Patent ID: 9027071
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in communicating broadcast programs over Radio Frequency (RF) broadcasting channels, with use of a photoelectric converter configured to convert a first broadcast program as an optical signal to a first RF signal which is broadcasted over a first broadcasting channel, the apparatus comprising: a channel detector configured to detect, from the RF broadcasting channels, a vacant Radio Frequency (RF) broadcasting channel (hereinafter a “second broadcasting channel”); a receiving interface configured to receive at least one second broadcast program; a modulator configured to generate a second RF signal by modulating the second broadcast program over the second broadcasting channel; a channel combiner configured to combine the first broadcasting channel used for the first RF signal with the second broadcasting channel; and a transmission interface configured to broadcast, over the second broadcasting channel, both the first RF signal and the second RF signal for receipt by a user terminal.