Signal multiplexing device and signal multiplexing method using layered division multiplexing
An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.
1. A signal multiplexing apparatus, comprising:
an injection level controller configured to generate a power-reduced enhanced layer signal by reducing power of an enhanced layer signal;
a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and the power-reduced enhanced layer signal;
a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to power level corresponding to the core layer signal;
a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both a core layer corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer corresponding to the enhanced layer signal,
wherein the injection level controller corresponds to a scaling factor and the scaling factor covers values corresponding to injection levels of 3.0 dB and 4.0 dB,
wherein the scaling factor decreases as a power reduction becomes larger, the power reduction being performed by the injection level controller,
wherein the power normalizer corresponds to a normalizing factor, and
wherein the normalizing factor increases as the power reduction becomes larger, the power reduction being performed by the injection level controller.
2. The signaling multiplexing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the injection level controller changes the injection level with predetermined step sizes, the predetermined step sizes including 0.5 dB.