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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9913106-B2
Application number	US-201514906796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2015
Priority date	Jan 14, 2014
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, generating plural input streams, wherein each of the plural input streams include plural input packets; link layer processing the input packets in the plural input streams to generate link layer packets; physical layer processing the link layer packets in physical layer, to generate the broadcast signals; and transmitting the generated broadcast signals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting broadcast signals, the method comprising:
generating an input stream having plural input packets;
link processing the input packets in the input stream to generate link layer packets,
wherein the link processing further includes:
generating a payload of a link layer packet of the generated link layer packets by encapsulating either a segment of one input packet of the input packets in the input stream or concatenated input packets of the input packets in the input stream,
generating a header of the link layer packet including a base part, the base part including a packet configuration field which indicates whether the payload includes either the segment or the concatenated input packets, and
inserting the header in front of the payload;
physical processing the link layer packets into the broadcast signals; and
transmitting the broadcast signals,

wherein the generating the header further includes:
determining whether to add either a segmentation header part or a concatenation header part to the header based on a value of the packet configuration field,
adding the concatenation header part after the base part when the payload includes the concatenated input packets, by including length fields to the header in the same order as the concatenated input packets present in the payload, the length fields indicating length of each of the concatenated input packets, wherein the number of the length fields is determined based on the number of the concatenated input packets in the payload, and
adding stuffing bits after the length fields when the number of the length fields is odd.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base part further includes a packet type field indicating a type of the input packets included in the payload.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the header further includes:
adding the segmentation header part after the base part when the payload includes the segment by adding a segment sequence number field to the header, the segment sequence number field indicating an order of the segment in the payload.

4. An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
generate an input stream having plural input packets, and
link process the input packets in the input stream to generate link layer packets,

wherein, to link process, the processor is further configured to:
generate a payload of a link layer packet of the generated link layer packets by encapsulating either a segment of one input packet of the input packets in the input stream or concatenated input packets of the input packets in the input stream,
generate a header of the link layer packet including a base part, the base part including a packet configuration field which indicates whether the payload includes either the segment or the concatenated input packets, and
insert the header in front of the payload,

wherein the processor is further configured to physical process the link layer packets into the broadcast signals; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the broadcast signals,
wherein, to generate the header, the processor is further configured to:
determine whether to add either a segmentation header part or a concatenation header part to the header based on a value of the packet configuration field,
add the concatenation header part after the base part when the payload includes the concatenated input packets, by including length fields to the header in the same order as the concatenated input packets present in the payload, the length fields indicating length of each of the concatenated input packets, wherein the number of the length fields is determined based on the number of the concatenated input packets in the payload, and
add stuffing bits after the length fields when the number of the length fields is odd.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the base part further includes a packet type field indicating a type of the input packets included in the payload.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein, to generate the header, the processor is further configured to:
add the segmentation header part after the base part when the payload includes the segment by adding a segment sequence number field to the header, the segment sequence number field indicating an order of the segment in the payload.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Woosuk
• Ko Woosuk
• Hong Sungryong
• Oh Sejin
• Moon Kyoungsoo

Classifications

• H04W4/06 Primary

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L69/22

  Parsing or analysis of headers · CPC title

• H04H60/07

  characterised by processes or methods for the generation · CPC title

• H04B7/0413

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• H04L1/0041

  Arrangements at the transmitter end · CPC title