System and method for digital multimedia broadcasting

1. A system for digital multimedia broadcasting comprising:

a multimedia source for generating a plurality of multimedia signal outputs;

a multicast module for generating voice information using Internet Protocol;

an error correction module for receiving the multimedia signal outputs and the voice information and generating corrected multimedia information;

a de-multiplexer coupled to the error correction module for receiving the corrected multimedia information and generating one or more cellular digital multimedia broadcast (CDMB) data streams;

a stream multiplexer for receiving the one or more CDMB data streams and inserting a dedicated signaling information in each of the one or more CDMB data streams, and assembling at least one message capsule into the one or more CDMB data stream for indicating data recipients on a media control access (MAC) layer; and

at least one data channel modulator coupled to the stream multiplexer for establishing a dedicated signaling path for the corrected multimedia information based on the one or more CDMB data streams output of the stream multiplexer;

wherein the at least one data channel modulator each having a physical layer signaling based on a code-division multiple access (CDMA) or orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) technology for mapping the CDMB data streams into a number of data packets on a forward packet data channel according to a predetermined data format and a MAC protocol between a base station and a mobile station.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one control channel modulator for transmitting a control signal on a dedicated packet data control channel in response to a level-three (L 3 ) control command.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one control channel modulator maps the control signal into a forward packet data control channel between the base station and the mobile station, using a physical layer signaling based on CDMA or OFDM technology.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data packets are transmitted in a broadcast or multicast format.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein when the data packets are configured in the broadcast format, each of the CDMB data streams comprises a packet check sequence according to a MAC protocol, and one of the CDMB data streams has a message capsule.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein each of the CDMB data stream comprises a number of transport packets, each having a header followed by a message capsule.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the de-multiplexer extracts a program access table (PAT), conditional access table (CAT) or program map table (PMT) from the corrected multimedia information.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia source is configured in a MPEG II format.

9. A method for digital multimedia broadcasting comprising:

providing a multimedia source for generating a plurality of multimedia signal outputs;

providing voice information using Internet Protocol;

correcting the multimedia signal outputs and the voice information to generate corrected multimedia information;

generating one or more cellular digital multimedia broadcast (CDMB) data streams by de-multiplexing the corrected multimedia information and the voice information;

inserting a dedicated signaling information in each of the one or more CDMB data streams;

assembling at least one message capsule into the one or more CDMB data streams for indicating data recipients on a media control access (MAC) layer; and

providing at least one data channel modulator for establishing a dedicated signaling path for the corrected multimedia information based on the one or more CDMB data streams on the MAC layer;

wherein the at least one data channel modulator each having a physical layer signaling based on a code-division multiple access (CDMA) or orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) technology for mapping the CDMB data streams into a number of data packets on a forward packet data channel between a base station and a mobile station.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting a control signal on a dedicated packet data control channel in response to a level-three (L 3 ) control command.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting step comprises the step of:

mapping the control signal into a forward packet data control channel between the base station and the mobile station, using a physical layer signaling based on CDMA or OFDM technology.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the data packets are configured in a broadcast or multicast format.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein when the data packets are configured in the broadcast format, assembling a packet check sequence according to a MAC protocol into each of the CDMB data streams, and inserting a message capsule into one of the CDMB data streams.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein each CDMB data stream comprises a number of transport packets, each having a header followed by a message capsule.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

authenticating the mobile station.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

receiving a selection signal from the mobile station for selecting one or more interactive functions in association with the multimedia source.