. A
transport session descriptors field can include transport session
level descriptors. Each descriptor can be extended and include a
num_descriptors field. Each descriptor can include as many
descriptor loops as the number indicated by the num_descriptors
field. The transport session descriptors field can include
transport session level descriptors. A service descriptors field
can include service level descriptors. A partition descriptors
field can include a partition level descriptor, and one partition
can indicate part of broadcast streams used by a single
broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors field can include FIC level
descriptors. According to an embodiment, the fields included in the
FIC may be included in a table other than the FIC and transmitted
along with a broadcast signal.
[0927] FIG. 68 shows signaling data transmitted, by the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention, for fast broadcast service scan. FIC information
(service acquisition information) for supporting fast broadcast
service scan and service/component acquisition can include
information about an application layer transport session delivering
service and component data. As illustrated, the FIC information can
be represented in a binary format. However, the FIC information may
be represented in other formats such as XML according to
embodiments. The FIC information can include the following fields.
An FIC_portocol_version field can indicate the version of the
structure of signaling information. A num_partitions field can
indicate the number of partitions of a broadcast stream. It is
assumed that each broadcast stream can be divided into one or more
partitions and transmitted in order to use the num_partitions
field. Each partition can include a plurality of DPs by a single
broadcaster. Each partition can indicate a part of a broadcast
steam, used by a single broadcaster. A partition_id field can
indicate the identifier of the corresponding partition. A
partition_protocol_version field can indicate the version of the
aforementioned partition structure. A num_services field can
indicate the number of one or more services included in the
corresponding partition. Each service can include a plurality of
signaling tables. For example, each service can include DASH MPD
containing components and information about segments thereof, a CMT
containing identifiers of components included in broadband and
other broadcast streams, an application signaling table (AST) and a
URL signaling table (UST) including at least one of the URLs of the
MPD, CMT and AST. These signaling tables can be included in a
signaling channel of the corresponding service. A service_id field
can indicate a service identifier. A service_data_version field can
indicate a change of service loop data in the FIC or a change of
service signaling data associated with the corresponding service. A
service_data_version field can be increased by 1 whenever included
service data is changed. For example, a service_data_version field
can be increased by 1 when the FIC, MPD, CMT, AST or UST is
changed. The receiver can detect a service loop data change of the
FIC or a change of signaling associated with the corresponding
service using the service_data_version field. A
service_channel_number field can indicate the channel number
associated with the corresponding service. A service_category field
can indicate the category of the corresponding service. For
example, the service_category field can indicate A/V, audio, ESG,
CoD, etc. A short_service_name_length field can indicate the length
of the name of the corresponding service. A short_service_name
field can indicate the name of the corresponding service. A
service_status field can indicate the status of the corresponding
service and represent an active or suspended attribute and a hidden
or shown attribute according to the value thereof. A
service_distribution field can have an attribute similar to the
"multi-ensemble" flag of ATSC M/H. For example, the
service_distribution field can indicate information about whether
the corresponding service is included in the corresponding
partition, the service is presentable only with the corresponding
partition although the service is partially included in the
partition, another partition is necessary for presentation, or
other broadcast streams are necessary for presentation. An
sp_indicator field is a service protection flag and can indicate
whether one or more components necessary for presentation are
protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate the following IP
address format. The IP_version_flag field can indicate that IPv4 is
used when the value thereof is 0 and indicate that IPv6 is used
when the value thereof is 1. A num_ROUTE_sessions field can
indicate the number of transport sessions delivering component data
of the corresponding service in a broadcast stream. For example,
transport session can be ROUTE sessions. The following information
can be set per ROUTE session. A source_IP_addr field can indicate
the source IP address of an IP datagram including the component
data of the corresponding service. A dest_IP_addr field can
indicate the destination IP address of the IP datagram including
the component data of the corresponding service. A dest_UDP_port
field can indicate the UDP port number of the IP datagram including
the component data of the corresponding service. An LSID_DP field
can indicate the identifier of a data pipe of a physical layer,
which delivers signaling including detailed information about a
transport session. In the case of ROUTE, for example, the signaling
including the detailed information about the transport session can
be LCT session instance description including information about an
LCT transport session of a ROUTE session. An LSID_tsi field can
indicate the identifier of a transport session through which
transport session instance description that is signaling including
detailed information about transport sessions is transmitted. Here,
the transport session instance description can be LSID in the case
of an LCT transmission session. In addition, signaling associated
with the corresponding service can be delivered through the
transport session in which the transport session instance
description is transmitted. A component_signaling_flag field can
indicate whether service signaling of the corresponding service is
transmitted through the corresponding transport session. When the
component_signaling_flag is 1, this can indicate that data
transmitted through the corresponding transport session includes
service signaling (e.g. MPD (DASH Media Presentation Description),
CMT or the like). Here, the CMT is a component mapping table and
can include identifiers of components delivered through broadband
and also include information about components included in other
broadcast streams. Each service can include service signaling
channels. The service signaling channels can include an MPD, a CMT,
an AST and/or a UST. A service signaling channel may be a signaling
channel from among a plurality of route sessions for services, and
presence or absence thereof can be indicated through the component
signaling flag. When signaling and service components are
transmitted through a plurality of transport sessions (ROUTE or
MMTP sessions), the aforementioned service signaling tables can be
preferably delivered by a single transport session.
[0928] A ROUTE session descriptors field can include transport
session level descriptors. Each descriptor can be extended and
include a num_descriptors field. Each descriptor can include as
many descriptor loops as the number indicated by the
num_descriptors field. A transport session descriptors field can
include transport session level descriptors. A service descriptors
field can include service level descriptors. A partition
descriptors field can include a partition level descriptor, and one
partition can indicate part of broadcast streams used by a single
broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors field can include FIC level
descriptors.
[0929] According to an embodiment, the fields included in the FIC
may be included in a table other than the FIC and transmitted along
with a broadcast signal.
[0930] FIG. 69 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Component
mapping description can signal information about transport paths of
components included in broadcast services in the future broadcast
system. Component mapping table description may be represented in
XML format or a binary bitstream. Component mapping table
description can include the following elements and attributes. A
service_id attribute can indicate the identifier of a service
associated with a component. BroadcastComp can indicate one or more
components transmitted through the same broadcast stream.
BroadcastComp can include mpdID, perID, reptnID, baseURL and/or
datapipeID attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate a DASH MPD
identifier associated with BroadcastComp. The perID attribute can
indicate an associated period identifier in corresponding MPD. The
reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of segments constituting DASH
representation associated with the corresponding component. The
datapipeID attribute can indicate the identifier of a data pipe
carrying corresponding component data in a broadcast stream.
[0931] BBComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through a broadband network. BBComp can include mpdID, perID,
reptnID and/or baseURL attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate
a DASH MPD identifier associated with BBComp. The perID attribute
can indicate an associated period identifier in corresponding MPD.
The reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of segments constituting DASH
representation associated with the corresponding component.
[0932] ForeignComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through other broadcast streams. ForeignComp can include mpdID,
perID, reptnID, baseURL, transportStreamID, sourceIPAddr,
destIPAddr, destUDPPort and/or datapipeID attributes. The mpdID
attribute can indicate a DASH MPD identifier associated with
ForeignComp. The perID attribute can indicate an associated period
identifier in corresponding MPD. The reptnID attribute can indicate
a DASH representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base URL of
segments constituting DASH representation associated with the
corresponding component. The transportStreamID attribute can
indicate the identifier of a broadcast stream including
corresponding component data. The sourceIPAddr attribute can
indicate a source IP address of IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destIPAddr attribute can indicate
a destination IP address of the IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destUDPPort attribute can
indicate a destination UDP port number of the IP datagrams carrying
the corresponding component data. The datapipeID attribute can
indicate the identifier of a data pipe through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream. The sourceIPAddr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort and
datapipeID attributes can be optional according to embodiments and
selectively included in the CMT. The aforementioned component
mapping description can be transmitted by being encapsulated in an
XML file or the above-described signaling message format. As shown
in the lower part of the figure, a signaling message header can
have the aforementioned format and component mapping description or
part thereof can be included in the service message part. The CMT
can define components associated with each service and signal, to
the receiver, locations or paths where the corresponding components
can be received through the aforementioned information.
[0933] FIG. 70 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Component
mapping description can signal information about transport paths of
components included in broadcast services in the future broadcast
system. Component mapping table description may be represented in
XML format or a binary bitstream. Component mapping table
description can include the following elements and attributes. A
service_id attribute can indicate the identifier of a service
associated with a component. BroadcastComp can indicate one or more
components transmitted through the same broadcast stream.
BroadcastComp can include mpdID, perID, reptnID, baseURL, tsi
and/or datapipeID attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate a
DASH MPD identifier associated with BroadcastComp. The perID
attribute can indicate an associated period identifier in
corresponding MPD. The reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH
representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base URL of
segments constituting DASH representation associated with the
corresponding component. The tsi attribute can indicate the
identifier of a transport session through which corresponding
component data is transmitted in a broadcast stream. The datapipeID
attribute can indicate the identifier of a data pipe carrying the
corresponding component data in the broadcast stream.
[0934] BBComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through a broadband network. BBComp can include mpdID, perID,
reptnID and/or baseURL attributes. The mpdID attribute can indicate
a DASH MPD identifier associated with BBComp. The perID attribute
can indicate an associated period identifier in corresponding MPD.
The reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of segments constituting DASH
representation associated with the corresponding component.
[0935] ForeignComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through other broadcast streams. ForeignComp can include mpdID,
perID, reptnID, baseURL, transportStreamID, sourceIPAddr,
destIPAddr, destUDPPort, tsi and/or datapipeID attributes. The
mpdID attribute can indicate a DASH MPD identifier associated with
ForeignComp. The perID attribute can indicate an associated period
identifier in corresponding MPD. The reptnID attribute can indicate
a DASH representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base URL of
segments constituting DASH representation associated with the
corresponding component. The transportStreamID attribute can
indicate the identifier of a broadcast stream including
corresponding component data. The sourceIPAddr attribute can
indicate a source IP address of IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destIPAddr attribute can indicate
a destination IP address of the IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destUDPPort attribute can
indicate a destination UDP port number of the IP datagrams carrying
the corresponding component data. The tsi attribute can indicate
the identifier of a transport session through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream. The datapipeID attribute can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe through which the corresponding component
data is transmitted in the corresponding broadcast stream. The
sourceIPAddr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort and datapipeID attributes can
be optional according to embodiments and selectively included in
the CMT. The aforementioned component mapping description can be
transmitted by being encapsulated in an XML file or the
above-described signaling message format. As shown in the lower
part of the figure, a signaling message header can have the
aforementioned format and component mapping description or part
thereof can be included in the service message part. The CMT can
define components associated with each service and signal, to the
receiver, locations or paths where the corresponding components can
be received through the aforementioned information.
[0936] FIGS. 71 and 72 illustrate component mapping table
description according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Component mapping description can signal information about
transport paths of components included in broadcast services in the
future broadcast system. Component mapping table description may be
represented in XML format or as a binary bitstream. Component
mapping table description can include a delivery parameter element
and a payload format element along with the DASH associated
identifiers.
[0937] Component mapping table description can include the
following elements and attributes. A service_id attribute can
indicate the identifier of a service associated with a component. A
component element can indicate components in the corresponding
broadcast service. The component element can include an mpdID
attribute, a perID attribute, a reptnID attribute, a baseURL
attribute, the delivery parameter element and/or the payload format
element. The mpdID attribute can indicate a DASH MPD identifier
associated with a component. The perID attribute can indicate an
associated period identifier in corresponding MPD. The reptnID
attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier associated
with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute can
indicate a base URL of segments constituting DASH representation
associated with the corresponding component.
[0938] The delivery parameter element can include detailed
information about a path through which the corresponding component
is transmitted. The delivery parameter element can include
transportStreamID, sourceIPAddr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort, tsi,
datapipeID and/or URL attributes. The transportStreamID attribute
can indicate the identifier of a broadcast stream including
corresponding component data. The sourceIPAddr attribute can
indicate a source IP address of IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destIPAddr attribute can indicate
a destination IP address of the IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destUDPPort attribute can
indicate a destination UDP port number of the IP datagrams carrying
the corresponding component data. The tsi attribute can indicate
the identifier of a transport session through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream. The datapipeID attribute can indicate the
identifier of a physical layer data pipe through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream. The URL attribute can indicate URL information by
which the corresponding component data can be acquired through the
Internet. The sourceIPAddr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort, datapipeID
and/or URL attributes can be optional according to embodiments and
selectively included in the delivery parameter element.
[0939] The payload format element can include a codePoint
attribute, a deliveryObjectFormat attribute, a fragmentation
attribute, a deliveryOrder attribute, a sourceFecPayloadID
attribute and/or an FECParameters element. The codePoint attribute
can define a code point used in the corresponding payload. This can
indicate the value of the CP field of the LCT header. The
deliveryObjectFormat attribute can indicate the payload format of
the corresponding delivery object. The fragmentation attribute can
define the type of fragmentation. The deliveryOrder attribute can
indicate the order of delivery of objects. The sourceFecPayloadID
attribute can define the format of a source FEC payload identifier.
The FECParameters element can define FEC parameters and include an
FEC encoding id, an instance id, etc.
[0940] FIG. 73 illustrates component mapping table description
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Component
mapping description can signal information about transport paths of
components included in broadcast services in the future broadcast
system. Component mapping table description may be represented in
XML format or as a binary bitstream. Component mapping table can
include a service_id attribute, an mpd_id attribute, a per_id
attribute, a BroadcastComp element, a BBComp element and a
ForeignComp element. Component mapping table description can
include the following elements and attributes. The service_id
attribute can indicate the identifier of a service associated with
a component. The CMT description can include mpdID and perID
attributes at the same level as the service_id attribute. That is,
the mpdID and perID attributes commonly applied to the
BroadcastComp, BBComp and ForeignComp elements can be described at
the same level as the service_id attribute instead of being
redundantly described. The mpdID attribute can indicate a DASH MPD
identifier associated with the corresponding service. The perID
attribute can indicate an associated period identifier in
corresponding MPD.
[0941] BroadcastComp can indicate one or more components
transmitted through the same broadcast stream. BroadcastComp can
include reptnID, baseURL, tsi and/or datapipeID attributes. The
reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH representation identifier
associated with the corresponding component. The baseURL attribute
can indicate a base URL of segments constituting DASH
representation associated with the corresponding component. The tsi
attribute can indicate the identifier of a transport session
through which the corresponding component data is transmitted in
the corresponding broadcast stream. The datapipeID attribute can
indicate the identifier of a data pipe through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream.
[0942] BBComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through a broadband network. BBComp can include reptnID and/or
baseURL attributes. The reptnID attribute can indicate a DASH
representation identifier associated with the corresponding
component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base URL of
segments constituting DASH representation associated with the
corresponding component.
[0943] ForeignComp can indicate one or more components transmitted
through other broadcast streams. ForeignComp can include reptnID,
baseURL, transportStreamID, sourceIPAddr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort,
tsi and/or datapipeID attributes. The reptnID attribute can
indicate a DASH representation identifier associated with the
corresponding component. The baseURL attribute can indicate a base
URL of segments constituting DASH representation associated with
the corresponding component. The transportStreamID attribute can
indicate the identifier of a broadcast stream including
corresponding component data. The sourceIPAddr attribute can
indicate a source IP address of IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destIPAddr attribute can indicate
a destination IP address of the IP datagrams carrying the
corresponding component data. The destUDPPort attribute can
indicate a destination UDP port number of the IP datagrams carrying
the corresponding component data. The tsi attribute can indicate
the identifier of a transport session through which the
corresponding component data is transmitted in the corresponding
broadcast stream. The datapipeID attribute can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe through which the corresponding component
data is transmitted in the corresponding broadcast stream. The
sourceIP Addr, destIPAddr, destUDPPort and datapipeID attributes
can be optional according to embodiments and selectively included
in the CMT. The aforementioned component mapping description can be
transmitted by being encapsulated in an XML file or the
above-described signaling message format. The CMT can define
components associated with each service and inform the receiver of
locations or paths where the corresponding components can be
received through the aforementioned information.
[0944] FIG. 74 shows common attributes and elements of MPD
according to an embodiment of the present invention. The future
broadcast system may provide DASH based hybrid broadcast services.
In the future broadcast system, segments associated with
representation in DASH MPD are delivered through different
distribution paths. The common attributes and elements of the MPD
can be commonly present in adaptation set, representation and
sub-representation elements and include location information of
associated representation as illustrated. The future broadcast
system can enable a DASH client to recognize the associated
representation or locations of segments using the location
information of the associated representation, included in the
common attributes and elements of the MPD. The common attributes
and elements of the MPD can include the following attributes and
elements. @profiles attribute can indicate profiles of the
associated representation. @width attribute can indicate the
horizontal visual presentation size of a video media type to be
represented. @height attribute can indicate the vertical visual
presentation size of the video media type to be represented. @sar
attribute can indicate the sample aspect ratio of video media
component type. @frameRate attribute can indicate the output frame
rate of the video media type in the representation.
@audioSamplingRate attribute can indicate the sampling rate of an
audio media component type. @mimeType attribute can indicate the
MIME type of concatenation of the initialization segment.
@segmentProfiles attribute can indicate profiles of segments that
are essential to process the representation. @codecs attribute can
indicate the codec used in the representation. @maximumSAPPeriod
attribute can indicate the maximum stream access point (SAP)
interval of contained media streams. @startWithSAP attribute can
indicate the number of media segments that start with an SAP.
@maxPlayoutRate attribute can indicate the maximum playout rate.
@codingDependency attribute can indicate presence or absence of at
least one access unit that depends on one or more other access
units for decoding. @scanType attribute can indicate the scan type
of the source material of the video media component type. A
FramePacking element can specify frame-packing information of the
video media component type. An AudioChannelConfiguration element
can specify the audio channel configuration of the audio media
component type. A ContentProtection element can specify information
about content protection schemes used for the associated
representation. An EssentialProperty element can indicate
information about an element that is essentially considered in
processing. A SupplementalProperty element can specify supplemental
information used to optimize processing. An InbandEventStream
element can specify presence or absence of an inband event stream
in the associated representation. A Location element can specify
information on a location at which the associated representation
can be acquired. The Location element can include information about
a broadcast stream or physical channel data pipes carrying the
associated representation. The DASH client or the future broadcast
reception apparatus can obtain the associated representation using
the Location element. That is, the reception apparatus of the
future broadcast system can obtain information about the location
of the associated representation using location information
included in the common attributes and elements of the MPD without
using the aforementioned CMT and acquire the associated
representation on the basis of the obtained information. The
aforementioned representation can be described as a component
according to an embodiment.
[0945] In another embodiment, the future broadcast system can
allocate information about a transport path, such as the associated
representation, to a @servicelocation attribute of the base URL
element in the DASH MPD. The future broadcast system can enable the
DASH client to be aware of information about paths through which
segments associated with the corresponding representation are
delivered using @servicelocation attribute.
[0946] FIG. 75 illustrates transport session instance description
according to an embodiment of the present invention. When an
application layer transmission method corresponds to real-time
object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE), a ROUTE
session can be composed of one or more layered coding transport
(LCT) sessions. Detailed information about one or more transport
sessions can be signaled through transport session instance
description. In the case of ROUTE, the transport session instance
description may be referred to as LCT session instance description
(LSID). Particularly, the transport session instance description
can define what is delivered through each LCT transport session
constituting the ROUTE session. Each transport session can be
uniquely identified by a transport session identifier (TSI). The
TSI can be included in an LCT header. The transport session
instance description can describe all transport sessions carried by
the corresponding session. For example, LSID can describe all LCT
sessions carried by ROUTE. The transport session instance
description may be delivered through the same ROUTE session as
transport sessions or through a different ROUTE session or
unicast.
[0947] When delivered through the same ROUTE session, the transport
session instance description can be delivered through a transport
session having a TSI of 0. While an object referred to in the
transport session instance description may be delivered through the
transport session with TSI=0, the object can have a TOI value
different from that of the transport session instance description.
Otherwise, the object may be delivered through a separate transport
session with TSI.noteq.0. The transport session instance
description can be updated using at least one of the version
number, validity information and expiration information. The
transport session instance description can be represented in a
bitstream in addition to the illustrated format.
[0948] The transport session instance description can include
version, validFrom and expiration attributes. For each transport
session, the transport session instance description can include a
TSI attribute, a SourceFlow element, a RepairFlow element and a
TransportSessionProperty element. The version attribute can
indicate the version information of the transport session instance
description, and the version information can increase whenever
contents thereof are updated. Transport session instance
description having a highest version number is the currently valid
version. The validFrom attribute can indicate the data and time
from which the corresponding transport session instance description
is valid. The validFrom attribute may not be included in the
transport session instance description according to embodiment. In
this case, the receiver can assume that the corresponding transport
session instance description is valid immediately. The expiration
attribute can indicate the date and time when the corresponding
transport session instance description expires. The expiration
attribute may not be included in the transport session instance
description. In this case, the receiver can assume that the
corresponding transport session instance description is valid for
all time. If transport session instance description having an
expiration attribute is received, the transport session instance
description can conform to the corresponding expiration attribute.
The TSI attribute can indicate a transport session identifier. The
SourceFlow element provides information of a source flow
transmitted with the corresponding TSI. The SourceFlow element will
be described in detail below. The RepairFlow element can provide
information of a repair flow transmitted with the corresponding
TSI. The TransportSessionProperty element can provide additional
property information about the corresponding transport session. The
transport session instance description can include additional
property information about a transport session in the
TransportSessionProperty element. For example, the additional
information can include service signaling information about the
transport session.
[0949] FIG. 76 illustrates shows a SourceFlow element of the future
broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The Sourceflow element can include an EFDT element, an
idRef attribute, a realtime attribute, a minBufferSize attribute,
an Application Identifier element, a PayloadFormat element and/or a
SourceFlowProperty element. The EFDT element can specify detailed
information of file delivery data. The EFDT element indicates an
extended file delivery table (FDT) instance and will be described
in detail below. The idRef attribute can indicate an EFDT
identifier and can be represented as a URI by the corresponding
transport session. The realtime attribute can indicate that
corresponding LCT packets include extension headers. The extended
headers can include timestamps indicating presentation time of an
included delivery object. The minBufferSize attribute can define
the maximum amount of data that needs to be stored in the receiver.
The Application Identifier element can provide additional
information that can be mapped to the application carried in the
corresponding transport session. For example, representation ID of
DASH content or Application Set parameters of a DASH representation
can be provided as additional information in order to select a
transport session for rendering. The PayloadFormat element can
define payload formats of ROUTE packets carrying objects of the
source flow. The PayloadFormat element can include a codePoint
attribute, a deliveryObjectFormat attribute, a fragmentation
attribute, a deliveryOrder attribute, a sourceFecPayloadID
attribute and/or an FECParameters element. The codePoint attribute
can define a code point used in the corresponding payload. This can
indicate the value of the CP field in the LCT header. The
deliveryObjectFormat attribute can indicate the payload format of
the corresponding delivery object. The fragmentation attribute can
define the type of fragmentation. The deliveryOrder attribute can
indicate the order of delivery of objects. The sourceFecPayloadID
attribute can define the format of a source FEC payload identifier.
The FECParameters element can define FEC parameters. This includes
an FEC encoding id, an instance id, etc. The SourceFlowProperty
element can provide property information about the corresponding
source flow. For example, the property information can include
location information of a broadcast stream carrying the
corresponding source flow data. Here, the location information of
the broadcast stream may include information about a data pipe or
physical layer pipe (PLP) in the broadcast stream.
[0950] FIG. 77 shows signaling data transmitted, by the future
broadcast system according to another embodiment of the present
invention, for fast broadcast service scan. Illustrated service
acquisition information may further include information about link
layer signaling in addition to the aforementioned service
acquisition information. The information about link layer signaling
can include flag information indicating presence of link layer
signaling, version information of the link layer signaling data and
information about a data pipe or a PLP through which link layer
signaling is delivered. FIC information (service acquisition
information) for supporting fast broadcast service scan and
service/component acquisition can include information about an
application layer transport session delivering service and
component data. As illustrated, the service acquisition information
can be represented in a binary format. However, the FIC information
may be represented in other formats such as XML according to
embodiments.
[0951] The service acquisition information can include the
following fields. An FIC_portocol_version field can indicate the
version of the structure of signaling information. A TSID field can
indicate the identifier of a broadcast stream. An FIC_data_version
field can indicate the data version of the corresponding FIC
information. An FIC_data_version field can be increased when the
contents of the FIC are changed. A num_partitions field can
indicate the number of partitions of a broadcast stream. It is
assumed that each broadcast stream can be divided into one or more
partitions and transmitted in order to use the num_partitions
field. Each partition can include a plurality of DPs by a single
broadcaster. Each partition can indicate a part of a broadcast
steam, used by a single broadcaster. A partition_id field can
indicate the identifier of the corresponding partition. A
partition_protocol_version field can indicate the version of the
aforementioned partition structure. A num_services field can
indicate the number of one or more components included in the
corresponding partition. A service_id field can indicate a service
identifier. A service_data_version field can indicate a change of
service loop data in the FIC or a change of service signaling data
associated with the corresponding service. A service_data_version
field can be increased by 1 whenever included service data is
changed. The receiver can detect a service loop data change of the
FIC or a change of signaling associated with the corresponding
service using the service_data_version field. A channel_number
field can indicate the channel number associated with the
corresponding service. A service_category field can indicate the
category of the corresponding service. For example, the
service_category field can indicate A/V, audio, ESG, CoD, etc. A
short_service_name_length field can indicate the length of the name
of the corresponding service. A short_service_name field can
indicate the name of the corresponding service. A service_status
field can indicate the status of the corresponding service and
represent an active or suspended attribute and a hidden or shown
attribute according to the value thereof. A service_distribution
field can have an attribute similar to "multi-ensemble" flag of
ATSC M/H. For example, the service_distribution field can indicate
information about whether the corresponding service is included in
the corresponding partition, the service is presentable only with
the corresponding partition although the service is partially
included in the partition, another partition is necessary for
presentation, or other broadcast streams are necessary for
presentation. An sp_indicator field is a service protection flag
and can indicate whether one or more components necessary for
presentation are protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate
the following IP address format. The IP_version_flag field can
indicate that IPv4 is used when the value thereof is 0 and can
indicate that IPv6 is used when the value thereof is 1. A
source_IP_address_flag field can indicate whether the FIC
information includes source_IP_addr. The source_IP_address_flag
field can indicate presence of source_IP_addr when the value
thereof is 1. A num_transport_session field can indicate the number
of transport sessions (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP sessions) in which
component data of the corresponding service is transmitted in a
broadcast stream. A source_IP_addr field can indicate the source IP
address of an IP datagram including the component data of the
corresponding service when the source_IP_address_flag is 1. A
dest_IP_addr field can indicate the destination IP address of the
IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. A dest_UDP_port field can indicate the UDP port number of
the IP datagram including the component data of the corresponding
service. An LSID_DP field can indicate the identifier of a data
pipe of a physical layer, which delivers signaling including
detailed information about a transport session. In the case of
ROUTE, for example, the signaling including the detailed
information about the transport session can be LCT session instance
description including information about an LCT transport session of
a ROUTE session. An LSID_tsi field can indicate the identifier of a
transport session through which transport session instance
description, which is signaling including detailed information
about transport sessions, is transmitted. Here, the transport
session instance description can be LSID in the case of an LCT
transmission session. In addition, signaling associated with the
corresponding service can be delivered through the transport
session in which the transport session instance description is
transmitted. A service_signaling_flag field can indicate whether
service signaling is transmitted through the corresponding
transport session. The service_signaling_flag field can indicate
presence of a DP including service signaling when the value thereof
is 1. A signaling_data_version field can indicate a change of
related service signaling data. The value of the
signaling_data_version field can increase by 1 whenever the service
signaling data is changed. The receiver can detect a change of
signaling related to the corresponding service using the
signaling_data_version field. A signaling_DP field can indicate the
identifier of a data pipe of the physical layer, which delivers
service signaling. A signaling_tsi field can indicate the
identifier of a transport session delivering service signaling. A
link_layer_signaling_flag field can indicate whether the service
acquisition information carries link layer (or low layer)
signaling. A link_layer_signaling_data_version field can indicate a
change of associated link layer (or low layer) signaling data. This
field can be increased by 1 whenever the link layer signaling data
is changed. The receiver can detect variation in link layer (or low
layer) signaling using the link_layer_signaling_data_version field.
A link_layer_signaling_DP field can indicate the identifier of a
physical layer data pipe carrying link layer (or low layer)
signaling that can be used in the L2 layer. A transport session
descriptors field can include transport session level descriptors.
Each descriptor can be extended and include a num_descriptors
field. Each descriptor can include as many descriptor loops as the
number indicated by the num_descriptors field. The transport
session descriptors field can include transport session level
descriptors. A service descriptors field can include service level
descriptors. A partition descriptors field can include a partition
level descriptor, and one partition can indicate part of broadcast
streams used by a single broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors
field can include FIC level descriptors. According to an
embodiment, the fields included in the FIC may be included in a
table other than the FIC and transmitted along with a broadcast
signal.
[0952] FIG. 78 shows signaling data transmitted by the future
broadcast system according to another embodiment of the present
invention for fast broadcast service scan. FIC information (service
acquisition information) for supporting fast broadcast service scan
and service/component acquisition can include information about an
application layer transport session delivering service and
component data. The service acquisition information may further
include information about link layer signaling. As illustrated, the
service acquisition information can be represented in a binary
format. However, the FIC information may be represented in other
formats such as XML according to embodiments.
[0953] The service acquisition information can include the
following fields. An FIC_portocol_version field can indicate the
version of the structure of signaling information. A num_partitions
field can indicate the number of partitions of a broadcast stream.
It is assumed that each broadcast stream can be divided into one or
more partitions and transmitted in order to use the num_partitions
field. Each partition can include a plurality of DPs corresponding
to a single broadcaster. Each partition can indicate a part of a
broadcast steam, used by a single broadcaster. A partition_id field
can indicate the identifier of the corresponding partition. A
partition_protocol_version field can indicate the version of the
aforementioned partition structure. A num_services field can
indicate the number of one or more services included in the
corresponding partition. Each service can include a plurality of
signaling tables. For example, each service can include DASH MPD
including components and information about segments thereof, a CMT
including identifiers of components included in broadband and other
broadcast streams, an application signaling table (AST) and a URL
signaling table (UST) including at least one of the URLs of the
MPD, CMT and AST. These signaling tables can be included in a
signaling channel of the corresponding service. A service_id field
can indicate a service identifier. A service_data_version field can
indicate a change of service loop data in the FIC or a change of
service signaling data associated with the corresponding service. A
service_data_version field can be increased by 1 whenever included
service data is changed. For example, service_data_version field
can be increased by 1 when the FIC, MPD, CMT, AST or UST is
changed. The receiver can detect a service loop data change of the
FIC or a change of signaling associated with the corresponding
service using the service_data_version field. A
service_channel_number field can indicate the channel number
associated with the corresponding service. A service_category field
can indicate the category of the corresponding service. For
example, the service_category field can indicate A/V, audio, ESG,
CoD, etc. A short_service_name_length field can indicate the length
of the name of the corresponding service. A short_service_name
field can indicate the name of the corresponding service. A
service_status field can indicate the status of the corresponding
service and represent an active or suspended attribute and a hidden
or shown attribute according to the value thereof. A
service_distribution field can have an attribute similar to
"multi-ensemble" flag of ATSC M/H. For example, the
service_distribution field can indicate information about whether
the corresponding service is included in the corresponding
partition, the service is presentable only with the corresponding
partition although the service is partially included in the
partition, another partition is necessary for presentation, or
other broadcast streams are necessary for presentation. An
sp_indicator field is a service protection flag and can indicate
whether one or more components necessary for presentation are
protected. An IP_version_flag field can indicate the following IP
address format. The IP_version_flag field can indicate that IPv4 is
used when the value thereof is 0 and indicate that IPv6 is used
when the value thereof is 1. A num_ROUTE_sessions field can
indicate the number of transport sessions delivering component data
of the corresponding service in a broadcast stream. For example,
transport session can be ROUTE sessions. The following information
can be set per ROUTE session. A source_IP_addr field can indicate
the source IP address of an IP datagram including the component
data of the corresponding service. A dest_IP_addr field can
indicate the destination IP address of the IP datagram including
the component data of the corresponding service. A dest_UDP_port
field can indicate the UDP port number of the IP datagram including
the component data of the corresponding service. An LSID_DP field
can indicate the identifier of a data pipe of a physical layer,
which delivers signaling including detailed information about a
transport session. In the case of ROUTE, for example, the signaling
including the detailed information about the transport session can
be LCT session instance description including information about an
LCT transport session of a ROUTE session. An LSID_tsi field can
indicate the identifier of a transport session through which
transport session instance description that is signaling including
detailed information about transport sessions is transmitted. Here,
the transport session instance description can be LSID in the case
of an LCT transmission session. In addition, signaling associated
with the corresponding service can be delivered through the
transport session in which the transport session instance
description is transmitted. A component_signaling_flag field can
indicate whether service signaling of the corresponding service is
transmitted through the corresponding transport session. When the
component_signaling_flag is 1, this can indicate that data
transmitted through the corresponding transport session includes
service signaling (e.g. MPD (DASH Media Presentation Description),
CMT or the like). Here, the CMT is a component mapping table and
can include identifiers of components delivered through broadband
and can also include information about components included in other
broadcast streams. Each service can include service signaling
channels. The service signaling channels can include an MPD, a CMT,
an AST and/or a UST. A service signaling channel may be a signaling
channel from among a plurality of route sessions for services, and
presence or absence thereof can be indicated through the component
signaling flag. When signaling and service components are
transmitted through a plurality of transport sessions (ROUTE or
MMTP sessions), the aforementioned service signaling tables can be
preferably delivered by a single transport session. A
link_layer_signaling_flag field can indicate whether the service
acquisition information carries link layer (or low layer)
signaling. A link_layer_signaling_data_version field can indicate a
change of associated link layer (or low layer) signaling data. This
field can be increased by 1 whenever the link layer signaling data
is changed. The receiver can detect a variation in link layer (or
low layer) signaling using the link_layer_signaling_data_version
field. A link_layer_signaling_DP field can indicate the identifier
of a physical layer data pipe carrying link layer (or low layer)
signaling that can be used in the L2 layer.
[0954] A ROUTE session descriptors field can include transport
session level descriptors. Each descriptor can be extended and
include a num_descriptors field. Each descriptor can include as
many descriptor loops as a number corresponding to a value
indicated by the num_descriptors field. A transport session
descriptors field can include transport session level descriptors.
A service descriptors field can include service level descriptors.
A partition descriptors field can include a partition level
descriptor, and one partition can indicate part of broadcast
streams used by a single broadcaster. An FIC session descriptors
field can include FIC level descriptors.
[0955] According to an embodiment, the fields included in the FIC
may be included in a table other than the FIC and transmitted along
with a broadcast signal.
[0956] FIG. 79 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. The upper part of the figure shows a
service layer signaling format used in the future broadcast system
according to the present invention. Service layer signaling can be
encapsulated in the illustrated format. For example, encapsulated
service layer signaling can include a Generic packet header (GPH),
an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an
application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH),
a signaling message header (SMH) and a signaling message. When the
future broadcast system uses the aforementioned service signaling,
the future broadcast system can deliver the service signaling as
shown in the lower part of the figure. A broadcast signal of the
future broadcast system can be transmitted through physical layer
frames. Broadcast signal frames can include physical layer
signaling. Physical layer signaling information can include a field
with respect to fast service acquisition information. This field
can include version information of the fast service acquisition
information. In other words, the field can indicate whether a
physical layer frame includes the fast service acquisition
information or whether the fast service acquisition information
needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast service
acquisition information using the field of physical layer
signaling. A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can
include the fast service acquisition information in a physical
layer frame. The fast service acquisition information may include a
service identifier and information about a data pipe or a PLP
through which at least one of service layer signaling information
and a transport session instance descriptor is delivered. That is,
the receiver can identify the PLP through which at least one of the
service layer signaling information and transport session instance
descriptor is delivered using data pipe or PLP identifier
information included in the fast service acquisition information
and acquire the service layer signaling information or transport
session instance descriptor included therein. As illustrated, the
service layer signaling information or the transport session
instance descriptor can be delivered by a 0-th transport session in
the corresponding PLP. That is, the service layer signaling
information can be delivered by the transport session corresponding
to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by the PLP identifier included in the
service acquisition information. In other words, the identifier of
the transport session through which service layer signaling is
delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0957] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling.
[0958] In addition, the transport session instance descriptor can
have the aforementioned encapsulation format, as illustrated. That
is, the transport session instance descriptor can include a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a
signaling message. Here, the signaling message can include the
transport session instance descriptor. In the present invention,
the transport session instance descriptor may be included in
service layer signaling and delivered.
[0959] FIG. 80 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the
future broadcast system uses the aforementioned service layer
signaling, the future broadcast system can deliver the service
layer signaling as shown in the figure. A broadcast signal of the
future broadcast system can be transmitted through physical layer
frames. Broadcast signal frames can include physical layer
signaling. Physical layer signaling information can include a field
with respect to fast service acquisition information. This field
can include version information of the fast service acquisition
information. In other words, the field can indicate whether a
physical layer frame includes the fast service acquisition
information or whether the fast service acquisition information
needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast service
acquisition information using the field of physical layer
signaling. A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can
include the fast service acquisition information in a physical
layer frame. The fast service acquisition information may include a
service identifier and information about a data pipe or a PLP
through which at least one of service layer signaling information
and a transport session instance descriptor is delivered. That is,
the receiver can identify the PLP through which at least one of the
service layer signaling information and transport session instance
descriptor is delivered using data pipe or PLP identifier
information included in the fast service acquisition information
and acquire the service layer signaling information or transport
session instance descriptor included therein. As illustrated, the
service layer signaling information or the transport session
instance descriptor can be delivered by a 0-th transport session in
the corresponding PLP. That is, the service layer signaling
information can be delivered by the transport session corresponding
to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by the PLP identifier included in the
service acquisition information. In other words, the identifier of
the transport session through which service layer signaling is
delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0960] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling.
[0961] In addition, the transport session instance descriptor can
have the aforementioned encapsulation format, as illustrated. That
is, the transport session instance descriptor can include a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a
signaling message. Here, the signaling message can include the
transport session instance descriptor. In the present invention,
the transport session instance descriptor may be included in
service layer signaling and delivered.
[0962] In addition, the fast service acquisition information may
include information about a data pipe or a PLP through which link
layer signaling is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify
the PLP through which the link layer signaling is delivered using
data pipe or PLP identifier information included in the fast
service acquisition information and acquire the link layer
signaling included therein. As illustrated, a transport link layer
signaling format can include a Generic packet header (GPH) and a
signaling message. The signaling message can include information
about link layer signaling. The receiver can acquire link layer
signaling (or low layer signaling) through a data pipe and obtain
service/component signaling such as a component mapping table
through the application transport protocol.
[0963] FIG. 81 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. When the future broadcast system uses
3GPP eMBMS signaling for service/component signaling, the future
broadcast system can deliver the signaling as shown in the figure.
Here, service layer signaling can include User Service Bundle
Description (USBD), MPD, Session Description Protocol and may
further include transport session instance description. A broadcast
signal of the future broadcast system can be transmitted through
physical layer frames. Broadcast signal frames can include physical
layer signaling. Physical layer signaling information can include a
field with respect to fast service acquisition information. This
field can include version information of the fast service
acquisition information. In other words, the field can indicate
whether a physical layer frame includes the fast service
acquisition information or whether the fast service acquisition
information needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast
service acquisition information using the field of physical layer
signaling. A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can
include the fast service acquisition information in a physical
layer frame. The fast service acquisition information may include a
service identifier and information about a data pipe or a PLP
through which at least one of service layer signaling information
and a transport session instance descriptor is delivered. That is,
the receiver can identify the PLP through which at least one of the
service layer signaling information and transport session instance
descriptor is delivered using data pipe or PLP identifier
information included in the fast service acquisition information
and acquire the service layer signaling information or transport
session instance descriptor included therein. As illustrated, the
service layer signaling information or the transport session
instance descriptor can be delivered by a 0-th transport session in
the corresponding PLP. That is, the service layer signaling
information can be delivered by the transport session corresponding
to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by the PLP identifier included in the
service acquisition information. In other words, the identifier of
the transport session through which service layer signaling is
delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0964] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling.
[0965] In addition, the transport session instance descriptor can
have the aforementioned encapsulation format, as illustrated. That
is, the transport session instance descriptor can include a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a
signaling message. Here, the signaling message can include the
transport session instance descriptor. In the present invention,
the transport session instance descriptor may be included in
service layer signaling and delivered.
[0966] FIG. 82 illustrates a method for acquiring service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the
future broadcast system uses 3GPP eMBMS signaling, the future
broadcast system can deliver the signaling as shown in the figure.
A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can be
transmitted through physical layer frames. Broadcast signal frames
can include physical layer signaling. Physical layer signaling
information can include a field with respect to fast service
acquisition information. This field can include version information
of the fast service acquisition information. In other words, the
field can indicate whether a physical layer frame includes the fast
service acquisition information or whether the fast service
acquisition information needs to be parsed. The receiver can
acquire the fast service acquisition information using the
corresponding field of physical layer signaling. A broadcast signal
of the future broadcast system can include the fast service
acquisition information in a physical layer frame. The fast service
acquisition information may include a service identifier and
information about a data pipe or a PLP through which at least one
of service layer signaling information and a transport session
instance descriptor is delivered. That is, the receiver can
identify the PLP through which at least one of the service layer
signaling information and transport session instance descriptor is
delivered using data pipe or PLP identifier information included in
the fast service acquisition information and acquire the service
layer signaling information or transport session instance
descriptor included therein. As illustrated, the service layer
signaling information or the transport session instance descriptor
can be delivered by a 0-th transport session in the corresponding
PLP. That is, the service layer signaling information can be
delivered by the transport session corresponding to tsi=0 in the
PLP indicated by the PLP identifier included in the service
acquisition information. In other words, the identifier of the
transport session through which service layer signaling is
delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0967] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling.
[0968] In addition, the transport session instance descriptor can
have the aforementioned encapsulation format, as illustrated. That
is, the transport session instance descriptor can include a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a
signaling message. Here, the signaling message can include the
transport session instance descriptor. In the present invention,
the transport session instance descriptor may be included in
service layer signaling and delivered.
[0969] In addition, the fast service acquisition information may
include information about a data pipe or a PLP through which link
layer signaling is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify
the PLP through which the link layer signaling is delivered using
data pipe or PLP identifier information included in the fast
service acquisition information and acquire the link layer
signaling included therein. As illustrated, a transport link layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH) and a
signaling message. The signaling message can include information
about link layer signaling. The receiver can acquire link layer
signaling (or low layer signaling) through a data pipe and obtain
service/component signaling such as a component mapping table
through the application transport protocol. That is, the future
broadcast system can include, in physical layer frames, signaling
information about a data pipe or a PLP including link layer
signaling.
[0970] FIG. 83 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. The upper part of the figure shows a
service layer signaling format used in the future broadcast system
of the present invention. Service layer signaling can be
encapsulated in the illustrated format. For example, encapsulated
service layer signaling can be composed of a combination of a
generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP
datagram header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g.
ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH) and a signaling message, as shown in
the left upper part of the figure. Alternatively, encapsulated
service layer signaling can be composed of a combination of a
generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP
datagram header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g.
ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and
a signaling message, as shown in the right upper part of the
figure. The ATPH may include a filtering index with respect to the
service layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a
signaling id, a version, etc. The signaling id can include
identifier information about service layer signaling and the
version can indicate the version of information included in the
service layer signaling.
[0971] When the future broadcast system uses the aforementioned
service signaling, the future broadcast system can deliver the
service signaling as shown in the lower part of the figure. A
broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can be transmitted
through physical layer frames. Broadcast signal frames can include
physical layer signaling. Physical layer signaling information can
include a field with respect to fast service acquisition
information. This field can include version information of the fast
service acquisition information. In other words, the field can
indicate whether a physical layer frame includes the fast service
acquisition information or whether the fast service acquisition
information needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast
service acquisition information using the corresponding field of
physical layer signaling. A broadcast signal of the future
broadcast system can include the fast service acquisition
information in a physical layer frame. The fast service acquisition
information may include a service identifier and information about
a data pipe or a PLP through which at least one of service layer
signaling information and a transport session instance descriptor
is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify the PLP through
which at least one of the service layer signaling information and
transport session instance descriptor is delivered using data pipe
or PLP identifier information included in the fast service
acquisition information and acquire the service layer signaling
information or transport session instance descriptor included
therein. As illustrated, the service layer signaling information or
the transport session instance descriptor can be delivered by a
0-th transport session in the corresponding PLP. That is, the
service layer signaling information can be delivered by the
transport session corresponding to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by
the PLP identifier included in the service acquisition information.
In other words, the identifier of the transport session through
which service layer signaling is delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0972] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling. As described
above, the ATPH can include the filtering index with respect to the
service layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a
signaling id, a version, etc. The signaling id can include
identifier information about service layer signaling and the
version can indicate the version of information included in the
service layer signaling. For example, service layer signaling
including MPD delivery description can have a value of 0xF1 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x01 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the MPD delivery description corresponding to the signaling
message of the corresponding service layer signaling is changed.
Service layer signaling including component mapping description can
have a value of 0xF2 as the signaling id thereof and a value of
0x01 as the version information thereof. The version information
can be changed when the contents of the component mapping
description corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling is changed. Service layer
signaling including URL signaling description can have a value of
0xF3 as the signaling id thereof and a value of 0x01 as the version
information thereof. The version information can be changed when
the contents of the URL signaling description corresponding to the
signaling message of the corresponding service layer signaling are
changed. Accordingly, the receiver can filter desired service layer
signaling using signaling id and version information corresponding
to filtering information included in the application transport
protocol header of the service layer signaling. For example, when
the receiver intends to receive the MPD delivery description, the
receiver can receive the service layer signaling having a signaling
id of 0xF1. In addition, the receiver can check the version
information and, only when the MPD delivery description has been
updated from the previously received MPD delivery description,
parse the corresponding service layer signaling. Accordingly, the
receiver can reduce unnecessary parsing operation with respect to
service layer signaling and decrease processing overhead. As
described above, the future broadcast system can support the
receiver such that the receiver can filter desired information by
including, in the transport protocol header of service layer
signaling, signaling ID and version information.
[0973] FIG. 84 illustrates a method for transmitting service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Service layer
signaling used in the future broadcast system of the present
invention can be encapsulated. For example, encapsulated service
layer signaling can be composed of a combination of a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH) and a signaling message. Otherwise,
encapsulated service layer signaling can be composed of a
combination of a generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header
(IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application transport
protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message
header (SMH) and a signaling message. The ATPH can include a
filtering index with respect to the service layer signaling. Here,
the filtering index can include a signaling id and a version. The
signaling id is identifier information about the service layer
signaling and the version indicates the version of information
included in the service layer signaling.
[0974] When the future broadcast system uses the aforementioned
service signaling, the future broadcast system can deliver the
service signaling as illustrated in the figure. A broadcast signal
of the future broadcast system can be transmitted through physical
layer frames. Broadcast signal frames can include physical layer
signaling. Physical layer signaling information can include a field
with respect to fast service acquisition information. This field
can include version information of the fast service acquisition
information. In other words, the field can indicate whether a
physical layer frame includes the fast service acquisition
information or whether the fast service acquisition information
needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast service
acquisition information using the field of physical layer
signaling. A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can
include the fast service acquisition information in a physical
layer frame. The fast service acquisition information may include a
service identifier and information about a data pipe or a PLP
through which at least one of service layer signaling information
and a transport session instance descriptor is delivered. That is,
the receiver can identify the PLP through which at least one of the
service layer signaling information and transport session instance
descriptor is delivered using data pipe or PLP identifier
information included in the fast service acquisition information
and acquire the service layer signaling information or transport
session instance descriptor included therein. As illustrated, the
service layer signaling information or the transport session
instance descriptor can be delivered by a 0-th transport session in
the corresponding PLP. That is, the service layer signaling
information can be delivered by the transport session corresponding
to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by the PLP identifier included in the
service acquisition information. In other words, the identifier of
the transport session through which service layer signaling is
delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0975] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include MPD delivery description, component mapping
description or URL signaling description according to type of a
message delivered by the service layer signaling. As described
above, the ATPH can include the filtering index with respect to the
service layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a
signaling id, a version, etc. The signaling id can include
identifier information about service layer signaling and the
version can indicate the version of information included in the
service layer signaling. For example, service layer signaling
including MPD delivery description can have a value of 0xF1 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x01 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the MPD delivery description corresponding to the signaling
message of the corresponding service layer signaling are changed.
Service layer signaling including component mapping description can
have a value of 0xF2 as the signaling id thereof and a value of
0x01 as the version information thereof. The version information
can be changed when the contents of the component mapping
description corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling are changed. Service layer
signaling including URL signaling description can have a value of
0xF3 as the signaling id thereof and has a value of 0x01 as the
version information thereof. The version information can be changed
when the contents of the URL signaling description corresponding to
the signaling message of the corresponding service layer signaling
is changed. Accordingly, the receiver can filter desired service
layer signaling using signaling id and version information
corresponding to filtering information included in the application
transport protocol header of the service layer signaling. For
example, when the receiver intends to receive the MPD delivery
description, the receiver can receive the service layer signaling
having a signaling id of 0xF1. In addition, the receiver can check
the version information and, only when the MPD delivery description
has been updated from the previously received MPD delivery
description, parse the corresponding service layer signaling.
Accordingly, the receiver can reduce unnecessary parsing operation
with respect to service layer signaling and decrease processing
overhead. As described above, the future broadcast system can
support the receiver such that the receiver can filter desired
information by including, in the transport protocol header of
service layer signaling, signaling ID and version information.
[0976] In addition, the fast service acquisition information may
include information about a data pipe or a PLP through which link
layer signaling is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify
the PLP through which the link layer signaling is delivered using
data pipe or PLP identifier information included in the fast
service acquisition information and acquire the link layer
signaling included therein. As illustrated, a transport link layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH) and a
signaling message. The signaling message can include information
about link layer signaling. The receiver can acquire link layer
signaling (or low layer signaling) through a data pipe and obtain
service/component signaling such as a component mapping table
through the application transport protocol. That is, the future
broadcast system can include, in physical layer frames, signaling
information about a data pipe or a PLP including link layer
signaling.
[0977] FIG. 85 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling in the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. Service layer signaling used in the
future broadcast system of the present invention can be
encapsulated. For example, encapsulated service layer signaling can
be composed of a combination of a generic packet header (GPH), an
IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an
application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH)
and a signaling message. Otherwise, encapsulated service layer
signaling can be composed of a combination of a generic packet
header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header
(UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP)
header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a signaling
message. The ATPH can include a filtering index with respect to the
service layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a
signaling id and a version. The signaling id is identifier
information about the service layer signaling and the version
indicates the version of information included in the service layer
signaling.
[0978] When the future broadcast system uses 3GPP eMBMS signaling,
the signaling can be delivered as illustrated. When the future
broadcast system uses the aforementioned service signaling, the
service signaling can be delivered as shown in the lower part of
the figure. A broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can
be transmitted through physical layer frames. Broadcast signal
frames can include physical layer signaling. Physical layer
signaling information can include a field with respect to fast
service acquisition information. This field can include version
information of the fast service acquisition information. In other
words, the field can indicate whether a physical layer frame
includes the fast service acquisition information or whether the
fast service acquisition information needs to be parsed. The
receiver can acquire the fast service acquisition information using
the field of physical layer signaling. A broadcast signal of the
future broadcast system can include the fast service acquisition
information in a physical layer frame. The fast service acquisition
information may include a service identifier and information about
a data pipe or a PLP through which at least one of service layer
signaling information and a transport session instance descriptor
is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify the PLP through
which at least one of the service layer signaling information and
transport session instance descriptor is delivered using data pipe
or PLP identifier information included in the fast service
acquisition information and acquire the service layer signaling
information or transport session instance descriptor included
therein. As illustrated, the service layer signaling information or
the transport session instance descriptor can be delivered by a
0-th transport session in the corresponding PLP. That is, the
service layer signaling information can be delivered by the
transport session corresponding to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by
the PLP identifier included in the service acquisition information.
In other words, the identifier of the transport session through
which service layer signaling is delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0979] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include User Service Bundle Description (USBD), MPD and
Session Description Protocol according to type of a message
delivered by the service layer signaling. As described above, the
ATPH can include the filtering index with respect to the service
layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a signaling
id, a version, etc. The signaling id can include identifier
information about service layer signaling and the version can
indicate the version of information included in the service layer
signaling. For example, service layer signaling including the User
Service Bundle Description can have a value of 0xF4 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x01 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the User Service Bundle Description corresponding to the
signaling message of the corresponding service layer signaling are
changed. Service layer signaling including the Session Description
Protocol can have a value of 0xF5 as the signaling id thereof and a
value of 0x01 as the version information thereof. The version
information can be changed when the contents of the Session
Description Protocol corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling are changed. Service layer
signaling including the MPD can have a value of 0xF6 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x02 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the MPD corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling are changed. Accordingly, the
receiver can filter desired service layer signaling using signaling
id and version information corresponding to filtering information
included in the application transport protocol header of the
service layer signaling. For example, when the receiver intends to
receive the User Service Bundle Description, the receiver can
receive the service layer signaling having a signaling id of 0xF4.
In addition, the receiver can check the version information and,
only when the User Service Bundle Description has been updated from
the previously received User Service Bundle Description, parse the
corresponding service layer signaling. Accordingly, the receiver
can reduce unnecessary parsing operation with respect to service
layer signaling and decrease processing overhead. As described
above, the future broadcast system can support the receiver such
that the receiver can filter desired information by including, in
the transport protocol header of service layer signaling, signaling
ID and version information.
[0980] FIG. 86 illustrates a method for transmitting service layer
signaling and link layer signaling in the future broadcast system
according to an embodiment of the present invention. Service layer
signaling used in the future broadcast system of the present
invention can be encapsulated. For example, encapsulated service
layer signaling can be composed of a combination of a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH) and a signaling message. Otherwise,
encapsulated service layer signaling can be composed of a
combination of a generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header
(IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application transport
protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message
header (SMH) and a signaling message. The ATPH can include a
filtering index with respect to the service layer signaling. Here,
the filtering index can include a signaling id and a version. The
signaling id is identifier information about the service layer
signaling and the version indicates the version of information
included in the service layer signaling.
[0981] When the future broadcast system uses 3GPP eMBMS signaling,
the signaling can be delivered as illustrated in the figure. A
broadcast signal of the future broadcast system can be transmitted
through physical layer frames. Broadcast signal frames can include
physical layer signaling. Physical layer signaling information can
include a field with respect to fast service acquisition
information. This field can include version information of the fast
service acquisition information. In other words, the field can
indicate whether a physical layer frame includes the fast service
acquisition information or whether the fast service acquisition
information needs to be parsed. The receiver can acquire the fast
service acquisition information using the corresponding field of
physical layer signaling. A broadcast signal of the future
broadcast system can include the fast service acquisition
information in a physical layer frame. The fast service acquisition
information may include a service identifier and information about
a data pipe or a PLP through which at least one of service layer
signaling information and a transport session instance descriptor
is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify the PLP through
which at least one of the service layer signaling information and
transport session instance descriptor is delivered using data pipe
or PLP identifier information included in the fast service
acquisition information and acquire the service layer signaling
information or transport session instance descriptor included
therein. As illustrated, the service layer signaling information or
the transport session instance descriptor can be delivered by a
0-th transport session in the corresponding PLP. That is, the
service layer signaling information can be delivered by the
transport session corresponding to tsi=0 in the PLP indicated by
the PLP identifier included in the service acquisition information.
In other words, the identifier of the transport session through
which service layer signaling is delivered can be fixed to 0.
[0982] As illustrated, the service layer signaling can be
encapsulated as described above. That is, the service layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP
packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application
transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling
message header (SMH) and a signaling message. Here, the signaling
message may include User Service Bundle Description (USBD), MPD and
Session Description Protocol according to type of a message
delivered by the service layer signaling. As described above, the
ATPH can include the filtering index with respect to the service
layer signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a signaling
id, a version, etc. The signaling id can include identifier
information about service layer signaling and the version can
indicate the version of information included in the service layer
signaling. For example, service layer signaling including the User
Service Bundle Description can have a value of 0xF4 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x01 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the User Service Bundle Description corresponding to the
signaling message of the corresponding service layer signaling are
changed. Service layer signaling including the Session Description
Protocol can have a value of 0xF5 as the signaling id thereof and a
value of 0x01 as the version information thereof. The version
information can be changed when the contents of the Session
Description Protocol corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling are changed. Service layer
signaling including the MPD can have a value of 0xF6 as the
signaling id thereof and a value of 0x02 as the version information
thereof. The version information can be changed when the contents
of the MPD corresponding to the signaling message of the
corresponding service layer signaling are changed. Accordingly, the
receiver can filter desired service layer signaling using signaling
id and version information corresponding to filtering information
included in the application transport protocol header of the
service layer signaling. For example, when the receiver intends to
receive the User Service Bundle Description, the receiver can
receive the service layer signaling having a signaling id of 0xF4.
In addition, the receiver can check the version information and,
only when the User Service Bundle Description has been updated from
the previously received User Service Bundle Description, parse the
corresponding service layer signaling. Accordingly, the receiver
can reduce unnecessary parsing operation with respect to service
layer signaling and decrease processing overhead. As described
above, the future broadcast system can support the receiver such
that the receiver can filter desired information by including, in
the transport protocol header of service layer signaling, signaling
ID and version information.
[0983] In addition, the fast service acquisition information may
include information about a data pipe or a PLP through which link
layer signaling is delivered. That is, the receiver can identify
the PLP through which the link layer signaling is delivered using
data pipe or PLP identifier information included in the fast
service acquisition information and acquire the link layer
signaling included therein. As illustrated, a transport link layer
signaling format can include a generic packet header (GPH) and a
signaling message. The signaling message can include information
about link layer signaling. The receiver can acquire link layer
signaling (or low layer signaling) through a data pipe and obtain
service/component signaling such as a component mapping table
through the application transport protocol. That is, the future
broadcast system can include, in physical layer frames, signaling
information about a data pipe or a PLP including link layer
signaling.
[0984] FIG. 87 illustrates a method for transmitting service layer
signaling of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. Service layer signaling may include the
aforementioned signaling or 3GPP eMBMS signaling. When a fast
information channel is not present in a broadcast signal of the
future broadcast system, signaling data for supporting fast service
scan and acquisition can be transmitted through a common data pipe,
a data pipe or a PLP in a physical frame as illustrated. In this
case, the signaling data associated with fast service scan and
acquisition can be encapsulated in the form of link (or low) layer
signaling and transmitted along with other link (or low) layer
signaling. That is, the PLP in the frame can carry the signaling
data including service acquisition information. Furthermore, the
signaling data may be transmitted through the same data pipe or PLP
as that used to transmit service/component signaling or component
data or a separate data pipe or PLP. As the service/component
signaling, the aforementioned signaling or 3GPP eMBMS signaling may
be transmitted. The corresponding signaling can include a generic
packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP datagram
header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g. ROUTE or
MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and a
signaling message, as described above. Here, the SMH may not be
included in the signaling format according to an embodiment. The
ATPH can include a filtering index with respect to service layer
signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a signaling id and
a version. The signaling id is identifier information about the
service layer signaling and the version indicates the version of
information included in the service layer signaling.
[0985] The lower part of the figure shows a method for acquiring
service layer signaling using service acquisition information
included in link layer signaling. A PLP of a broadcast signal frame
can include link layer signaling. The link layer signaling can
include the aforementioned fast service scan and acquisition
information. The fast service scan and acquisition information can
include a service identifier and PLP identifier information
including service layer signaling with respect to the corresponding
service. The PLP indicated by the corresponding PLP identifier can
include service layer signaling. The service layer can include a
generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header (IPH), a UDP
datagram header (UDPH), an application transport protocol (e.g.
ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH), a signaling message header (SMH) and
a signaling message. The signaling message of the service layer
signaling can include transport session instance description, MPD
delivery description, component mapping description or URL
signaling description. The future broadcast signal receiver can
acquire a desired service by parsing the service layer
signaling.
[0986] FIG. 88 illustrates a method for delivering service layer
signaling of the future broadcast system according to an embodiment
of the present invention. Service layer signaling may include the
aforementioned signaling or 3GPP eMBMS signaling. A PLP of a
broadcast signal frame can include link layer signaling. The link
layer signaling can include the aforementioned fast service scan
and acquisition information. The fast service scan and acquisition
information can include a service identifier and PLP identifier
information including service layer signaling with respect to the
corresponding service. The PLP indicated by the corresponding PLP
identifier can include service layer signaling. The service layer
can include a generic packet header (GPH), an IP packet header
(IPH), a UDP datagram header (UDPH), an application transport
protocol (e.g. ROUTE or MMTP) header (ATPH) and a signaling
message. The signaling message of the service layer signaling can
include transport session instance description, MPD delivery
description, component mapping description or URL signaling
description. The future broadcast signal receiver can acquire a
desired service by parsing the service layer signaling. Here, the
ATPH can include a filtering index with respect to service layer
signaling. Here, the filtering index can include a signaling id and
a version. The signaling id is identifier information about the
service layer signaling and the version indicates the version of
information included in the service layer signaling. The method for
filtering the service layer signaling using the filtering index has
been described above.
[0987] FIG. 89 illustrates a syntax of a header of a signaling
message according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[0988] The signaling message according to another embodiment of the
present invention can be represented in XML. Here, signaling
information included in the signaling message in XML may correspond
to the signaling information as described above or below.
[0989] The header of the signaling message according to another
embodiment of the present invention can include signaling_id,
signaling_length, signaling_id_extension, version_number,
current_next_indicator, indicator_flags, fragmentation_indicator,
payload_format_indicator, expiration_indicator,
validfrom_indicator, fragment_number, last_fragment_number,
payload_format, validfrom and/or expiration information.
[0990] For description of signaling information having names
identical or similar to those of the signaling information included
in the aforementioned signaling message header, from among the
signaling information included in the signaling message header
according to the present embodiment, refer to the above
description.
[0991] The validfrom_indicator information indicates whether the
signaling message header part includes a value of validfrom
information. For example, a validfrom_indicator information value
of 1 can indicate that the signaling message header part includes
the validfrom information.
[0992] The validfrom information can indicate the time from which
the signaling message included in a payload is available. The
receiver can recognize the time from which the signaling message
included in the payload is available using the validfrom
information and use the data included in the payload as signaling
information from the corresponding time.
[0993] Here, the payload refers to a region in a broadcast signal
including data of broadcast services or broadcast content data
(broadcast service data). That is, signaling information is
generally transmitted through a region, which is physically or
logically separated from broadcast service data, in a broadcast
signal. According to the present invention, however, the signaling
information can be transmitted through a payload region in a
broadcast signal when the payload has a spare region or signaling
information, which exceeds a region allocated for signaling
information transmission, needs to be transmitted.
[0994] FIG. 90 illustrates a protocol stack for processing a DASH
initialization segment according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[0995] The DASH initialization segment can be transmitted in the
same format as the aforementioned initialization segment delivery
table or in XML.
[0996] The DASH initialization segment includes metadata (signaling
information) necessary to represent media streams (broadcast
signals) encapsulated into a plurality of segments. Here, a segment
is a data unit associated with HTTP-URL. A segment includes data
for broadcast services or broadcast content. Representation is a
data unit including one or more media streams in a transport
format. The representation can include one or more segments.
[0997] The DASH initialization segment can be processed according
to the illustrated protocol stack in the transmitter or the
receiver. The DASH initialization segment can be transmitted
through one or more paths on the protocol stack.
[0998] In the protocol stack, signaling information or broadcast
service data can be processed according to protocols of multiple
layers. In the figure, a signaling channel and data pipes may
correspond to the first layer, an FIC and link layer frames may
correspond to the second layer, Internet protocol (IP) may
correspond to the third layer, a user datagram protocol (UDP) may
correspond to the fourth layer and ROUTE may correspond to the
fifth layer. A link layer frame may include a link layer packet
described in the specification.
[0999] In the protocol stack processing the DASH initialization
segment, when signaling data such as the initialization segment is
directly loaded in IP/IUDP and transmitted through the illustrated
path (1), the initialization segment may be transmitted as
information in the format of the aforementioned initialization
segment delivery table or the initialization segment itself may be
transmitted in the form of an IP datagram through processing of the
protocol stack. The aforementioned information for service
signaling and/or component signaling may also be transmitted
through the path (1).
[1000] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the
DASH initialization segment can be transmitted along with media
data through a specific session for transmitting signaling data,
such as a path (2), or through a session for transmitting component
data, such as a path (3). For example, the application transport
protocol can use real-time object delivery over unidirectional
transport (ROUTE). A ROUTE session may include a session for
transmitting signaling information and/or a session for
transmitting broadcast media data. The broadcast system fixes the
TSI of a session for transmitting signaling information to a
specific value such that the receiver can recognize that data
transmitted through the session corresponding to the TSI is
signaling information.
[1001] When the signaling information (data) such as the
initialization segment is transmitted through the illustrated path
(2) and/or path (3), information indicating locations of data in
the aforementioned signaling message format and the initialization
segment in a transport stream or a transport object and/or
information for identifying the data in the signaling message
format or the initialization segment from among data transmitted
along therewith can be provided in the form of fields in a
transport protocol packet or separate signaling information.
[1002] FIG. 91 shows part of layered coding transport (LCT) session
instance description (LSID) according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[1003] The LCT session instance descriptor can provide information
indicating locations of data in the aforementioned signaling
message format and the initialization segment in a broadcast signal
and/or information for identifying the data in the signaling
message format or the initialization segment from among data
transmitted along therewith can be provided in the form of fields
in a transport protocol packet or separate signaling
information.
[1004] The LCT session instance descriptor can include a
PayloadFormat element. The PayloadFormat element can include
@codePoint, @deliveryObjectFormat, @fragmentation, @deliveryOrder
and/or @sourceFecPayloadID information.
[1005] Each element can be used to provide information as
illustrated in the figure.
[1006] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a
broadcast receiver or a broadcast transmitter can use
@deliveryObjectFormat information (or field) of the PayloadFormat
element in the SourceFlow element of the LSID in order to identify
a ROUTE packet including the initialization segment.
[1007] In one embodiment, @deliveryObjectFormat information can
indicate that the corresponding ROUTE packet includes a signaling
message format when the value thereof is 0. When the
@deliveryObjectFormat information has a value of 0, the
@deliveryObjectFormat information can indicate that a ROUTE packet
having the same code point (CP) in an LCT packet header as the
value of @codePoint information allocated to the PayloadFormat
element carries data in the aforementioned signaling message
format. The initialization segment can be included in the signaling
message format and transmitted. Transmission of other signaling
data such as service signaling data and component signaling data in
the signaling message format through ROUTE packets using the same
method as the one above can be recognized through the
@deliveryObjectFormat information.
[1008] When the @deliveryObjectFormat information has a value of 4,
the @deliveryObjectFormat field can indicate that the corresponding
ROUTE packet includes metadata (signaling information) containing
the initialization segment. When the @deliveryObjectFormat field
has a value of 4, the @deliveryObjectFormat information can
indicate transmission of a metadata format including the
initialization segment through a ROUTE packet or direct
transmission of the initialization segment through the ROUTE
packet.
[1009] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the
broadcast system (broadcast receiver and/or broadcast transmitter)
can signal direct transmission of other signaling data such as
service signaling (service level signaling information) and/or
component signaling (component level signaling information) through
ROUTE packets by allocating a new value (e.g. a value equal to or
greater than 5) to the @deliveryObjectFormat information.
[1010] According to another embodiment of the present invention,
the broadcast system may identify a ROUTE packet carrying signaling
data such as the initialization segment through other fields or new
additional fields in the LSID in addition to the method of using
the @deliveryObjectFormat information described in the present
embodiment.
[1011] FIG. 92 shows signaling object description (SOD) providing
information for filtering a service signaling message according to
an embodiment of the present invention.
[1012] The signaling object description according to an embodiment
of the present invention can include @protocolVersion,
@dataVersion, @validFrom, @expiration, Signaling Object element,
@toi, @type, @version, @instance Id, @validFrom, @expiration and/or
@payloadFormat.
[1013] The @protocolVersion information indicates the version of
the signaling object description.
[1014] The @dataVersion information indicates the version of
instances of the signaling object description. The @dataVersion
information can be changed when the contents of the signaling
object description are varied.
[1015] The @validfrom information indicates the time from when the
instances of the signaling object description start are available.
The receiver can recognize the time from which the signaling object
description is available using the @validfrom information and use
information included in the signaling object description from the
corresponding time.
[1016] The @expiration information indicates the time at which
availability of the instance of the signaling object description
expires. The receiver can recognize the time at which availability
of the signaling object description expires and manage information
of the signaling object description using the @validfrom
information.
[1017] The Signaling Object element indicates an object including
signaling information. The signaling object description can include
signaling information about one or more signaling objects.
[1018] The @toi information indicates a transmission object
identifier (TOI) allocated to a signaling object. The @toi
information can be used to identify a packet associated with the
signaling object. The receiver can identify the following
information including the type and/or version of a signaling
message transmitted through each object by mapping the @toi
information to a TOI of an LCT packet.
[1019] The @type information identifies the type of a signaling
message included in an object. For example, the @type information
can indicate transmission of LSID (LCT Session Instance
Description) as a signaling message in the corresponding object
when the value thereof is 0, transmission of CMD (Component Mapping
Description) as a signaling message in the corresponding object
when the value thereof is 1, transmission of ASD (Application
Signaling Description) as a signaling message in the corresponding
object when the value thereof is 2, transmission of MPD (Media
Presentation Description) as a signaling message in the
corresponding object when the value thereof is 3, transmission of
USD (URL Signaling Description) as a signaling message in the
corresponding object when the value thereof is 4, and transmission
of the IS (Initialization Segment) as a signaling message in the
corresponding object when the value there of is 5.
[1020] The @version information indicates the version of a
signaling message. The receiver can recognize change of the
signaling message through variation of the value of this field.
[1021] The @instance Id information identifies an instance of a
signaling message. This information can be used for the receiver to
identify instances of signaling messages, which can be present in
one service, such as initialization segments.
[1022] The @validFrom information indicates the time from which a
signaling message included in an object is available. The receiver
can recognize the time from which the signaling message included in
the corresponding object is available using this information and
use the signaling message included in the object from the
corresponding time.
[1023] The @expiration information indicates the time for which the
signaling message included in the object is valid. The receiver can
recognize the time at which availability of the signaling message
included in the object expires and manage the signaling message
using this information.
[1024] The @payloadFormat information indicates the format of
signaling message data included in the corresponding object. For
example, a signaling message can be provided in a binary format or
XML and the @payloadFormat information indicates this format.
[1025] When signaling messages are transmitted with an LCT based
protocol such as ROUTE, each signaling message can be set as an
object and processed. Since an object can be identified by the
unique TOI thereof in the aforementioned protocol, signaling
messages can be filtered by mapping signaling message related
information such as version and type to each TOI. The
aforementioned SOD (Signaling Object Description) provides
filtering information of signaling objects corresponding to a
single transport session. The signaling object description can be
transmitted through internal or external means of a signaling
transport session. When the signaling object description is
transmitted through the internal means, the receiver can identify
the signaling object description with a unique TOI value (e.g. 0 or
0xFFFF) and interpret the signaling object description prior to
other signaling messages transmitted along therewith. When the
signaling object description is transmitted through the external
means, the signaling object description is transmitted through a
fast information channel (FIC), a service list table (SLT), a
separate IP datagram or a different ROUTE session prior to other
objects delivered in the corresponding session such that the
receiver can previously acquire information of the corresponding
signaling message.
[1026] FIG. 93 illustrates an object including a signaling message
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[1027] When signaling messages are transmitted using an LCT based
protocol such as ROUTE, each signaling message can be set as an
object and processed. An object can be identified by the unique TOI
thereof in the aforementioned protocol. The receiver can filter
signaling messages by mapping signaling message related information
such as version and type to each TOI. Objects containing different
content may be assigned different TOIs. In this case, the broadcast
system can process signaling messages through a method compatible
with a conventional object processing method since all objects can
be uniquely identified.
[1028] FIG. 93 illustrates an embodiment in which part of a TOI
field is used for description of fixed-length signaling message
related information. In the present embodiment, a 32-bit TOI field
is used, and the type and version of signaling data transmitted
through the corresponding object can be identified through a 16-bit
type field and a 16-bit version field. In the same manner,
additional information of the aforementioned sequence number
information, validfrom information, expiration information and/or
payload format information may be delivered by allocating part of
the TOI field to fixed-length fields.
[1029] The object according to an embodiment of the present
invention can include V, C, PSI, S, O, H, A, B, HDR_LEN, Codepoint,
Congestion Control Information, Transport Session Identifier (TSI),
Transport Object Identifier (TOI), Header Extensions, FEC payload
ID and/or Encoding Symbols elements. Here, an element may be
referred to as information or a field.
[1030] The PSI element can include an X element and/or a Y
element.
[1031] The TOI element can include a Type element and/or a Version
element.
[1032] The V element indicates the version number of a packet. The
V element can indicate the version of ALC/LCT. The V element can
indicate that packets conforming to ALC/LCT+ are transmitted
through the corresponding object.
[1033] The C element corresponds to a congestion control flag. The
C element indicates the length of a congestion control information
(CCI) element. For example, the C element can indicate a CCI length
of 32 bits when the value thereof is 0, a CCI length of 64 bits
when the value thereof is 1, a CCI length of 96 bits when the value
thereof is 2, and a CCI length of 128 bits when the value thereof
is 3.
[1034] The PSI element may correspond to protocol-specific
indication (PSI). The PSI element can be used as an indicator of a
specific purpose for an upper protocol of ALC/LCT+. The PSI element
can indicate whether the current packet corresponds to a source
packet or an FEC repair packet.
[1035] The X element may correspond to information indicating a
source packet. When different FEC payload ID formats are
respectively used for source data and repair data, the X element
indicates the FEC payload ID format for the source data when the
value thereof is 1 and indicates the FEC payload ID format for the
repair data when the value thereof is 0. When the X element is set
to 0 in the transmitter, the receiver may ignore this element or
packet and may not process the same.
[1036] The S element may correspond to a transport session
identifier flag. The S element indicates the length of the
transport session identifier element
[1037] The O element may correspond to a transport object
identifier flag. The O element indicates the length of the
transport object identifier element. An object refers to one field
and the aforementioned TOI is identification information of each
object. A file corresponding to a TOI of 0 can include signaling
information associated therewith.
[1038] The H element may correspond to a half-word flag. The H
element indicates whether to add a half-word (16 bits) to the TSI
and TOI fields.
[1039] The A element may correspond to a close session flag. The A
element indicates that a session is closed or closure of the
session is imminent.
[1040] The B element may correspond to a close object flag. The B
element indicates that an object is closed or closure of the object
is imminent.
[1041] The HDR_LEN element indicates the length of a header of a
packet.
[1042] The Codepoint element indicates the type of a payload
transmitted by the packet. An additional payload header can be
inserted into a prefix of payload data according to payload
type.
[1043] The congestion control information (CCI) element may include
congestion control information such as layer numbers, logical
channel numbers and sequence numbers. The CCI element may include
necessary congestion control related information.
[1044] The transport session identifier (TSI) element is a unique
identifier of a session. The TSI element indicates one of all
sessions from a specific sender. The TSI element identifies a
transport session. The value of the TSI element can be used for one
track.
[1045] The transport object identifier (TOI) element is a unique
identifier of an object. The TOI element indicates an object to
which the corresponding packet belongs in a session. The value of
the TOI element can be used for one piece of ISO BMFF object data.
The TOI element can include the ID of an ISO BMFF file and the ID
of a chunk. The TOI element can have a combination of the ISO BMFF
file ID and the chunk ID as a value thereof.
[1046] The Type element identifies the type of data transmitted
through the corresponding object. For example, the Type element can
indicate that the data transmitted through the corresponding object
is a signaling message.
[1047] The Version element identifies the version of the data
transmitted through the corresponding object. For example, the
Version element can include information indicating whether the
structure and/or contents of the data identified through the Type
object have been changed.
[1048] The Header Extensions element may include additional header
information.
[1049] The FEC payload ID element is an FEC payload identifier. The
FEC payload ID element includes identification information of a
transmission block or an encoding symbol. The FEC Payload ID
indicates an identifier when the file has been FEC-encoded. For
example, when the FLUTE protocol file has been FEC encoded, the FEC
Payload ID can be allocated by a broadcaster or a broadcast server
to identify the same.
[1050] The Encoding Symbols element may include data of the
transmission block or encoding symbol.
[1051] FIG. 94 illustrates TOI configuration description (TCD)
according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[1052] As described above, part of the TOI field can be used for
description of variable-length signaling message related
information. For description of signaling message related
information in the variable-length TOI field, TOI field
configuration information may be separately transmitted. In an
embodiment, the TOI configuration description as shown in the table
can be transmitted and/or received to provide TOI field
configuration information. In the present embodiment, the TCD
provides TOI field configuration information of transport packets
corresponding to one transport session. The TCD can be transmitted
through internal means and/or external means of a signaling
transport session. When the TCD is transmitted through the internal
means, the TCD can be identified with a unique TOI value, e.g. 0 or
0xFFFF and interpreted prior to other signaling messages
transmitted along therewith. When the TCD is transmitted through
the external means, the TCD is transmitted through an FIC, separate
IP datagram or a different ROUTE session prior to objects delivered
in the corresponding session such that the receiver can previously
recognize TOI field configuration information included in each
packet. @typeBits and following fields respectively indicate the
lengths of fields in TOI and represent that field information
corresponding to the respective lengths is described in the order
of bits from the TOI start bit.
[1053] The TCD according to an embodiment of the present invention
can include @protocolVersion, @dataVersion, @validFrom,
@expiration, @typeBits, @versionBits, @instanceIdBits,
@validFromBits, @expirationBits and/or @payloadFormatBits
information.
[1054] The @protocolVersion identifies the version of the TCD. The
@protocolVersion information indicates a variation in the protocol
or structure of the TCD if the variation is present.
[1055] The @dataVersion information identifies the version of an
instance of the TCD. The @dataVersion indicates variation in the
contents of the TCD if the contents of the TCD are changed.
[1056] The @validFrom information indicates the time from which
instances of the TCD are available. The receiver can recognize the
time from which the TCD is available using the @validFrom
information and use information of the TCD from the corresponding
time.
[1057] The @expiration information indicates the time at which
availability of the instances of the TCD expires. The receiver can
recognize the time at which availability of the TCD expires and
terminate use of information of the TCD using the @expiration
information. The receiver can manage TCD information using the
@expiration information.
[1058] The @typeBits information indicates the length of the type
field in the TOI field. The @typeBits information can represent the
length of the type field in bits.
[1059] The @versionBits information indicates the length of the
version field in the TOI field. The @versionBits information can
represent the length of the version field in bits.
[1060] The @instanceIdBits information indicates the length of the
instanceID field in the TOI field in bits.
[1061] The @validFromBits information indicates the length of the
validFrom field in the TOI field in bits.
[1062] The @expirationBits information indicates the length of the
expiration field in the TOI field in bits.
[1063] The @payloadFormatBits information indicates the length of
the payloadFormat field in the TOI field in bits.
[1064] FIG. 95 illustrates a payload format element of a transport
packet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[1065] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a
signaling message can be transmitted through a payload of a
transport packet. To this end, the transport packet may include the
payload format element shown in the figure. The transport packet
corresponds to a packet carrying objects including broadcast data.
The name of the transport packet according to the present invention
may depend on the protocol by which the packet is processed. For
example, when the packet is processed through ROUTE, the packet can
be called a ROUTE packet.
[1066] The payload format element can be included in LSID as
described above.
[1067] The payload format element of the transport packet according
to the present invention can include @codePoint,
@deliveryObjectFormat, @fragmentation, @deliveryOrder,
@sourceFecPayloadID and/or TCID (TOI Configuration Instance
Description) information.
[1068] The @codePoint information defines what code point is used
for the corresponding payload. This information may play the same
role as the aforementioned CP element or may have the same value as
the CP element.
[1069] The @deliveryObjectFormat information specifies the payload
format of an object for data delivery. For example, this
information can indicate that the object carries a signaling
message, a file, an entity, a package or metadata including an
initialization segment.
[1070] The @fragmentation information specifies the type of
fragmentation.
[1071] The @deliveryOrder information specifies the order of
delivery of objects. For example, this information can be used to
specify the order of objects transmitted through the current
payload.
[1072] The @sourceFecPayloadID information defines the format of
the Source FEC Payload ID.
[1073] When part of the TCID is used for description of
variable-length signaling message related information, the TCID can
include TOI field configuration information.
[1074] FIG. 96 illustrates TOI configuration instance description
(TCID) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[1075] Part of the TOI field is used for description of
variable-length signaling message related information and a TOI
field configuration can be dynamically changed in one transport
session.
[1076] For description of signaling message related information in
the variable-length TOI field, TPO field configuration information
can be separately transmitted. Such TOI field configuration
information may be transmitted in the illustrated format.
[1077] In the present embodiment, the TCID provides TOI field
configuration information of transport packets corresponding to a
group of packets mapped to one code point value. The TCID can be
included in PayloadFormat in SourceFlow of the LSID. Internal
fields of the TCID may correspond to those of the aforementioned
TCD and indicate a TOI configuration of packets having the same CP
value as @codePoint included along with the TCID in PayloadFormat.
A method of configuring the TOI may correspond to the
aforementioned TCD configuration method.
[1078] The TCID according to an embodiment of the present invention
can include @typeBits, @versionBits, @instanceIdBits,
@validFromBits, @expirationBits and/or @payloadFormatBits
information. For description of such information, refer to
description of the aforementioned information having the same
names.
[1079] FIG. 97 illustrates a syntax of a fast information channel
(FIC) payload according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[1080] While signaling data including information for service scan
or acquisition is referred to as FIC in the present invention, the
name of the signaling data is not limited thereto. A description
will be given of signaling data providing information for acquiring
broadcast services more effectively at a lower layer of the service
layer (or level). For example, such signaling data can be called a
service list table or a service list element.
[1081] While the signaling data structure is shown in the form of a
binary table for convenience of description in the present
invention, identical or similar information belonging to the table
may be implemented in XML.
[1082] FIC according to an embodiment of the present invention can
include FIC_protocol_version information, transport_stream_id
information, num_partitions information, partition_id information,
partition_protocol_version information, num_services information,
service_id information, service_data_version information,
service_channel_number information, service_category information,
short_service_name_length information, short_service_name
information, service_status information, service_distribution
information, sp_indicator information, IP_version_flag information,
SSC_source_IP_address_flag information, SSC_source_IP_address
information, SSC_destination_IP_address information,
SSC_destination_UDP_port information, SSC_TSI information,
SSC_DP_ID information, num_partition_level_descriptors information,
a partition_level_descriptor( ) element, num_FIC_level_descriptors
information and/or an FIC_level_descriptor( ) element.
[1083] The FIC_protocol_version information specifies the version
of the structure of the FIC.
[1084] The transport_stream_id information specifies a broadcast
stream. This information may correspond to information specifying a
whole broadcast stream.
[1085] The num_partitions information indicates the number of
partitions in a broadcast stream. A single broadcast stream can be
divided into one or more partitions and each partition can include
one or more data pipes used by a single broadcaster (or broadcast
source).
[1086] The partition_id information specifies a partition.
[1087] The partition_protocol_version information specifies the
version of the structure of a partition.
[1088] The num_services information indicates the number of
broadcast services one or more components of which are transmitted
through the partition.
[1089] The service_id information specifies a service (or broadcast
service).
[1090] The service_data_version information specifies a variation
in a service entry for a service signaled by the FIC when the
variation is present. In addition, the service_data_version
information specifies a variation in a signaling table for
services, included in a service signaling channel (or service level
signaling) when the variation is present. The value of the
service_data_version information can be increased whenever the
variation is present to indicate the variation.
[1091] The service_channel_number information indicates the channel
number for a service.
[1092] The service_category information indicates the category of a
service. For example, the service_category information can indicate
that a broadcast service is an A/V service, an audio service, an
ESG (Electronic Service Guide), an App based service and/or CoD
(Content on Demand).
[1093] The short_service_name_length information indicates the
length of the short_service_name information. The
short_service_name_length may have a value of 0 when the
short_service_name information is not present.
[1094] The short_service_name information indicates the short name
of a service. Each character indicated by the short_service_name
information can be encoded per UTF-8. When there is an odd number
of bytes in the short name, the second byte of the last of the byte
pair per pair count indicated by the short_service_name_length
field can contain 0x00.
[1095] The service_status information indicates the status of a
service. The service_status information can indicate that the
broadcast service is active, inactive, suspended, hidden and/or
shown.
[1096] The service_distribution information specifies whether
representation of broadcast services or broadcast content is
possible only with the current partition, the current partition is
necessary for the representation although the representation is
impossible only with the current partition, other partitions are
necessary for the representation, or other broadcast streams are
necessary for the representation.
[1097] The sp_indicator information indicates application of
service protection. The sp_indicator information specifies whether
one or more components of a broadcast service, which are necessary
for significant representation, are protected.
[1098] The IP_version_flag information specifies whether the IP
address indicated by the SSC_source_IP_address information and/or
the SSC_destination_IP_address is an IPv4 address or an IPv6
address.
[1099] The SSC_source_IP_address_flag information specifies
presence of the SSC_source_IP_address information for services.
[1100] The SSC_source_IP_address information is present when the
value of the SSC_source_IP_address_flag information is set to 1 and
not present when the value of the SSC_source_IP_address_flag
information is set to 0. The SSC_source_IP_address information
indicates the source IP address of an IP datagram (or data unit)
carrying signaling information for a service. The
SSC_source_IP_address information can be 128 bits when an IPv6
address is used.
[1101] The SSC_destination_IP_address information indicates the
destination IP address of the IP datagram (or data unit) carrying
the signaling information for the service. The
SSC_destination_IP_address information can be 128 bits when an IPv6
address s is used.
[1102] The SSC_destination_UDP_port information indicates the
destination UDP port number for UDP/IP streams carrying the
signaling information for the service.
[1103] The SSC_TSI information indicates a transport session
identifier (TSI) of an LCT channel through which signaling
information (or signaling table) for a service is transmitted.
[1104] The SSC_DP_ID information specifies a data pipe including
signaling information (or a signaling table) for a service. The
data pipe through which the signaling information is transmitted
may correspond to the most robust data pipe in the current
partition or broadcast stream.
[1105] The num_partition_level_descriptors information indicates
the number of partition level descriptors defined for
partitions.
[1106] The partition_level_descriptor( ) element includes one or
more partition level descriptors. A partition level descriptor may
include information necessary for the receiver to access, acquire
or use partitions.
[1107] The num_FIC_level_descriptors information indicates the
number of FIC level descriptors defined for the FIC.
[1108] The FIC_level_descriptor( ) element includes one or more FIC
level descriptors. An FIC level descriptor can include additional
signaling information for the FIC.
[1109] FIG. 98 illustrates a syntax of a payload of the FIC
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1110] The payload of the FIC according to another embodiment of
the present invention may additionally include SSC_delivery_type,
SSC_URL_length and/or SSC_URL_data information in addition to the
FIC payload in the aforementioned embodiment.
[1111] The SSC_delivery_type information specifies a path through
which signaling information (e.g. service signaling channel or
service level signaling) associated with a service is delivered.
The SSC_delivery_type information can specify whether service level
signaling data is transmitted through a broadband network
(Internet). For example, the SSC_delivery_type information can
indicate that service level signaling is transmitted through a
broadcast network when the value thereof is 0x01. The
SSC_delivery_type information can indicate that service level
signaling is transmitted through the Internet when the value
thereof is 0x02.
[1112] The SSC_URL_length information indicates the length of the
SSC_URL_data information.
[1113] The SSC_URL_data information indicates the URL of a service
or location providing signaling information associated with a
service.
[1114] For description of information which is not described in the
present embodiment, refer to the aforementioned corresponding
description.
[1115] FIG. 99 illustrates a syntax of service level signaling
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1116] Information necessary for the receiver to receive a
broadcast service and/or broadcast content that a viewer desires
may be referred to as service level signaling. The service level
signaling includes information describing attributes of broadcast
services and components included in broadcast services.
[1117] Service level signaling data according to another embodiment
of the present invention may include a signaling message header
and/or a service signaling message.
[1118] The service level signaling data according to another
embodiment of the present invention can include @service_id
information, @service_category information, @service_name
information, @channel_number information, @service_status
information, @service_distribution information, @SP_indicator
information, a ROUTE Session element, @sourceIPAddr information,
@destIPAddr information, @destUDPPort information, @LSID_DP
information, a Targeting element, a Content Advisory element, a
Right Issuer Service element, a Current Program element, an
Original Service Identification element, a Content Labeling
element, a Genre element, a Caption element and/or a Protection
element.
[1119] The @service_id information specifies a broadcast
service.
[1120] The @service_category information specifies the category of
the broadcast service. For example, the @service_category
information can specify whether the broadcast service is an audio
service, a real-time broadcast service, a non-real time broadcast
service, a linear broadcast service, an app-based broadcast service
or a service guide.
[1121] The @service_name information indicates the name of the
broadcast service.
[1122] The @channel_number information indicates the channel number
corresponding to the channel through which the broadcast service is
transmitted. This channel number may correspond to a
logical/physical channel number. This channel number may be used as
information specifying a logical path or a transport unit through
which service level signaling data is transmitted as necessary.
[1123] The @service_status information indicates the status of the
broadcast service. The @service_status information may include
information specifying whether the broadcast service is active or
inactive. The @service_status information may include information
specifying whether the broadcast service is hidden.
[1124] The @service_distribution information indicates how data or
components for the broadcast service are distributed and
transmitted.
[1125] The @SP_indicator information specifies whether service
protection has been applied to the broadcast service or at least
one component included in the broadcast service. The @SP_indicator
information may correspond to information specifying whether
service protection has been applied to data units or components for
meaningful representation of the broadcast service.
[1126] The ROUTE Session element includes information about a ROUTE
session through which the broadcast service or components included
in the broadcast service are transmitted.
[1127] The @sourceIPAddr information indicates the source IP
address of IP datagrams (or data units) carrying a ROUTE
packet.
[1128] The @destIPAddr information indicates the destination IP
address of the IP datagrams (or data units) carrying the ROUTE
packet.
[1129] The @destUDPPort information indicates the destination port
number of the IP datagrams (or data units) carrying the ROUTE
packet.
[1130] The @LSID_DP information specifies a data pipe through which
information (e.g. LSID) that describes transport parameters
associated with the ROUTE session and/or lower sessions of the
ROUTE session is delivered.
[1131] The Targeting element includes information for providing
personalized broadcast services (targeted broadcast). This element
can be included in service level signaling as a separate signaling
structure. In this case, this element can include link information
about the service level signaling.
[1132] The Content Advisory element includes information about
rating of the broadcast service. This element can be included in
service level signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this
case, this element can include link information about the service
level signaling. The Right Issuer Service element includes
information related to the right to appropriately consume the
broadcast service. This element can be included in service level
signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this case, this
element can include link information about the service level
signaling.
[1133] The Current Program element includes information about the
current broadcast program. This element can be included in service
level signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this case,
this element can include link information about the service level
signaling.
[1134] The Original Service Identification element includes
information for specifying the original service associated with the
current broadcast service. This element can be included in service
level signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this case,
this element can include link information about the service level
signaling.
[1135] The Content Labeling element includes information about
content labeling. This element can be included in service level
signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this case, this
element can include link information about the service level
signaling. The Genre element includes information for classifying
the genre of the broadcast service. This element can be included in
service level signaling as a separate signaling structure. In this
case, this element can include link information about the service
level signaling.
[1136] The Caption element includes information about the closed
caption/subtitle of the broadcast service. This element can be
included in service level signaling as a separate signaling
structure. In this case, this element can include link information
about the service level signaling.
[1137] The Protection element includes information about protection
for the broadcast service. When the aforementioned @SP_indicator
information specifies that protection has been applied to the
broadcast service or broadcast components, the Protection element
can provide detailed information about the protection. This element
can be included in service level signaling as a separate signaling
structure. In this case, this element can include link information
about the service level signaling.
[1138] FIG. 100 illustrates component mapping description according
to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1139] The component mapping description according to another
embodiment of the present invention may further include
@partitionID information in addition to the information or elements
included in the component mapping description according to the
aforementioned embodiment.
[1140] The @partitionID information specifies a partition
indicating a broadcast station in a broadcast stream. The
@partitionID information can be used as information that specifies
the transmission source of broadcast components.
[1141] Description of other information or elements included in the
component mapping description is replaced with the aforementioned
description of information or elements in the same names.
[1142] FIG. 101 illustrates a syntax of URL signaling description
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1143] As described above, signaling information that describes a
broadcast service can be transmitted through a broadband network as
well as a broadcast network. When the signaling information that
describes a broadcast service is transmitted through the broadband
network, the receiver can acquire the signaling information through
the URL signaling description.
[1144] The URL signaling description according to another
embodiment of the present invention can include @service_id,
@smtURL, @mpdURL, @cmtURL, @astURL, @gatURL and/or @eatURL
information.
[1145] The @service_id information specifies a service.
[1146] The @smtURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing a service map table (SMT) when the SMT is
transmitted through the broadband network.
[1147] The @mpdURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing an MPD when the MPD is transmitted through the
broadband network.
[1148] The @cmtURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing a component mapping table (CMT) when the CMT is
transmitted through the broadband network.
[1149] The @astURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing an application signaling table (AST) when the
AST is transmitted through the broadband network.
[1150] The @gatURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing a guide access table (GAT) when the GAT is
transmitted through the broadband network. The GAT corresponds to a
signaling message including information for bootstrapping of an
electronic service guide (ESG). That is, the GAT can correspond to
a signaling message including information necessary for the
receiver to access the ESG.
[1151] The @eatURL information indicates the URL of a server or
location providing an emergency alert table (EAT) when the EAT is
transmitted through the broadband network. The EAT corresponds to a
signaling message including emergency alert related information and
an emergency alert message.
[1152] FIG. 102 illustrates a SourceFlow element according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[1153] Broadcast service data can be transmitted per object through
a ROUTE session. Objects can be individually recovered. A source
protocol can be defined to transmit objects within one session, and
the SourceFlow element including information related to source
(object) delivery can be defined in the source protocol.
[1154] The SourceFlow element according to another embodiment of
the present invention can further include @location information in
addition to the information/attributes/elements included in the
aforementioned SourceFlow element.
[1155] The @location information indicates a location or a data
unit carrying source flow data. The @location information specifies
a data pipe in a broadcast stream. The receiver can recognize that
the source flow data is transmitted through the data pipe.
[1156] Description of other information/attributes/elements
included in the SourceFlow element is replaced by description of
the aforementioned SourceFlow element.
[1157] FIG. 103 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadcast network according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[1158] The receiver can access a location carrying data of a
service signaling channel associated with a desired broadcast
service using information that specifies services included in an
FIC.
[1159] The receiver acquires information about the source IP
address, destination IP address and/or UDP port number of IP
datagrams carrying the data of the service signaling channel, in
the FIC.
[1160] The receiver acquires information that specifies a data pipe
including the data of the service signaling channel, in the FIC.
The receiver can access the data pipe carrying the data of the
service signaling channel through the acquired information.
[1161] The receiver can access an LCT session through which the
data of the service signaling channel is transmitted using
information that specifies the LCT session, which is included in
the FIC. The LCT session through which the data of the service
signaling channel is transmitted may be fixed to an LCT session
having a specific TSI. In this case, the receiver can access the
LCT session having the specific TSI in order to acquire the data of
the service signaling channel without additional information. The
receiver can access the corresponding location to acquire the data
of the service signaling channel.
[1162] The receiver may access an LCT session through which the
aforementioned LSID is transmitted. In this case, the TSI of the
LCT session may be fixed, and the receiver can access the LCT
session having the TSI to acquire the LSID. The receiver can
acquire components included in the broadcast service using
information of the LSID.
[1163] FIG. 104 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadcast network and a broadband network
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1164] The receiver can access a location carrying data of a
service signaling channel associated with a desired broadcast
service using information that specifies services included in an
FIC.
[1165] The receiver acquires information about the source IP
address, destination IP address and/or UDP port number of IP
datagrams carrying the data of the service signaling channel, in
the FIC.
[1166] The receiver acquires information that specifies a data pipe
including the data of the service signaling channel, in the FIC.
The receiver can access the data pipe carrying the data of the
service signaling channel through the acquired information.
[1167] The receiver accesses the data of the service signaling
channel to acquire the aforementioned URL signaling table or URL
signaling description. The receiver can access a server or location
providing service level signaling using information included in the
URL signaling table to acquire the service level signaling through
the broadband network.
[1168] FIG. 105 illustrates a process of acquiring signaling
information through a broadband network according to another
embodiment of the present invention.
[1169] When information specifying the transport type of a service
signaling channel, included in an FIC, indicates that data of the
service signaling channel is transmitted through the broadband
network, the receiver acquires URL information about a service or
location providing the data of the service signaling channel in the
FIC. In this case, the URL information can indicate the URL of a
single server or location providing the whole data of the service
signaling channel or URLs of servers or locations respectively
providing signaling structures (SMT, MPD, CMT, etc.) that can be
included in the service signaling channel.
[1170] The receiver accesses the server or location indicated by
the URL information to acquire the data of the service signaling
channel through the broadband network.
[1171] FIG. 106 illustrates a process of acquiring an electronic
service guide (ESG) through a broadcast network according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[1172] The receiver can recognize that a broadcast service
corresponds to an ESG from information specifying the category of
the service, which is included in an FIC, and acquire information
specifying a data pipe through which data of a service signaling
channel with respect to the corresponding service is
transmitted.
[1173] The receiver can access the specified data pipe to acquire
data of the ESG, transmitted through the data pipe.
[1174] While the ESG is regarded as a broadcast service, the ESG
can be efficiently acquired through the aforementioned process
since the complicated signaling structure to access general
broadcast services need not be interpreted.
[1175] FIG. 107 illustrates a process of acquiring video segments
and audio segments of a broadcast service through a broadcast
network according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[1176] The receiver acquires data of a service signaling channel
and obtains a signaling structure (e.g. CMT) including information
that describes components of the broadcast service, which is
included in the data of the service signaling channel.
[1177] The receiver acquires information specifying a data pipe
through which a video component of the broadcast service is
transmitted in the signaling structure and accesses the data pipe
using the acquired information. The receiver acquires a signaling
structure (e.g. LSID) that describes an LCT session in a ROUTE
session through which the data pipe is transmitted.
[1178] The receiver accesses the LCT session through which the
video component of the broadcast service is transmitted to acquire
the video component from the signaling structure that describes the
LCT session.
[1179] The receiver acquires information specifying a data pipe
through which an audio component of the broadcast service is
transmitted and accesses the data pipe using the acquired
information. The receiver acquires a signaling structure (e.g.
LSID) that describes an LCT session in a ROUTE session through
which the data pipe is transmitted.
[1180] The receiver accesses the LCT session through which the
audio component of the broadcast service is transmitted to acquire
the audio component from the signaling structure that describes the
LCT session.
[1181] According to the present invention, it is possible to
efficiently acquire components included in the broadcast service
through the aforementioned signaling structure even when the
components are transmitted through respective transport paths. In
addition, the transmitter can freely transmit components of
broadcast services through a region having a margin and thus can
efficiently transmit a larger amount of broadcast data.
[1182] FIG. 108 illustrates a process of acquiring video segments
of a broadcast service through a broadcast network and acquiring
audio segments of the broadcast service through a broadband network
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1183] The receiver acquires data of a service signaling channel
and obtains a signaling structure (e.g. CMT) including information
that describes components of the broadcast service, which is
included in the data of the service signaling channel.
[1184] The receiver acquires information specifying a data pipe
through which a video component of the broadcast service is
transmitted in the signaling structure and accesses the data pipe
using the acquired information. The receiver acquires a signaling
structure (e.g. LSID) that describes an LCT session in a ROUTE
session through which the data pipe is transmitted.
[1185] The receiver accesses the LCT session through which the
video component of the broadcast service is transmitted to acquire
the video component from the signaling structure that describes the
LCT session.
[1186] The receiver recognizes that an audio component is
transmitted through the broadband network from the signaling
structure including the information that describes the components
of the broadcast service and acquires the address of a server or
location carrying the audio component. Alternatively, the receiver
acquires the address providing segments of the audio component
using MPD and obtains the segments of the audio component from the
address.
[1187] According to the present invention, even when components
belonging to one broadcast service are respectively transmitted
through heterogeneous networks, it is possible to efficiently
access the components of the broadcast service through the
aforementioned signaling structure.
[1188] FIG. 109 is a diagram showing the syntax of a payload of an
FIC according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1189] An object of the FIC described in the present invention is
to provide information necessary for a receiver to rapidly acquire
a service (a broadcast service, a broadband service, etc.).
Accordingly, the FIC provides bootstrapping information for
accessing service level signaling (service layer signaling). The
receiver may receive the FIC at a lower layer of a service layer
and rapidly acquire service level signaling, which is signaling
information of the service layer, using information included in the
FIC. The receiver may rapidly access the service using description
information of a service included in the service level
signaling.
[1190] Meanwhile, in another embodiment of the present invention,
the FIC may provide information on a service and components (e.g.,
video, audio, etc.) configuring the service. In this case, when the
receiver receives the FIC, the receiver may immediately access and
reproduce the components of the service using information on the
service included in the FIC or the components of the service,
without accessing service level signaling. For example, an
emergency alert service requiring rapid access, an electronic
program guide (EPG) service, etc. may provide information necessary
to acquire data configuring the service in the FIC. In this case,
the receiver may omit a process of accessing the service level
signaling and immediately access the service using the FIC.
[1191] The payload of the FIC according to another embodiment of
the present invention may include FIC_protocol_version information,
transport_stream_id information, num_partitions information,
partition_id information, partition_protocol_version information,
num_services information, service_id information,
service_data_version information, service_channel_number
information, service_category information,
short_service_name_length information, short_service_name
information, service_status information, service_distribution
information, sp_indicator information, IP_version_flag information,
source_IP_address_flag information, bootstrap_mode information,
source_IP_address information, destination_IP_address information,
destination_UDP_port information, SSC_tsi information, SSC_dp_id
information, num_component information, component_id information,
component_tsi information, compoent_dp_id information,
num_component_descriptor information, a component_level_descriptor(
) element, num_partition_level_descriptors information, a
partition_level_descriptor( ) element, num_FIC_level_descriptors
information and/or an FIC_level_descriptor element.
[1192] The bootstrap_mode information may indicate the bootstrap
mode of broadcast service component data. For example, if the value
of the bootstrap_mode information is 0x00, this may indicate that
the field for this information is reserved for future use. If the
value of the bootstrap_mode information is 0x01 or 0x03 to 0x07,
this may indicate that a signaling system for a normal bootstrap
mode (bootstrap is performed using the corresponding information
after receiving service signaling) is provided in the broadcast
system. That is, the normal bootstrap mode may refer to a mode for
providing a signaling system such that a receiver performs a
process of accessing service level signaling using information on
an FIC and acquiring data and information necessary for a service
using information included in the service level signaling. If the
value of the bootstrap_mode information is 0x02, this may indicate
that a signaling system for a fast bootstrap mode (fast bootstrap
is performed using only signaling information received in the FIC)
is provided in a broadcast system. That is, the fast bootstrap mode
refers to a mode for providing a signaling system such that a
receiver immediately acquires a service and components included in
the service using information included in the FIC.
[1193] The bootstrap_mode information may identify a bootstrap mode
indicating a signaling structure used to acquire one or more
components included in a broadcast service. In one embodiment, the
bootstrap_mode information identifies whether the bootstrap mode
corresponds to a first bootstrap mode or a second bootstrap mode,
the first bootstrap mode may correspond to a mode for identifying a
transmission location of service level signaling (or first level
signaling data) using information included in the FIC (or second
level signaling data), acquiring service level signaling at the
location, and acquiring one or more components using information
included in the service level signaling, and the second bootstrap
mode may correspond to a mode for acquiring one or more components
using information included in the FIC.
[1194] If the bootstrap_mode information identifies that the
bootstrap mode corresponds to the first bootstrap mode, the FIC may
further include service identification information for uniquely
identifying a broadcast service, num_component information
indicating the number of components included in the broadcast
service identified by the service identification information,
component identification information for uniquely identifying a
component included in the broadcast service, component transport
session identification information for identifying a transport
session for transmitting packets including data of the component
identified by the component identification information, component
data pipe identification information for identifying a data pipe of
a physical layer for transmitting packets including the data of the
component and/or a transport parameter descriptor including a
transport protocol parameter of the packets including the data of
the component. The transport parameter descriptor will be described
below.
[1195] The num_component information may indicate the number of
components included in the service.
[1196] The component_id information identifies a component. The
component_id information may correspond to an identifier for
uniquely identifying the component.
[1197] The component_tsi information identifies a transport session
for transmitting a packet including the data of the component. The
component_tsi information may indicate a packet id (identifier)
indicating the flow of the corresponding packet.
[1198] The component_dp_id information identifies a data pipe of a
physical layer for transmitting a packet including the data of the
component.
[1199] The num_component_descriptor information indicates the
number of component level descriptors for providing information on
the component.
[1200] The Component_level_descrptor ( ) element may include a
component level descriptor including information related to the
component.
[1201] A description of the other information and/or elements
included in the FIC is replaced by the above description of the
information and/or elements having the same or similar names as in
this specification.
[1202] FIG. 110 is a diagram showing the syntax of a payload of an
FIC according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1203] One broadcast service may be transmitted through one or more
ROUTE sessions. In this case, for fast bootstrap, several pieces of
information and/or elements may be included in the FIC. The
receiver may access ROUTE sessions for transmitting data included
in a broadcast service using only information included in the FIC
and acquire data for the broadcast service.
[1204] The FIC according to another embodiment of the present
invention may include FIC_protocol_version information,
transport_stream_id information, num_partitions information,
partition_id information, partition_protocol_version information,
num_services information, service_id information,
service_data_version information, service_channel_number
information, service_category information,
short_service_name_length information, short_service_name
information, service_status information, service_distribution
information, sp_indicator information, IP_version_flag information,
num_ROUTE_session information, source_IP_address_flag information,
ssc_flag information, bootstrap_mode information, source_IP_address
information, destination_IP_address information,
destination_UDP_port information, SSC_tsi information, SSC_dp_id
information, num_component information, component_id information,
component_tsi information, compoent_dp_id information,
num_component_descriptor information, a component_level_descriptor(
) element, num_partition_level_descriptors information, a
partition_level_descriptor( ) element, num_FIC_level_descriptors
information, and an FIC_level_descriptor element.
[1205] The num_ROUTE_session information may include the number of
ROUTE sessions for transmitting data for the broadcast service.
[1206] The ssc_flag information may indicate that a service
signaling channel for transmitting service signaling is present in
the ROUTE session. The ssc_flag information may indicate whether
service signaling is transmitted in the ROUTE session. Here, the
service signaling channel may correspond to service level
signaling. If the service signaling is transmitted, information on
a session for transmitting the service signaling and an identifier
of a data pipe may be included.
[1207] A description of the other information and/or elements
included in the FIC is replaced by the above description of the
information and/or elements having the same or similar names as in
this specification.
[1208] FIG. 111 is a diagram showing a
transport_parameter_descriptor according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
[1209] If data of each component is delivered through a transport
protocol, when a transport protocol parameter for a transport
packet including the data of the component is signaled, the
receiver may efficiently process the transport packet including the
data of each component using information included in the
corresponding signaling.
[1210] In one embodiment of the present invention, the shown
descriptor is proposed in order to signal a transport protocol
related parameter. The shown descriptor may be represented in a
bitstream or XML format.
[1211] The descriptor proposed in the present invention may be used
as a descriptor of a component level, a partition level or an FIC
level in the above-described FIC. Alternatively, the descriptor
proposed in the present invention may be delivered to the receiver
through signaling of a link layer which is a higher layer of a
physical layer. Alternatively, the descriptor proposed in the
present invention may be used as a descriptor of a component level
and/or a service level in service signaling (service level
signaling).
[1212] The transport_parameter_descriptor according to an
embodiment of the present invention may include descriptor_tag
information, descriptor_length information, codepoint_flag
information, delivery_object_format_flag information,
fragmentation_flag information, delivery_order_flag information,
payload_id_scheme_flag information, code_point information,
delivery_object_format information, fragmentation_scheme
information, delivery_order information, and/or payload_id_scheme
information.
[1213] The descriptor_tag information may indicate that the
descriptor delivers the parameter of the transport protocol.
[1214] The descriptor_length information may indicate the length of
the descriptor.
[1215] The codepoint_flag information may correspond to a flag
indicating whether codepoint information is present in the
descriptor. The codepoint information may be present if the value
of the codepoint_flag information is "true" and may not be present
if the value of the codepoint_flag information is "false".
[1216] The delivery_object_format_flag information may correspond
to a flag indicating whether delivery_object_format information is
present in the descriptor. The delivery_object_format information
may be present if the value of the delivery_object_format_flag
information is "true" and may not be present if the value of the
delivery_object_format_flag information is "false".
[1217] The fragmentation_flag information may correspond to a flag
indicating whether fragmentation_scheme information is present in
the descriptor. The fragmentation_scheme information may be present
if the value of the fragmentation_flag information is "true" and
may not be present if the value of the fragmentation_flag
information is "false".
[1218] The delivery_order_flag information may correspond to a flag
indicating whether delivery_order information is present in the
descriptor. The delivery_order information may be present if the
value of the delivery_order_flag information is "true" and may not
be present if the value of the delivery_order_flag information is
"false".
[1219] The payload_id_scheme_flag information may correspond to a
flag indicating whether payload_id_scheme information is present in
the descriptor. The payload_id_scheme may be present if the value
of the payload_id_scheme_flag information is "true" and may not be
present if the value of the payload_id_scheme_flag information is
"false".
[1220] The code_point information may indicate a parameter
associated with a transport packet payload according to a codepoint
value (e.g., a codepoint of an LCT packet header, etc.) if the
codepoint value is included in a transport packet header. For
example, a combination of the following delivery_object_format
information, fragmentation_scheme information, delivery_order
information and/or payload_id_scheme information may be
indicated.
[1221] The delivery_object_format information may indicate the
format of a delivery object included in the payload of the
transport packet. In one embodiment, if the value of the
delivery_object_format information is "0x00" and "0x05" to "0xff",
this may indicate that the delivery_object_format information is
reserved for future use. If the value of the delivery_object_format
information is "0x01", this may indicate that the format of the
delivery object is a file. If the value of the
delivery_object_format information is "0x02", this may indicate
that the format of the delivery object is an entity mode. The
entity mode includes a header and payload of an entity. If the
value of the delivery_object_format information is "0x03", this may
indicate that the format of the delivery object is a package. The
package is a combination of two or more files. If the value of the
delivery_object_format information is "0x04", this may indicate
that the delivery object includes metadata.
[1222] The fragmentation_scheme information may indicate a
fragmentation scheme used when one delivery object is fragmented
and transmitted in one or more transport packets. The
fragmentation_scheme information indicates a scheme for fragmenting
data transmitted in the delivery object if one or more transport
packets are transmitted in one delivery object. In one embodiment,
if the value of the fragmentation_scheme information is "0x00", the
fragmentation_scheme information may indicate that the
fragmentation scheme is arbitrary. That is, if the
fragmentation_scheme information is "0x00", the
fragmentation_scheme information may indicate that fragmentation is
performed without predetermined scheme. If the fragmentation_scheme
information is "0x01", the fragmentation_scheme information may
indicate that one or more boxes of the ISOBMFF are fragmented such
that the delivery object is included. If the fragmentation_scheme
information is "0x02", the fragmentation_scheme information may
indicate that data based on the sample of the ISOBMFF is fragmented
such that the delivery object is included.
[1223] The delivery_order information indicates the delivery order
of each transport packet if data included in one delivery object is
fragmented and delivered in one or more transport packets. In one
embodiment, if the value of the delivery_order information is
"0x00", the delivery_order information may indicate that the
delivery order is arbitrary. If the value of the delivery_order
information is "0x01", the delivery_order information may indicate
that the transport packets are transmitted in configuration order
of the ISOBMFF (in-order delivery). If the value of the
delivery_order information is "0x02", the delivery_order
information may indicate that the data is transmitted in the
transport packets in order of the media samples of the ISOBMFF and
the data is transmitted prior to the movie fragment in the
ISOBMFF.
[1224] The payload_id_scheme information may indicate a scheme for
allocating a payload id if a payload ID value is included in the
transport packet header. In one embodiment, if the value of the
payload_id_scheme information is "0x00", the payload_id_scheme
information may indicate that an FEC payload ID is not present and
all delivery objects are included in the packet. If the value of
the payload_id_scheme information is "0x01", the payload_id_scheme
information may indicate that an FEC payload ID is defined by 32
bits and a start offset is represented in this object. If the value
of the payload_id_scheme information is "0x02" to "0xff", this may
indicate that the payload_id_scheme information is reserved for
future use.
[1225] According to the embodiment of the present invention,
signaling information such as a transport_parameter_descriptor may
be transmitted at a lower layer (e.g., a physical layer, a link
layer and/or a network layer) of a layer for transmitting service
level signaling, such that a receiver preferentially accesses a
specific service before acquiring the service level signaling.
[1226] FIG. 112 is a diagram showing a signaling structure in a
process of acquiring a broadcast service at a receiver according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
[1227] Referring to the figure, the receiver may acquire signaling
information and/or video/audio data through the following
steps.
[1228] Information on the bootstrap of service level signaling
(service signaling) may be included in the FIC. The receiver may
recognize the data pipe of the physical layer for transmitting
service level signaling using the information included in the
FIC.
[1229] The receiver may access the recognized data pipe to acquire
service level signaling.
[1230] The receiver may recognize the data pipe for transmitting an
LSID for providing information on one or more ROUTE sessions and/or
information associated with each ROUTE session.
[1231] The receiver may acquire information on packets transmitted
through the LCT session in the ROUTE session through the LSID
and/or service level signaling.
[1232] The receiver may acquire and parse an MPD to acquire URL
related information of a segment associated with video/audio.
[1233] The receiver may compare the URL related information of the
segment associated with video/audio with a segment_URL_pattern of
service level signaling to recognize a distribution path of the
segment.
[1234] If the segment associated with video/audio is transmitted
through a broadcast network, the receiver may compare the segment
URL information with a file template in the LSID to recognize a
transport session and join the transmission session, thereby
acquiring the segment.
[1235] The receiver may reproduce video/audio using the acquired
segment.
[1236] FIG. 113 is a flowchart illustrating a process of
transmitting and processing a broadcast signal according to an
embodiment of the present invention.
[1237] An apparatus for transmitting and processing a broadcast
signal generates one or more first layer data units including first
level signaling data and broadcast data for a broadcast service
(JS126010).
[1238] The apparatus for transmitting and processing the broadcast
signal generates one or more second layer data units including the
one or more first layer data units and second level signaling data
(JS126020).
[1239] The apparatus for transmitting and processing the broadcast
signal generates a broadcast signal including the one or more
second layer data units (JS12630).
[1240] FIG. 114 is a diagram showing an apparatus for processing a
broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[1241] The broadcast signal processing apparatus J126100 according
to the embodiment of the present invention may include a protocol
processor J126200, a broadcast signal generator J126300 and a
transmission unit J126400.
[1242] The protocol processor J126200 includes a first level
signaling encoder J126210, a first layer encoder J126220, a second
level signaling encoder J126230 and/or a second layer encoder
J126240.
[1243] The protocol processor J126200 processes broadcast data or
signaling data according to the protocol of the broadcast
system.
[1244] The broadcast signal generator J126300 performs a series of
processes of transmitting the data processed by the protocol
processor. The broadcast signal generator J126300 may correspond to
the above-described broadcast signal encoder/processor of the
physical layer.
[1245] The transmission unit J126400 transmits the broadcast
signal.
[1246] The first level signaling encoder J126210 generates first
level signaling data. The first level signaling data may correspond
to signaling information of a higher layer for providing
information describing the broadcast service.
[1247] The first layer encoder J126220 generates broadcast data
according to the protocol of the first layer. The protocol of the
first layer may correspond to a protocol according to MPEG-DASH,
NRT and MMT.
[1248] The second level signaling encoder J126230 generates second
level signaling data. The second level signaling data may include
information for obtaining information on the first level signaling
data at a lower layer of a layer for processing the first level
signaling data. The second level signaling data may include
information necessary to scan the broadcast service at the lower
layer of the layer for processing the first level signaling data to
rapidly generate a map for the broadcast service.
[1249] The second layer encoder J126240 processes the data
processed at the first layer according to the protocol of the
second layer. The protocol of the second layer may correspond to an
MMTP (MPEG Media Transport Protocol), ROUTE (ALC/LCT) and/or HTTP
protocol.
[1250] According to the present invention, it is possible to
rapidly acquire signaling information provided at each layer after
physical layer processing.
[1251] According to the present invention, signaling information of
a higher layer and/or processing broadcast data at each layer may
be provided as signaling information, such that a receiver rapidly
acquires and processes a broadcast service.
[1252] FIG. 115 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[1253] FIG. 116 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1254] In these figures, one table is shown in a state of being
divided into two tables, due to spatial restriction.
[1255] The shown FIC data may further include a field indicating
the type of a protocol for delivering service signaling information
and a field indicating information on a path for delivering the
service signaling information according to protocol. Here, the
service signaling information may correspond to the above-described
SLS. Here, the FIC data may correspond to the above-described SLT.
Although the shown FIC data is represented in a bitstream format,
the FIC data may be represented in another format such as XML.
[1256] The fields included in the FIC data according to the shown
embodiment will be described. Fields having the same names may be
equal to the above-described fields.
[1257] The FIC_protocol_version field may indicate the version of
the FIC data or the protocol version of the FIC data. That is, this
field may indicate the version or protocol version of the SLT.
[1258] The transport_stream_id field may be the identifier of the
full broadcast stream. This field may be equal to the
above-described bsid field. The broadcast stream may be unique in a
specific area (e.g., North America).
[1259] The num_partitions field may indicate the number of
partitions present in the broadcast stream. Here, the broadcast
stream may mean a broadcast stream identified by the
above-described transport_stream_id field. Here, assume that one
broadcast stream may be divided into one or more partitions. Each
partition may include a plurality of PLPs. Each partition may be
used by one service provider (broadcaster). That is, each partition
may mean a portion of a broadcast stream used by one service
provider.
[1260] Information/fields of partitions corresponding in number to
the number indicated by the above-described num_partitions field
may be listed. The below-described fields may be information
described with respect to one partition and more fields may be
further included according to the number of partitions.
[1261] The partition_id field may be an identifier for identifying
the partition. This field may correspond to the above-described
@providerId. That is, this field may be used to identify each
service provider. In some embodiments, the @providerId field may be
included in the LLS table, instead of the SLT. The LLS table may
include the SLT.
[1262] The partition_protocol_version field may indicate the
version of the partition or the protocol version of the
partition.
[1263] The transport_protocol_type field may indicate the type of
the protocol for delivering components configuring one or more
services provided by the broadcaster or service signaling
information of the services. That is, if the service components
provided by the broadcaster or the service signaling information is
delivered through the protocol such as ROUTE or MMTP, which
protocol is used may be indicated. This field may correspond to the
above-described @slsProtocolType. In some embodiments, if this
field is 0x01, this may indicate MMT and, if this field is 0x02,
this may indicate a ROUTE protocol.
[1264] The num_services field may indicate the number of services
included and delivered in the partition. In some embodiments, this
field may indicate the number of services described in the SLT or
FIC data. In another embodiment, this field may indicate the number
of all services included and delivered in the broadcast stream.
[1265] Information/fields of the services corresponding in number
to the number indicated by the above-described num_services field
may be listed. The following fields may be information described
with respect to one partition and more fields may be further
included according to the number of services.
[1266] The service_id field may mean the service identifier of each
service. The service_data_version field may indicate the version of
the service or the protocol version of the service.
[1267] The service_channel_number field may indicate the channel
number of the service. In some embodiments, this field may be
divided into a field indicating the major channel number of the
service and a field indicating the minor channel number. This field
may correspond to the above-described @majorChannelNo and
@minorChannelNo.
[1268] The service_category field may indicate the category of the
service. This may correspond to the above-described
@serviceCategory. For example, a category such as an A/V service,
an audio-only service, an ESG service or an EA (Emergency Alert)
service may be indicated by this field.
[1269] The short_service_name_length field may indicate the length
of the below-described short_service_name field. The
short_service_name field having the length indicated by this field
may follow.
[1270] The short_service_name field may indicate the name or
simplified name of the service. This field may correspond to the
above-described @shortServiceName field.
[1271] The service_status field may indicate the status of the
service. For example, the status of the service may be classified
into active/suspended or hidden/shown.
[1272] The service_distribution field may indicate how the service
is distributed. This field may indicate whether the service is
delivered through only this partition, whether the service is not
delivered through only this partition but is reproducible through
only this partition, whether data of another partition is necessary
for reproduction, whether data of another broadcast stream is
necessary for reproduction, etc.
[1273] The sp_indicator field may be a flag indicating whether the
service is in a production state. This field may indicate whether
at least one service component included in the service is in a
production state. Here, at least one service component may mean
service components necessary to meaningfully reproduce the service.
This field may correspond to the above-described @protected.
[1274] The IP_version_flag field is a flag and may indicate that a
source_IP_address and a destination_IP_address field are IPv4
addresses if the value of this field is 0. If the value of this
field is 1, this may indicate that the source_IP_address and the
destination_IP_address field are IPv6 addresses. In some
embodiments, this field may be reserved for future use.
[1275] The num_session field may indicate the number of transport
sessions for delivering the service. Here, the transport session
may mean the above-described ROUTE session or MMTP session. In some
embodiments, this field may indicate the number of transport
sessions for delivering the service signaling information of the
service. In this embodiment, the number of transport sessions for
delivering the service signaling information may be one and thus
the num_session field may be omitted.
[1276] Information/fields of the sessions corresponding in number
to the number indicated by the above-described num_session field
may be listed. The below-described fields are information described
with respect to one session and more fields may be further included
according to the number of sessions.
[1277] The source_IP_address_flag field may be a flag indicating
whether the below-described source_IP_address field is present.
[1278] The ssc_flag field may be a flag indicating whether the
below-described SSC_tsi field and SSC_dp_id field are present.
[1279] The source_IP_address field may indicate source IP address
information of the transport session for delivering the service
signaling information of the service. Here, the transport session
may mean the above-described ROUTE or MMTP session. This field may
correspond to the above-described @slsSourceIpAddress field.
Presence of this field may be determined according to the value of
the above-described source_IP_address_flag field. In some
embodiments, this field may indicate the source IP address
information of the transport session for delivering the service
data of the service.
[1280] The destination_IP_address field may indicate destination IP
address information of the transport session for delivering the
service signaling information of the service. This field may
correspond to the above-described @slsDestinationIpAddress field.
In some embodiments, this field may indicate the destination IP
address information of the transport session for delivering the
service data of the service.
[1281] The destination_UDP_port field may indicate destination UDP
port information of the transport session for delivering the
service signaling information of the service. This field may
correspond to the above-described @slsDestinationUdpPort field. In
some embodiments, this field may indicate the destination UDP port
information of the transport session for delivering the service
data of the service.
[1282] If the value of the above-described transport_protocol_type
field is 0x01, that is, if the service components or the signaling
information of the service is transmitted according to MMTP, a
packet_id field and a dp_id field may be further added.
[1283] The packet_id field may have packet identifier information
for identifying a packet flow for delivering the service components
of the service or the service signaling information. Packets
included in the MMTP packet flow may have packet identifiers
indicated by this field. Through this information, the packet flow
having the service signaling information may be identified in the
MMTP transport session.
[1284] Although the packet flow for delivering the service
signaling information is identified through the packet_id field in
the present embodiment, this field may be omitted according to
embodiments. According to embodiments, the service signaling
information of the service may be delivered through a dedicated
channel of the transport session. For example, a packet flow having
a packet ID having a value of 00 may always deliver service
signaling information in the transport session. That is, in this
case, when an MMTP session is identified using IP and UDP
information as bootstrap information, a packet flow identified by
the packet ID having the value of 00 in the MMTP session may be
accessed to acquire the service signaling information of the
service. Here, the predefined packet ID may have a value other than
00.
[1285] The dp_id field may be an identifier for identifying a
physical channel for delivering the service signaling information
of the service, that is, a PLP.
[1286] If the value of the above-described transport_protocol_type
field is 0x02, that is, if the components or the service signaling
information of the service is transmitted according to the ROUTE
protocol, an SSC_tsi field and an SSC_dp_id field may be further
added. Presence of these fields may be determined according to the
value of the ssc_flag field. In addition, in some embodiments, an
LSID_tsi field and a dp_id field may be further added.
[1287] The SSC_tsi field may be session identifier information for
identifying an LCT transport session for delivering the service
signaling information of the service. Through this information, an
LCT session having service signaling information may be identified
in the ROUTE transport session.
[1288] Although the LCT session for delivering the service
signaling information is identified through the SSC_tsi field in
the present embodiment, this field may be omitted according to
embodiments. In embodiments, the service signaling information of
the service may be delivered through the dedicated channel of the
transport session. For example, an LCT session having a tsi value
of 0 may always deliver service signaling information in the
transport session. That is, in this case, when the ROUTE session is
identified using IP and UDP information as bootstrap information,
an LCT session identified by the tsi value of 0 in the ROUTE
session may be accessed to acquire the service signaling
information of the service. Here, the predefined tsi value may have
a value other than 0.
[1289] The SSC_dp_id field may be an identifier for identifying the
physical channel for delivering the service signaling information
of the service, that is, a PLP.
[1290] The LSID_tsi field may be session identifier information for
identifying the LCT session for delivering the above-described
LSID. The dp_id field may be PLP identifier information for
identifying the physical channel for delivering the LSID. Here, the
LSID may correspond to the above-described S-TSID. As described
above, since the S-TSID is included in the service signaling
information, these fields may be equal to the above-described
SSC_tsi field and SSC_dp_id field and thus may be omitted. In an
embodiment in which the LSID is transmitted independently of the
service signaling information, these two fields (LSID_tsi field and
dp_id field) may be necessary.
[1291] FIG. 117 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[1292] FIG. 118 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1293] In these figures, one table is shown in a state of being
divided into two tables, due to spatial restriction.
[1294] The FIC data of the shown embodiment is similar to the
above-described FIC data but may further include additional
information/fields. Fields having the same names as the fields of
the above-described FIC data may have the same meanings.
[1295] In the present embodiment, a bootstrap_mode field is added
to each partition. This field may indicate the bootstrap mode of
the component data of services included in the partition. For
example, if this field has a value of 0x01, this may indicate that
a normal bootstrap mode is used. If this field has a value of 0x02,
this may indicate that a fast bootstrap mode is used. The other
values may be reserved for future use. This field and the added
fields may be omitted in a system which does not support the fast
bootstrap mode cannot identify the bootstrap mode.
[1296] Here, the normal bootstrap mode is the above-described
bootstrap mode in which an SLS is obtained using an SLT and service
components of each service are accessed using the SLS.
[1297] Here, the fast bootstrap mode may mean that service
components of each service are rapidly accessed using only
information included in the SLT.
[1298] If the value of the bootstrap_mode field is 0x02, that is,
in the case of the fast bootstrap mode, FIC data may have access
information for acquiring the components of each service. The role
of the service signaling information in the above-described
embodiment may be regarded as being performed by FIC data.
[1299] In this case, a num_component field may be added to each
service. This field may indicate the number of components of the
service. Information on the components corresponding in number to
the number of components indicated by the num_component field may
follow.
[1300] The component_id field may indicate the identifier of the
component. This identifier may be equal to an identifier for
identifying DASH representation of an MPD or an asset ID of an
MMT.
[1301] If the components of the service are transmitted according
to the MMT protocol, a component_packet_id field may be further
added. This field may indicate packet ID information of a packet
flow for delivering the component. The MMTP packets of this packet
flow may have this packet ID.
[1302] If the components of the service are transmitted according
to the ROUTE protocol, a component_tsi field may be further added.
This field may indicate an identifier of a subsession of a
transport session for delivering the component. This subsession may
mean an LCT session.
[1303] The component_dp_id field may identify a physical channel
for transmitting packets (ROUTE/LCT packets or MMTP packets) for
delivering the component. That is, this field may include ID
information of the PLP.
[1304] The num_component_descriptor field may indicate the number
of component level descriptors and component_level_descrptor( )
corresponding in number to the number indicated by this field may
be present. The component level descriptor may include information
related to the component.
[1305] Thereafter, the num_partition_level_descriptors field may be
located to indicate the number of partition level descriptors.
Partition_level_descriptor( ) corresponding in number to the number
indicated by this field may be present. The partition level
descriptor may include information related to the partition.
[1306] Thereafter, a num_FIC_level_descriptors field may be located
to indicate the number of FIC level descriptors, and
FIC_level_descriptor( ) corresponding in number to the number
indicated by this field may be present. The FIC level descriptor
may include information related to the FIC.
[1307] Although omitted in the above-described embodiment, the
partition level descriptor and the FIC level descriptor may be
added regardless of whether the bootstrap mode is supported, in
other embodiments of the FIC data.
[1308] FIG. 119 is a diagram showing some of fast information
channel (FIC) data according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
[1309] FIG. 120 is a diagram showing the other of the FIC data
according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[1310] In these figures, one table is shown in a state of being
divided into two tables, due to spatial restriction.
[1311] The FIC data of the shown embodiment is similar to the
above-described FIC data, but the location of the above-described
transport_protocol_type field is changed. Fields having the same
names as the fields of the above-described FIC data may have the
same meanings.
[1312] In the above-described embodiment, the
transport_protocol_type field is located at a partition level. In
this case, the transport_protocol_type field indicates the
transport protocol of all services included in the partition. One
partition may refer to all data delivered by one broadcaster. In
this case, when services included in one partition use different
transport protocols, it is difficult to represent the services.
[1313] In the present embodiment, the transport_protocol_type field
may be located at a service level. Therefore, a service provider
using this partition may easily specify a transport protocol with
respect to each service. In addition, the service provider may use
various transport protocols, that is, use a ROUTE protocol with
respect to a specific service and use MMT protocol with respect to
another service, thereby ensuring system flexibility.
[1314] FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating a method of processing
service data according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[1315] The method of processing service data according to the
embodiment of the present invention may include generating service
data and service signaling information, generating a service list
table including bootstrap information, processing the service data,
etc. into broadcast stream and/or transmitting the broadcast
stream.
[1316] First, the service data of the broadcast service and the
service signaling information for signaling the service data may be
generated (t507010). This step may be performed by a first module
of a transmission side. The first module may correspond to a module
for generating service data, etc. at a higher layer. Here, the
service signaling information may include access information for
acquiring the service data. Here, the service data may mean actual
service data such as a service component included in the service
and the service signaling information may correspond to the
above-described SLS.
[1317] Thereafter, the service list table including the bootstrap
information for locating the service signaling information may be
generated (t507020). This step may also be performed by the first
module of the transmission side. Here, the service list table may
correspond to the above-described SLT. The bootstrap information
may mean bootstrap information such as the above-described IP/UDP
information.
[1318] The service data, the service signaling information and the
service list table may be processed into the broadcast stream
(t507030). This step may be performed by a second module of the
transmission side. The second module may correspond to a module for
managing a physical layer or a link layer. This step may correspond
to the above-described process of the physical layer or the process
of the physical layer and the link layer.
[1319] Thereafter, the generated broadcast stream may be
transmitted (t507040). This step may be performed by a third module
of the transmission side. The third module may mean a transmission
system such as an antenna.
[1320] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, the service data and
the service signaling information may be delivered according to a
first transport protocol or a second transport protocol. Here, the
first and second transport protocols may mean ROUTE and MMT
protocols.
[1321] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, the service list table
may further include service signaling protocol information, and the
service signaling protocol information may indicate a type of a
transport protocol used to deliver the service signaling
information. Here, the service signaling protocol information may
correspond to a field indicating the transport protocol for
delivering the above-described SLS.
[1322] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, the bootstrap
information may include Internet protocol (IP) information and user
datagram protocol (UDP) information of a transport session for
transmitting the service signaling information. Here, the IP
information and the UDP information may mean the above-described
destination IP address and the destination UDP port number. This
information may be used to identify a ROUTE or MMTP session for
delivering an SLS.
[1323] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, if the service
signaling information is delivered according to the first transport
protocol, the service signaling information may be delivered
through a dedicated subsession of the transport session, and the
dedicated subsession may be identified by a predetermined session
identifier value. Here, the transport session may correspond to a
ROUTE session and the subsession may correspond to an LCT session.
The dedicated subsession may mean an LCT session for delivering an
SLS identified by tsi=0. Here, the predetermined session identifier
value may mean tsi having a value of 0. In some embodiments, this
value may not be 0.
[1324] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, if the service
signaling information is delivered according to the second
transport protocol, the service signaling information may be
delivered by second transport protocol packets identified by a
predetermined packet identifier value. Here, the second transport
protocol packets may mean MMTP packets. The present embodiment may
correspond to the case where the SLS is delivered by the packet
flow identified by packet ID=00. The predetermined packet
identifier value may mean a packet ID having a value of 00. In some
embodiments, this value may not be 0.
[1325] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, if the service
signaling information is delivered according to the first transport
protocol, the service signaling information may be delivered
through one subsession of the transport session, and the bootstrap
information may further include session identifier information of
the subsession for delivering the service signaling information.
Here, the transport session may correspond to a ROUTE session and
the subsession may correspond to an LCT session. The session
identifier may mean tsi information.
[1326] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, if the service
signaling information is delivered according to the second
transport protocol, the service signaling information may be
delivered through one packet flow of the transport session, and the
bootstrap information may further include packet identifier
information for identifying packets of a packet flow for delivering
the service signaling information. Here, the transport session may
correspond to an MMTP session and the packet flow may correspond to
an MMTP packet flow. The packet identifier information may mean the
above-described packet ID.
[1327] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, the bootstrap
information may further include identifier information of a
physical channel for transmitting the service signaling
information. Here, the physical channel may mean the
above-described PLP or DP. The bootstrap information may further
include PLP ID information for delivering the SLS as described
above.
[1328] In the method of processing the service data according to
another embodiment of the present invention, the processing of the
service data, the service signaling information and the service
list table into the broadcast stream may include encapsulating the
service data, the service signaling information and the service
list table to generate link layer packets; and processing the link
layer packets into the broadcast stream. This step may be performed
by the second module of the transmission side. The process of
encapsulating into the link layer packets may correspond to the
above-described link layer operation. The process of processing the
link layer packets into the broadcast stream may correspond to the
above-described physical layer processing.
[1329] A method of processing service data at a reception side
according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be
described. This method is not shown in the figure.
[1330] The method of processing the service data at the reception
side according to the embodiment of the present invention includes
a first module of the reception side receiving a broadcast stream,
a second module parsing the broadcast stream to acquire a service
list table, a third module accessing service signaling information
using the service list table, the third module acquiring service
data using the service signaling information and/or a fourth module
reproducing a service using the acquired service data.
[1331] The methods of processing the service data at the reception
side according to the embodiments of the present invention may
correspond to the methods of processing the service data at the
transmission side according to the above-described embodiments of
the present invention. The methods of processing the service data
at the reception side may be performed by hardware modules (e.g.,
the first, second, third and fourth modules of the reception side)
corresponding to the modules used in the method of processing the
service data at the transmission side. The method of processing the
service data at the reception side may have embodiments
corresponding to the embodiments of the method of processing the
service data at the transmission side.
[1332] The aforementioned steps may be omitted or replaced by other
steps for performing similar/identical operations according to
embodiments.
[1333] FIG. 122 is a diagram showing an apparatus for processing
service data according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
[1334] The apparatus for processing the service data according to
the embodiment of the present invention may include a first module,
a second module and/or a third module of the above-described
transmission side. The blocks and modules have been described
above.
[1335] The apparatus for processing the service data according to
the embodiment of the present invention and the modules/blocks
included therein may perform the embodiments of the method of
processing the service data at the transmission side according to
the present invention.
[1336] The apparatus for processing the service data at the
reception side according to an embodiment of the present invention
will be described. This apparatus is not shown in the figure.
[1337] The apparatus for processing the service data at the
reception side according to the embodiment of the present invention
may include a first module, a second module, a third module and/or
a fourth module of the reception side. The blocks and modules have
been described above.
[1338] The apparatus for processing the service data at the
reception side according to the embodiment of the present invention
and the modules/blocks included therein may perform the embodiments
of the method of processing the service data at the reception side
according to the present invention.
[1339] The blocks/modules of the above-described apparatus may be
processors for performing a series of processes stored in a memory
and may be hardware elements located inside or outside the
apparatus according to embodiments.
[1340] The aforementioned modules may be omitted or replaced by
other steps for performing similar/identical operations according
to embodiments.
[1341] Modules or units may be processors executing consecutive
processes stored in a memory (or a storage unit). The steps
described in the aforementioned embodiments can be performed by
hardware/processors. Modules/blocks/units described in the above
embodiments can operate as hardware/processors. The methods
proposed by the present invention can be executed as code. Such
code can be written on a processor-readable storage medium and thus
can be read by a processor provided by an apparatus.
[1342] While the embodiments have been described with reference to
respective drawings for convenience, embodiments may be combined to
implement a new embodiment. In addition, designing
computer-readable recording medium storing programs for
implementing the aforementioned embodiments is within the scope of
the present invention.
[1343] The apparatus and method according to the present invention
are not limited to the configurations and methods of the
above-described embodiments and all or some of the embodiments may
be selectively combined to obtain various modifications.
[1344] The methods proposed by the present invention may be
implemented as processor-readable code stored in a
processor-readable recording medium included in a network device.
The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of
recording media storing data readable by a processor. Examples of
the processor-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a
CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage
device and the like, and implementation as carrier waves such as
transmission over the Internet. In addition, the processor-readable
recording medium may be distributed to computer systems connected
through a network, stored and executed as code readable in a
distributed manner.
[1345] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention
have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the
art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and
substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and
spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
Such modifications should not be individually understood from the
technical spirit or prospect of the present invention.
[1346] Both apparatus and method inventions are mentioned in this
specification and descriptions of both the apparatus and method
inventions may be complementarily applied to each other.
[1347] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present
invention may be carried out in other specific ways than those set
forth herein without departing from the spirit and essential
characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of
the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their
legal equivalents, not by the above description, and all changes
coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended
claims are intended to be embraced therein.
[1348] In the specification, both the apparatus invention and the
method invention are mentioned and description of both the
apparatus invention and the method invention can be applied
complementarily.
MODE FOR INVENTION
[1349] Various embodiments have been described in the best mode for
carrying out the invention.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[1350] The present invention is applied to broadcast signal
providing fields.
[1351] Various equivalent modifications are possible within the
spirit and scope of the present invention, as those skilled in the
relevant art will recognize and appreciate. Accordingly, it is
intended that the present invention cover the modifications and
variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of
the appended claims and their equivalents.
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