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Granted Patent B2
US 9,838,176 · App. 14/591,736 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals

Inventors: Byounggill Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaehyung Kim (Seoul, KR); Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR); Sungryong Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0046H04L1/0041H04L1/0045H04L1/08H04L27/2601H04L27/265H04L27/2628H04L1/0057H04L1/0065H04L1/0071H04L1/06H04L5/0053H04L27/0008
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Patent No.
US 9,838,176
App. No.
14/591,736
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame included in a super frame, wherein each of signal frames includes the encoded service data and the encoded signaling data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, wherein each of the modulated signal frame includes a preamble having basic transmission parameters, wherein a length of the preamble is extendable and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame.

Claims (22)

1. A method for transmitting broadcast signals by an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the method comprising:

encoding service data corresponding to each of physical paths;

building at least one signal frame including the encoded service data;

modulating data of the at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme;

inserting a preamble at a beginning of the at least one signal frame after the modulating step, wherein a duration of the preamble is extensible in OFDM symbol periods; and

transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the preamble and the modulated data of the at least one signal frame,

wherein each signal frame is assigned to a frame type according to a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size, a guard interval length and a pilot pattern, and

wherein when two adjacent signal frames having different frame types are multiplexed in the broadcast signals, a preceding signal frame further includes a tail edge symbol being positioned at an end of the preceding signal frame.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the duration of the preamble is extensible by increasing a number of OFDM symbols in the preamble.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble includes two OFDM symbols,

wherein each of the two OFDM symbols of the preamble includes emergency alert information.

4. An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprising:

an encoder to encode service data corresponding to each physical paths;

a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the encoded service data;

a modulator to modulate data of the at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme;

a preamble inserter to insert a preamble at a beginning of the at least one signal frame after modulating the at least one signal frame, wherein a duration of the preamble is extensible in OFDM symbol periods; and

a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the preamble and the modulated data of the at least one signal frame,

wherein each signal frame is assigned to a frame type according to a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size, a guard interval length and a pilot pattern, and

wherein when two adjacent signal frames having different frame types are multiplexed in the broadcast signals, a preceding signal frame further includes a tail edge symbol being positioned at an end of the preceding signal frame.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the duration of the preamble is extensible by increasing a number of OFDM symbols in the preamble.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the preamble includes two OFDM symbols,

wherein each of the two OFDM symbols of the preamble includes emergency alert information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2015
From: KIM, BYOUNGGILL; KIM, JAEHYUNG; KO, WOOSUK; HONG, SUNGRYONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034772/0809 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61925196 · Jan 8, 2014
Provisional Application 61933304 · Jan 29, 2014
Related Publication 20150195067A1 · Jul 9, 2015