Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10798778-B2
Application number	US-201916282936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2019
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that enable channel selection information and time information to be transmitted effectively. A transmission apparatus acquires channel selection information for selecting a service and time information used for synchronizations on a transmission side and a reception side, generates, as a physical layer frame physical layer frame constituted of a preamble and a data portion, the physical layer frame in which specific information including at least one of the channel selection information and the time information is arranged at a head of the data portion right after the preamble, and transmits the physical layer frame as digital broadcast signals. The present technology is applicable to IP packet broadcasting, for example.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
acquire channel selection information for locating service signaling information of a service;
generate a physical layer frame, comprising a preamble and a data portion, in which low layer signaling information not depending on the service and including the channel selection information is arranged at a head part in the data portion after the preamble; and
transmit the physical layer frame as digital broadcast signals.

2. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in a payload of a transmission packet that transmits an IP (Internet Protocol) packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a transmission packet that transmits an IP packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L1 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a BB (Baseband) frame, and
the BB frame is transmitted as a first BB frame of the physical layer frame, wherein
the BB frame comprises a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the service is a television program.

6. A transmission method for a transmission apparatus, comprising:
by the transmission apparatus,
acquiring channel selection information for locating service signaling information of a service;
generating a physical layer frame, comprising a preamble and a data portion, in which low layer signaling information not depending on the service and including the channel selection information is arranged at a head part in the data portion after the preamble; and

transmitting the physical layer frame as digital broadcast signals.

7. A reception apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive digital broadcast signals including a physical layer frame, comprising a preamble and a data portion, the physical layer frame including low layer signaling information including channel selection information for locating service signaling information of a service, the low layer signaling information not depending on the service is arranged at a head part in the data portion after the preamble;
demodulate the physical layer frame;
acquire the low layer signaling information that is arranged at the head part in the data portion after the preamble and includes the channel selection information; and
carry out processing on the basis of the low layer signaling information.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in a payload of a transmission packet that transmits an IP packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a transmission packet that transmits an IP packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L1 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a BB (Baseband) frame, and
the BB frame is transmitted as a first BB frame of the physical layer frame, wherein
the BB frame comprises a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the service is selected on the basis of the channel selection information.

12. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
a video and audio configuring the service are synchronized on the basis of time information included in the low layer signaling information.

13. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the service is a television program.

14. The reception apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing includes service selection based on the channel selection information.

15. A reception method for a reception apparatus, comprising:
by the reception apparatus,
receiving digital broadcast signals including a physical layer frame, comprising a preamble and a data portion, the physical layer frame including low layer signaling information including channel selection information for locating service signaling information of a service, the low layer signaling information not depending on the service is arranged at a head part in the data portion after the preamble;
demodulating the physical layer frame;
acquiring the low layer signaling information that is arranged at the head part in the data portion after the preamble and includes the channel selection information; and

carrying out processing on the basis of the low layer signaling information.

16. The reception method according to claim 15 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in a payload of a transmission packet that transmits an IP packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

17. The reception method according to claim 15 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L2 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a transmission packet that transmits an IP packet, and
the transmission packet is transmitted as a first transmission packet of a first BB (Baseband) frame in the physical layer frame, wherein
the transmission packet and the first BB frame comprise a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

18. The reception method according to claim 15 , wherein
the channel selection information is included in L1 signaling information arranged in an extension header of a BB (Baseband) frame, and
the BB frame is transmitted as a first BB frame of the physical layer frame, wherein
the BB frame comprises a part of the data portion in the physical layer frame.

19. The reception method according to claim 15 , wherein the service is a television program.

20. The reception method according to claim 15 , wherein the processing includes service selection based on the channel selection information.

Assignees

• Saturn Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Takahashi Kazuyuki
• Michael Lachlan Bruce

Classifications

• H04L69/16

  Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] · CPC title

• H04H20/95 Primary

  characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream · CPC title

• H04L2012/5667

  IP over ATM · CPC title

• H04Q11/0478

  Provisions for broadband connections · CPC title

• H04L69/169

  Special adaptations of TCP, UDP or IP for interworking of IP based networks with other networks  (protocols for interworking, protocol conversion H04L69/08) · CPC title