Patent ID: 9635630
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of transmitting media program information, comprising: receiving channel coded data comprising the media program information; generating a native signal having the channel coded data and native periodic synchronization information, the native signal for transmitting the media program information for reception by a remote receiver station disposed in a coverage area of a first secondary transmitter and a second secondary transmitter, the native periodic synchronization information having a time ambiguity with respect to a time reference common to a master transmitter, the first secondary transmitter, and the second secondary transmitter; generating a first signal from the native signal, the first signal having the channel coded data and time ambiguity resolvable periodic synchronization information generated from the native periodic synchronization information; transmitting the first signal from the master transmitter; receiving the first signal in the first secondary transmitter; receiving the first signal in the second secondary transmitter; resolving the time ambiguity of the native periodic synchronization information according to the time ambiguity resolvable periodic synchronization information; transmitting a first retransmitted signal having the media program information from the first secondary transmitter; and transmitting a second retransmitted signal having the media program information from the second secondary transmitter; wherein the first retransmitted signal is temporally offset from the second retransmitted signal by an amount determined at least in part according to the time ambiguity resolved periodic synchronization information and the common time reference.