Patent ID: 8005167
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of processing data for a receiver, the method comprising: receiving and demodulating a broadcast signal comprising a fast information channel (FIC) including cross layer information for mobile service acquisition, a transport parameter channel (TPC) including FIC version information for identifying an update of the FIC, and mobile service data belonging to a desired ensemble, wherein the mobile service data is data encoded through a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame; acquiring a first ensemble identifier identifying the desired ensemble from the FIC; obtaining a service map table (SMT) from the desired ensemble, the SMT comprising a header and a payload, the header including a second ensemble identifier corresponding to the first ensemble identifier, the payload including service acquisition information of the desired ensemble; acquiring IP access information of a mobile service from the SMT and acquiring IP datagram of the mobile service data from the ensemble according to the acquired IP access information; and decoding at least one of audio and video streams included in the acquired IP datagram of the mobile service data.