Patent ID: 8774229
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining signal reception at a wireless mobile station receiver in a wireless broadcast network, the method comprising: the wireless mobile station receiver receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) signal from a first transmitter of a plurality of transmitters in the wireless broadcast network, each of the plurality of transmitters transmitting an identical OFDM signal synchronously, the OFDM signal comprising a plurality of individual content data streams that are coarsely interleaved into an aggregate data stream, each of the plurality of individual content data streams including a continuous stream of a corresponding program, wherein the OFDM signal includes one connection identification value associated with the aggregate data stream; synchronizing the wireless mobile station receiver to the OFDM signal received from the first transmitter of the plurality of transmitters; and the wireless mobile station receiver receiving the OFDM signal simultaneously from a second transmitter of the plurality of transmitters while receiving the OFDM signal from the first transmitter of the plurality of transmitters, performing additional synchronization of the receiver with the second transmitter of the plurality of transmitters is eliminated.