Patent ID: 7742530
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a digital broadcast signal generated from encoding additional input data for additional error correction, multiplexing the encoded additional input data with an input data, Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding the multiplexed input data, interleaving the RS-encoded data, performing TCM encoding on the interleaved data, and transmitting a Radio Frequency (RF) digital broadcast signal including the TCM-encoded data, wherein performing TCM encoding includes encoding a first input bit to output a first output bit, precoding a second input bit to a output second bit and mapping the first output bit, second output bit and the first input bit to a value, the method comprising: receiving the RF digital broadcast signal containing first service data corresponding to the input data and second service data corresponding to the additional input data; demodulating the broadcast signal; performing trellis decoding on the first and second service data in the demodulated broadcast signal for first error correction in order to correct errors in the first and second service data that occurred during reception of the broadcast signal; outputting the first and second service data as a soft signal; and decoding the trellis-decoded second service data for second error correction in order to additionally correct errors in the second service data that occurred during the reception of the broadcast signal.