IP Library Granted Patent US 50,973
Granted Patent E1
US 50,973 · App. 17/969,932 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Broadcast signal frame generation device and broadcast signal frame generation method using bootstrap including symbol for signaling BICM mode of preamble and OFDM parameter together

Inventors: Sung-Ik Park (Daejeon, KR); Jae-Young Lee (Daejeon, KR); Sun-Hyoung Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Heung-Mook Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N21/6112H04H20/426H04L5/0048H04L27/362H04N21/2383H04L1/0058H04L1/0068H04L1/007H04L2001/0093H04L27/18H04L27/3854H04W28/06
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Patent No.
US 50,973
App. No.
17/969,932
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
E1
Abstract

An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using a bootstrap including a symbol for signaling a BICM mode and OFDM parameters of a preamble, together are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving on a BICM output signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble using the time-interleaved signal. In this case, the bootstrap includes a symbol for signaling a BICM mode and OFDM parameters of L1-Basic of the preamble, together.

Claims (29)

1 . A broadcast signal reception apparatus, comprising:

an OFDM receiver configured to generate a received signal corresponding to a broadcast signal frame, the broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble; and

a time deinterleaver configured to perform time deinterleaving on the received signal corresponding to the broadcast signal frame,

wherein the bootstrap includes a symbol for signaling a signaling protection mode of L1-Basic of the preamble and OFDM parameters of L1-Basic, together.

2 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 1 , wherein the symbol corresponds to a fixed-length bit string signaling the signaling protection mode along with the OFDM parameters.

3 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 1 , wherein the fixed-length bit string is a bit string capable of identifying 256 combinations.

4 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 3 , wherein the OFDM parameters correspond to a combination of a FFT size, a guard interval length, and a pilot pattern.

5 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 4 , wherein the signaling protection mode includes

a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode for identifying QPSK and a code rate of 3/15,

a fourth mode for identifying 16-NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) and a code rate of 3/15, and

a fifth mode for identifying 64-NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) and a code rate of 3/15.

6 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 5 , wherein the first mode corresponds to a mode in which the parity repetition is performed, and the second and third modes correspond to a mode in which the parity repetition is not performed.

7 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 6 , wherein the parity puncturing size of the second mode is larger than the parity puncturing size of the first mode and is smaller than the parity puncturing size of the third mode.

8 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 7 , wherein the symbol corresponds to a lookup table in which

a preamble structure corresponding to a second guard interval length is allocated prior to a preamble structure corresponding to a first guard interval length, the second guard interval length being shorter than the first guard interval length when the FFT sizes corresponding to the OFDM parameters are the same.

9 . The broadcast signal reception device of claim 8 , wherein the symbol corresponds to the lookup table in which

the first mode, the second mode, the third mode, the fourth mode, and the fifth mode are allocated in an order of robustness for the same combination of a FFT size, a guard interval length, and a pilot pattern.

10 . A broadcast signal reception method of transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising:

generating a received signal corresponding to a broadcast signal frame, the broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble; and

performing time deinterleaving on the received signal transmitting the broadcast signal corresponding to the broadcast signal frame,

wherein the bootstrap includes a symbol for that simultaneously signals both signaling a signaling protection mode of L1-Basic of the preamble BICM mode and OFDM parameters of L1-Basic, together. of at least a part of the preamble,

the symbol corresponding to a multi-bit signaling field for representing a preamble structure, and

wherein the bootstrap is located at the beginning of the broadcast signal frame and corresponds to a data unit used for restoring the preamble.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the multi-bit signaling field corresponds to a multi-bit string signaling the BICM mode along with the OFDM parameters.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the OFDM parameters correspond to a combination of a FFT size, a guard interval length and a pilot pattern.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the BICM mode includes

a first mode, a second mode and a third mode for identifying QPSK and a code rate of 3/15,

a fourth mode for identifying 16-NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) and a code rate of 3/15, and

a fifth mode for identifying 64-NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) and a code of 3/15.

Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2015-0036152 · Mar 16, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0043570 · Mar 27, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0057756 · Apr 24, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0029468 · Mar 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16185457 · Nov 9, 2018
Continuation 15556973 · Mar 14, 2016
Reissue 16658283 · Oct 21, 2019
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