Patent Publication Number: US-9838748-B2

Title: Transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus, and signal processing method thereof

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/843,095, 61/843,115 and 61/875,246, filed on Jul. 5, 2013, filed on Jul. 5, 2013, and filed on Sep. 9, 2013, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0115741, filed on Sep. 27, 2013, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     Apparatuses and methods consistent with the present disclosure relate to a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus, and a signal processing method thereof, and more particularly, to a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus, and a signal processing method thereof, for mapping data to at least one signal processing path and for transmitting the data. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Recently, multi-functional and wideband high quality broadcast communication devices have been developed. In particular, by virtue of electronic technologies, portable broadcast devices such as high quality digital televisions (TVs), high specification smart phones, and the like have become popular. Accordingly, there is desire to use various reception methods and to support various services with regard to broadcast services. 
     Along with this desire, broadcast communication standards such as, for example, Digital Video Broadcasting the Second Generation Terrestrial (DVB-T2) have been developed. DVB-T2 is the second generation EU terrestrial digital broadcast standard obtained by improving the performance of Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T), which is a standard that has been adopted by 35 or more countries around the world including the EU. DVB-T2 applies recent technologies such as low density parity check (LDPC) coding, 256QAM modulation, and so on, thereby increasing transmission efficiency and bandwidth efficiency. Accordingly, DVB-T2 is advantageous for providing various high quality services such as High-Definition TV (HDTV) to a limited band HDTV. 
     DVB-T2 adds and transmits information to a header region of a transmission frame. The added information is for compensating for a variable delay caused by data processing at a transmitter. Accordingly, problems arise in that a receiver needs to process a data frame in order to use the corresponding information. 
     SUMMARY 
     Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure overcome the above disadvantages and other disadvantages not described above. Also, the present disclosure is not required to overcome the disadvantages described above, and an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may not overcome any of the problems described above. 
     The present disclosure provides a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a controlling method thereof, for adding information to signaling information in order to compensate for a variable delay caused by data processing at a transmitter and for transmitting the added information. 
     According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a transmitting apparatus includes a frame generator configured to map data included in an input stream to at least one signal processing path to generate a frame, an information inserter configured to insert signaling information to a signaling region of the frame, and a transmitter configured to transmit the frame with the signaling information inserted therein, wherein the signaling information includes input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet. 
     Here, the preset frame may be a first frame to which an interleaving frame for transmitting the user packet is mapped. 
     The signaling region may include a configurable field and a dynamic field, the configurable field may include the ISSY mode information, the dynamic field may include the receiver buffer size information and time information. 
     The dynamic field may further include input stream clock reference (ISCR) information. 
     In addition, the signaling information may include pre-signaling information and post-signaling information, and the configurable field and the dynamic field may be included in the post-signaling information. 
     A digital video broadcasting second generation terrestrial (DVB-T2) transmitting system may include the transmitting apparatus, and the signaling region of the frame may be a region for transmitting L 1  signaling. 
     A digital video broadcasting second generation terrestrial (DVB-T2) transmitting system may include the transmitting apparatus, and the receiver buffer size may be a buffer size (BUFS) and the time information is time to output (TTO). 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a receiving apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a frame including signaling information and data mapped to at least one signal processing path, a signaling processor configured to extract the signaling information from the received frame, and a signal processor configured to signal-process the data included in the frame based on the extracted signaling information, wherein the signal processor signal-processes the data based on input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet. The signaling information includes the ISSY mode information, the receiver buffer size information, and the time information. 
     Here, the preset frame may be a first frame to which an interleaving frame for transmitting the user packet is mapped 
     The signaling region may include a configurable field and a dynamic field, the configurable field may include the ISSY mode information, and the dynamic field may include the receiver buffer size information and time information. 
     The dynamic field may further include input stream clock reference (ISCR) information. 
     The signaling information may include pre-signaling information and post-signaling information, and the configurable field and the dynamic field may be included in the post-signaling information. 
     In addition, a digital video broadcasting second generation terrestrial (DVB-T2) receiving system may include the receiving apparatus, and the signaling region of the frame may be a region for transmitting L 1  signaling. 
     In addition, a digital video broadcasting second generation terrestrial (DVB-T2) receiving system may include the receiving apparatus, and the receiver buffer size may be a buffer size (BUFS) and the time information is time to output (TTO). 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a signal processing method of a transmitting apparatus includes mapping data included in an input stream to at least one signal processing path to generate a frame, inserting signaling information to a signaling region of the frame; a transmitting the frame with the signaling information inserted therein, wherein the signaling information includes input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet. 
     Here, the preset frame may be a first frame to which an interleaving frame for transmitting the user packet is mapped. 
     The signaling region may include a configurable field and a dynamic field, the configurable field may include the ISSY mode information, and the dynamic field may include the receiver buffer size information and time information between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and time when a preset bit of a first user packet of a user packet is output. 
     In addition, the dynamic field may further include input stream clock reference (ISCR) information. 
     In addition, the signaling information may include pre-signaling information and post-signaling information, and the configurable field and the dynamic field may be included in the post-signaling information. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a signal processing method of a receiving apparatus includes receiving a frame including signaling information and data mapped to at least one signal processing path, extracting the signaling information from the received frame; and signal-processing the data included in the frame based on the extracted signaling information, wherein the signal-processing includes signal-processing the data based on input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet. The signaling information including the ISSY mode information, the receiver buffer size information, and the time information. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a broadcast signal receiving apparatus includes a broadcast signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal and a processor system. The broadcast signal includes signaling information for compensating for a variable delay caused by data processing before the broadcast signal receiving apparatus receives broadcast signal, and data mapped to at least one signal processing path. The processor system is configured to process the data, and to compensate for the variable delay by using the signaling information included in the broadcast signal. 
     Here, the signaling information may include input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between a P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet. 
     In addition, the broadcast signal may include a frame that includes the signaling information and the data. 
     As described above, according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, information for compensating for variable delay caused via data processing at a transmitter may be acquired from signaling information, thereby improving stream processing performance of a receiver. 
     Additional and/or other aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and/or other aspects of the present disclosure will be more apparent by describing certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is block diagram for explanation of configuration of a digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (DVB-T2) of a transmitter; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram for explanation of components for generating signaling information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 4A to 4D  are diagrams for explanation of a structure of a unit of a transmission frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 5A to 5C  are diagram for explanation of an input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 6A to 6F  are diagram for explanation of configuration of a singling file according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a receiving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram for detailed explanation of a signal processor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a signaling processor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 10  is a flowchart for explanation of a signaling processing method of a transmitting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 11  is a flowchart of a signal processing method of a receiving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 12A to 12F  are diagrams for explanation of a system configuration and a configuration of a signaling field, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 14  is a block diagram further illustrating the demodulator  1330  of  FIG. 13  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 15  is a flow chart which briefly illustrates the operations of the receiver from the time when a user selects a service to the time when the actually selected service is played. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     Certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present disclosure, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present disclosure unclear. The terms used in the specification are defined in consideration of functions used in the present disclosure, and can be changed according to the intent or conventionally used methods of clients, operators, and users. Accordingly, definitions of the terms should be understood on the basis of the entire description of the present specification. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitting apparatus  100  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to  FIG. 1 , the transmitting apparatus  100  includes a frame generator  110 , an information inserter  120 , and a transmitter  130 . 
     The frame generator  110  maps data contained in an input stream to at least one signal processing path to generate a frame. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a digital video broadcasting the second generation terrestrial (DVB-T2) system applies a Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) concept so as to provide various broadcast services with different modulation schemes, different channel code rates, different time and interleaving lengths, etc., to one broadcast channel. 
     Here, PLP refers to a signal path that is independently processed. That is, respective services (e.g., video, expanding video, audio, data stream, and so on) may be transmitted via a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) channels. In this regard, PLP is a path for transmitting such a service or a stream including data transmitted through the path. In addition, PLP may be located in slots that are distributed at a time interval on a plurality of RF channels or may be distributed at a time interval on one RF channel. That is, one PLP may be distributed and transmitted at a time interval on one RF channel or a plurality of RF channels. 
     PLP has input mode ‘A’ for providing one PLP and input mode ‘B’ for providing a plurality of PLPs. In particular, when input mode ‘B’ is supported, PLP may provide a specific robust service and may also distribute and transmit one stream, thereby increasing a time interleaving length to obtain time diversity gain. In addition, when PLP receives only a specific stream, a receiver may be powered off for remaining periods of time so as to use PLP at low power. Thus, PLP is appropriate for providing a portable and mobile broadcast service. 
     Here, time diversity refers to technology for acquiring excellent transmission quality by synthesizing received signals by a receiving side when a transmitting side transmits the same signal several times at a predetermined time interval for reducing degradation in transmission quality in a mobile communication transmission path. 
     In addition, information to be commonly transmitted via a plurality of PLPs may be added to one PLP and transmitted, thereby increasing transmission efficiency. This PLP is referred to as a common PLP. Other PLPs except for PLP 0  may be used to transmit data. Such a PLP is referred to as data PLP. 
     That is, the frame generator  110  maps data contained in the input data to at least one signal processing path to generate a frame and performs signal processing on a path by path basis. For example, the signal processing may include at least one from among input stream synchronization, delay compensation, null packet deletion, CRC encoding, header insertion, coding, interleaving, and modulation. Frames signal-processed per path are generated as one transmission frame together with signaling information. In addition, the generated transmission frame is transmitted to a receiving apparatus. 
     The information inserter  120  inserts the signaling information into a singling region of the frame. 
     Here, the signaling information may be a Layer  1  (L 1 ) signaling signal for transmitting an L 1  signal for frame synchronization. The signaling information may include a configurable field and a dynamic field. The signaling region may be a P 2  symbol for frame synchronization. The signaling region may be added to a start portion of the frame to generate a transmission signal. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, in the DVB-T2 system, one unit of a transmission frame to which a P 1  symbol and a signaling region are added is referred to as a T 2  frame. 
     The P 2  symbol may be divided into a pre-signaling information region and a post-signaling information region. In addition, the post-signaling information region may include a configurable field and a dynamic field. 
     The P 1  and P 2  symbols are terms used in the example of DVB-T2. The P 1  symbol indicates a start of a frame and the P 2  symbol includes the signaling region. According to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the start of a frame may be indicated using one preamble symbol including the singling region. 
     According to the present exemplary embodiment, the singling information inserted into the signaling region may include input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver BUFfer Size information (BUFS) required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information (hereinafter, referred to as Time-To-Output (TTO)). The TTO is the time between the P 1  symbol (or a symbol indicating start of a frame such as a preamble) of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and the output of a preset bit of a first user packet of a user packet is output. Here, the preset frame may be a first frame to which an interleaving frame for transmitting a user packet is mapped and the preset bit may be a most significant bit (MSB) of the interleaving frame. That is to say, in some exemplary embodiments, the TTO is the time between the start of the first T 2  -frame of the interleaving frame and the output of the first bit of the interleaving frame. The P 1  and P 2  symbols are terms used in the example of DVB-T2. The P 1  symbol indicates start of a frame and the P 2  symbol includes the signaling region. According to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, start of a frame may be indicated using one preamble symbol including the singling region. Here, an accurate definition of a TTO may vary according to configuration of a start symbol of a frame and a definition of a user packet, which will be described with regard to the following exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     The ISSY mode information may be used to compensate for the variable delay caused by data processing at a transmitter. When the ISSY mode information is used, a receiver may regenerate accurate timing for restoring an output stream. A variable for the ISSY mode information may be, for example, the aforementioned BUFS, TTO, and input stream clock reference (ISCR). Here, the ISCR refers to synch timing information generated in consideration of all delay caused during a transmission process with a channel so as to restore a service at original timing during service restoration. 
     The ISCR information may be included in at least one of an L 1  packet and an L 2  packet. According to an ISSY mode, the signaling information may further include ISCR interval information. Here, the ISCR interval information is required for an ISSY mode in which an ISCR value is transmitted to a portion of the L 1  packet and indicates an interval of L 1  packets in which an ISSY field is present. 
     The ISSY mode information may be included in a configurable field of L 1  signaling and the BUFS and TTO may be included in a dynamic field of the L 1  signaling. 
     In addition, the dynamic field may further include input stream clock reference (ISCR) interval information. 
     The aforementioned ISSY, BUFS, time to output (TTO), and ISCR are described in detail in “Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Frame structure channel coding and modulation for a second generation digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (DVB-T2), ETSI EN 302 755 V1.1.1 (2009-09)” incorporated herein by reference, and thus, are not described in detail here. 
     The transmitter  130  transmits a frame to which signaling information is inserted. The transmitting apparatus  100  may transmit service data together with signaling information including location and size information of data to a transmitting apparatus (not shown). 
       FIG. 2  is block diagram for explanation of a configuration of a DVB-T2 transmitting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , a DVB-T2 transmitting apparatus  1000  may include an input processor  1100 , a bit interleaved coding &amp; modulation (BICM) encoder  1200 , a frame builder  1300 , and a modulator  1400 . 
     The components of the DVB-T2 transmitting apparatus  1000  will be described briefly. With regard to the detailed descriptions of the components of the DVB-T2 transmitting apparatus  1000 , refer to “Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Frame structure channel coding and modulation for a second generation digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (DVB-T2)”. 
     The input processor  1100  generates a baseband frame (BBFRAME) from an input stream of service target data. Here, the input stream may be an MPEG-2 transport stream, a generic stream (GS), or the like. 
     The input processor  1100  may include the aforementioned ISSY module that may generate the aforementioned ISSY variables. An example of the ISCR among the ISSY variables may be a counter value when a first bit (or byte) of a specific user packet is input to the input processor  1100 . The counter operates at a frequency that is known to a transmitter and a receiver. 
     The BICM encoder  1200  determines an FEC coding rate and a constellation order according to a region (a fixed PHY frame or a mobile PHY frame) to which service target data is to be transmitted and performs coding. In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, signaling information about the service target data may be encoded by a separate BICM encoder (another) or encoded by sharing the BICM encoder  1200 . 
     The frame builder  1300  and the modulator  1400  determine an OFDM parameter for a signaling region and an OFDM parameter for a region to which the service target data is to be transmitted in order to configure a frame, and add a synch region to the configured frame to generate the frame. In addition, the generated frame is modulated into a radio frequency (RF) signal and the RF signal is transmitted to a receiver. 
     The frame generation described with reference to  FIG. 1  may be performed by the input processor  1100  and the information insertion may be performed by the frame builder  1300 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram for explanation of components for generating signaling information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates the input processor  1100  and the BICM encoder  1200 . The input processor  1100  may include a scheduler  1110 . The BICM encoder  1200  may include an L 1  signaling generator  1210 , FEC encoders  1220 - 1  and  1220 - 2 , a bit interleaver  1230 - 2 , a demux  1240 - 2 , and constellation mappers  1250 - 1  and  1250 - 2 . The BICM encoder  1200  may further include a time interleaver (not shown). In addition, the L 1  signaling generator  1210  may be included in the input processor  1100 . 
     Respectively, n pieces of service data are mapped to PLP 0  to PLPn. The scheduler  1110  determines a location, modulation, and a code rate per PLP in order to map plural PLPs to a physical layer of T 2 . That is, the scheduler  1110  generates L 1  signaling information. As necessary, the scheduler  1110  may output dynamic field information of L 1 -post-signaling information of a current frame to the frame builder  1300 . In addition, the scheduler  1110  may transmit the L 1  signaling information to the BICM encoder  1200 . The L 1  signaling information includes L 1 -pre-signaling information and L 1 -post-signaling information. 
     The L 1  signaling generator  1210  separately outputs the L 1 -pre-signaling information and the L 1 -post-signaling information. The FEC encoders  1220 - 1  and  1220 - 2  perform FEC encoding including shortening and puncturing. The bit interleaver  1230 - 2  performs interleaving on the encoded L 1  post-signaling information on a bit basis. The demux  1240 - 2  adjusts an order of bits included in a cell to control the cell&#39;s robustness and outputs the cell including bits. The two the constellation mappers  1250 - 1  and  1250 - 2  map cells of the L 1 -pre-signaling information and the L 1 -post-signaling information to constellations. The L 1 -pre-signaling information and the L 1 -post-signaling information are processed via the aforementioned process are output to the frame builder  1300 . Thus, the L 1 -pre-signaling information and the L 1 -post-signaling information may be inserted into a frame. 
       FIGS. 4A to 4D  are diagrams for explanation of a structure of a unit of a transmission frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4A , an input processing module for processing an input stream to an L 1  packet may operate at a data pipe level. 
       FIG. 4A  illustrates a process of processing the input stream to the L 1  packet. A plurality of input streams  411  to  413  are processed to data pipes  421  to  423  of a plurality of L 2  packets via an input pre-processing procedure. The data pipes  421  to  423  of the plural L 2  packets are encapsulated to data pipes  431  to  433  of the plural L 1  packets and scheduled to a transmission frame via an input processing procedure. Here, an L 2  packet may be of two types of fixed streams such as a transport stream (TS) and a variable stream such as a general stream encapsulation (GSE) stream. 
       FIG. 4B  is a diagram for explanation of a structure of a local frame of each PLP. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4B , an L 1  packet  430  includes a header, a data field, and a padding field. 
     Parity  442  is added to the L 1  packet  430  and then the L 1  packet  430  is processed to an L 1  FEC packet  440  via an FEC ending procedure. 
     The L 1  FEC packet  440  may be processed to an FEC block  450  via a bit interleaving and constellation mapping procedure, and a plurality of FEC blocks are processed to a time interleaving block  460  via a cell interleaving procedure, and a plurality of time interleaving blocks are included in an interleaving frame  470 . 
       FIG. 4C  is a diagram for explanation of a structure of an interleaving frame  470 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 4C , the interleaving frame  470  may be transmitted through different transmission frames  461  and  462  and a plurality of transmission frames may form one super frame  480 . 
     One transmission frame  461  may include P 1  symbols  10  indicating a start position of the frame, P 2  symbols  20  for transmitting an L 1  signal, and data symbols  30  for transmitting data. 
     The P 1  symbols  10  may be located at a first portion of the transmission frame  461  and used to detect a start point of the transmission frame  461 . For example, the P 1  symbols  10  may transmit 7-bit information. 
     The P 2  symbols  20  is located subsequent to the P 1  symbols  10  of the transmission frame  461 . One transmission frame  461  may include a plurality of P 2  symbols  20  according to an FFT size. The number of the P 2  symbols  20  included according to an FFT is shown in Table 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 FFT  
                 Number of  
               
               
                   
                 Size 
                 P2 Symbols 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  1K 
                 16 
               
               
                   
                  2K 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                  4K 
                   
               
               
                   
                  8K 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 16K 
                 1 
               
               
                   
                 32K 
                 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The P 2  symbols  20  include L 1  pre-signaling information  21  and L 1  post-signaling information  23 . The L 1  pre-signaling information  21  provides a basic transmission parameter including parameters required to receive and decode the L 1  post-signaling information  23 . 
     The L 1  post-signaling information  23  includes a configurable field  23 - 1  and a dynamic field  23 - 2 . In addition, the L 1  post-signaling information  23  may optionally include an extension field  23 - 3 . Although not illustrated, the L 1  post-signaling information  23  may further include a CRC field and an L 1  padding field as necessary. 
       FIG. 4D  illustrates a structure of a header  441  of an L 1  packet  440 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4D , the header  441  of the L 1  packet  440  includes an ISSYI field  441 - 1 , a PADI field  441 - 2 , a SYNCD field  441 - 3 , and an ISSY field  441 - 4 . 
     The ISSYI field  441 - 1  is a 1-bit field indicating whether an ISSY field  441 - 4  is present. As shown in Table 2 below, when the ISSYI field  441 - 1  is set to 0, the ISSY field  441 - 4  is not present. When the ISSYI field  441 - 1  is set to 1, the ISSY field  441 - 4  for signaling ISCR information is present. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 0 
                 No ISSY field 
               
               
                 1 
                 There is ISSY field to signal ISCR information 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The PADI field  441 - 2  is a 2-bit field and indicates a state of a padding sub region as shown in Table 3 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 00 
                 No Padding 
               
               
                 01 
                 1 byte Padding (No PADL field) 
               
               
                 10 
                 Padding equal or more than 2 bytes (2 bytes PADL field) 
               
               
                 11 
                 Reserved 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The SYNCD field  441 - 3  is a 13-bit field and indicates a byte distance to start of a first L 1  packet. 
     The ISSY field  441 - 4  is a 24-bit field and indicates an ISCR value of the first L 1  packet. The ISSY field  441 - 4  may have a value when the ISSYI field  441 - 1  is set to 1. 
       FIGS. 5A and 5B  are diagram for explanation of an ISSY mode according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the ISSY mode, that is, a PLP_ISSY_mode is an input symbol synchronization mode of a PLP. ISSY mode information may be included in the configurable field  23 - 1  of the L 1 -post-signaling field  23 . 
     For example, the PLP_ISSY_mode may be configured in 2 bits as illustrated in  FIG. 5A  and may have values shown in Table 4 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 00 
                 ISSY is not used. 
               
               
                 01 
                 Reserved 
               
               
                 10 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of particular L1 packet 
               
               
                 11 
                 the ISCR value is appended to each L2 packet 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As another example, PLP_ISSYI may be configured in 1 bit as illustrated in  FIG. 5B  and may have values shown in Table 5 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 0 
                 No ISSY field 
               
               
                 1 
                 There is ISSY field to signal ISCR information 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. When PLP_ISSYI is configured in 1 bit, if the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 1, then the TTO and BUFS values are provided to a dynamic field  23 - 2  and an ISCR value is provided from an ISSY field  441 - 4  (refer to  FIG. 4D ) of an L 2  packet, and if the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 0, then the ISSY field  441 - 4  is not used. For example, when PLP does not transmit a stream or transmits a stream for compensating for delay and jitter at a higher layer than a physical layer, the corresponding field may be set to 0, which will be described below with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 5C  is a diagram for explanation of TTO, BUFS, and ISCR_Interval information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     For example, the TTO is configured in 32 bits, the BUFS is configured in 12 bits, and the ISCR_Interval is configured in 10 bits. Here, the ISCR_Interval has a specific value only when the PLP_ISSY_mode is “10”. When the corresponding field is set to 0, whether the ISSY field  441 - 4  is present is determined according to ISSYI of a header region. When the corresponding field is set to a value other than 0, the ISCR_Interval indicates an interval between L 1  packets in which the ISSY field  441 - 4  is present in the header region and is started from a first L 1  packet of an interleaving frame  470 . For example, when the corresponding field is set to 0, the ISSY field  441 - 4  is present in a first L 1  packet, an 11 th  L 1  packet, a 21 st  L 1  packet, etc., of the interleaving frame  470 . 
     The ISSYI field  441 - 1  (refer to  FIG. 4D ) present in the header region is a 1-bit field indicating whether the ISSY field  441 - 4  is present. When the ISSYI field  441 - 1  is set to 1, then it indicates that the ISSY field  441 - 4  for signaling ISCR information is present. 
     Here, the TTO, the BUFS, and the ISCR_Interval have been described above, and thus, will not be described any more. 
       FIGS. 6A to 6F  are diagram for explanation of configuration of a singling file according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6A , a configuration field of the signaling field according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a PLP_ISSYI field (1 bit) and a dynamic field  23 - 2  of the signaling field may include a TTO field (32 bits) and a BUFS field (12 bits). 
     Here, a PLP_ISSYI field (1 bit) may indicate whether a value of an ISSY mechanism is present and in detail, may have the following values shown in Table 6 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 1 
                 TTO and BUFS values shall be provided in the PLP loop 
               
               
                   
                 of the dynamic L1-post-signaling and ISCR value shall be 
               
               
                   
                 provided in the ISSY field of a L2 packet carrying TS 
               
               
                   
                 packets 
               
               
                 0 
                 ISSY use is not activated 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     That is, when the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 1, this value indicates that TTO and BUFS values are provided to the dynamic field  23 - 2  and an ISCR value is provided from the ISSY field  441 - 4  (refer to  FIG. 4D ) of the L 2  packet. In addition, when the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 0, this value indicates that ISSY is not activated. When PLP does not transmit any stream, the corresponding field may be set to 0. 
     The TTO field (32 bits) indicates a TTO value of a first L 2  packet started in a data sub region of a first L 1  packet of an interleaving frame  470  including a transmission frame. When the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 0, the corresponding ISSYI field  441 - 1  may be set to 0. 
     The BUFS field (12 bits) indicates a buffer size of a receiver assumed by a modulator with respect to PLP. When ISSY is not used, that is, when the PLP_ISSYI field is set to 0, the corresponding ISSYI field  441 - 1  may be set to 0. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6B , according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a signaling field may include a PLP_ISSYI field (1 bit), a TTO field (32 bits), and a BUFS field (12 bits). That is, according to the present exemplary embodiment, a configuration field  23 - 1  and a dynamic field  23 - 2  are not distinguished. In this case, the TTO field and the BUFS field are not needed when the PLP_ISSYI is not activated and thus, due to this dependency, the TTO field and the BUFS field may be included in the signaling field only when the PLP_ISSYI field is 1. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6C , according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a configurable field  23 - 1  of a signaling field may include a PLP_ISSYI_mode field (2 bits) and a dynamic field  23 - 2  may include a TTO field (32 bits), a BUFS field (12 bits), an ISCR Interval field (10 bits), and an ISCR_IF field (24 bits). Here, the ISCR Interval field has a specific value when the PLP_ISSYI_mode is 10. That is, the ISCR Interval field has a specific value when an ISCR value is transmitted as a portion of an L 1  packet. 
     Here, the PLP_ISSYI_mode field (2 bits) may have values shown in Table 7 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 00 
                 ISSY is not used. 
               
               
                 01 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of each L1 packet (header) 
               
               
                 10 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of particular L1 packet 
               
               
                   
                 (header) 
               
               
                 11 
                 the ISCR value is appended to each user packet (or reserved) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The dynamic field  23 - 2  illustrated in  FIG. 6C  may have the same value for all transmission frames to which the interleaving frame  470  is mapped, and the TTO field and the BUFS field may be always present and used as reserve regions. 
     In detail, TTO directly signals a TTO value of a first user packet started in a data field of a first L 1  packet of an interleaving frame  470 . 
     BUFS indicates a buffer size of a receiver assumed by a modulator with respect to PLP. ISCR_Interval indicates the number of L 1  packets between two L 1  packets for transmitting an ISCR value. When the corresponding value is set to 0, whether the ISCR value is transmitted may be indicated in a header of an L 1  packet. When 0&lt;ISCR_Interval&lt;1023 D , the first L 1  packet of the interleaving frame  470  carries the ISCR value. The corresponding field has a specific value only when PLP_ISSYI_mode is ‘10’. 
     ISCR_IF transmits the ISCR value of a first user packet started in a data field of a first L 1  packet of the interleaving frame  470 . The corresponding field may have a specific value only when the ISCR_Interval is 1023 D . In addition, when ISCR_Interval&gt;0, the corresponding field may be omitted when the first L 1  packet of the interleaving frame  470  transmits the ISCR value. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6D , according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a configurable field  23 - 1  of a signaling field may include a PLP_ISSYI_mode field (1 bit) and a dynamic field  23 - 2  of the signaling field may include a TTO field (32 bits), a BUFS field (12 bits), and an ISCR Interval field (10 bits). Here, the TTO field, the BUFS field, and the ISCR Interval field may have specific values only when PLP_ISSYI is activated, that is, when the PLP_ISSYI_mode is 1. 
     Here, the PLP_ISSYI_mode field (1 bit) may have values shown in Table 8 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 8 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 0 
                 ISSY is not used. 
               
               
                 1 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of L1 packet (header) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The dynamic field  23 - 2  illustrated in  FIG. 6D  may have the same value for all transmission frames to which the interleaving frame  470  is mapped. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6E , according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a configuration field of a signaling field may include a PLP_ISSYI_mode field (1 bit) and a dynamic field  23 - 2  of the signaling field may include a TTO field (32 bits), a BUFS fields (12 bits), and an ISCR Interval field (10 bits). 
     Here, when PLP_ISSYI_mode is 0, the TTO field, the BUFS field, and the ISCR Interval field may be set to “0” or used as a reserve region. 
     In addition, when the PLP_ISSYI_mode is 1, a first L 1  packet of an interleaving frame  470  may transmit an ISCR value. 
     Here, the PLP_ISSYI_mode field (1 bit) may have values shown in Table 9 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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                 0 
                 ISSY is not used. 
               
               
                 1 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of L1 packet (header) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     ISCR_Interval indicates an interval between L 1  packets for transmitting an ISCR value and transmits the ISCR value of a first L 1  packet to the interleaving frame  470 . When the corresponding value is set to 0, a value indicating whether the ISCR value is transmitted is included in a header of an L 1  packet. In addition, when the corresponding value is set to ‘1023 B ’, only a first L 1  packet of the interleaving frame  470  transmits the ISCR value. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6F , according to another exemplary embodiment of the preset disclosure, a configurable field  23 - 1  of a signaling field may include a PLP_ISSYI_mode field (2 bits) and a dynamic field  23 - 2  of the signaling field may include a TTO field (32 bits), a BUFS field (12 bits), and an ISCR Interval field (10 bits). 
     Here, the PLP_ISSYI_mode field (2 bits) may have values shown in Table 10 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 10 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 00 
                 ISSY is not used. 
               
               
                 01 
                 reserved 
               
               
                 10 
                 the ISCR value is carried as part of L1 packet (header) 
               
               
                 11 
                 the ISCR value is appended to each user packet 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In this case, when PLP_ISSYI_mode is ‘00’ or ‘01’, TTO and BUFS fields may be set to ‘0’ or used as a reserve region. 
     In addition, when the PLP_ISSYI_mode is not ‘10’, an ISCR Interval field may be set to ‘0’ or used as a reserve region. 
     When the ISCR_Interval is set to ‘0’, whether an ISCR value is transmitted may be indicated by a header of an L 1  packet. Otherwise, a first L 1  packet of an interleaving frame  470  may transmit the ISCR value. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a receiving apparatus  200  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , the receiving apparatus  200  includes a receiver  210 , a signaling processor  220 , and a signal processor  230 . 
     The receiver  210  receives a frame including signaling information and data mapped to at least one signal processing path. Here, the signaling information may include ISSY mode information, receiver BUFS required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information (TTO) between the P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and time when a preset bit of a first user packet of a user packet is output. 
     The signaling processor  220  extracts signaling information from the received frame. In particular, the signaling processor  220  may extract and decode L 1  signaling to acquire ISSY mode information, and BUFS and TTO values. To this end, the signaling processor  220  may detect and decode a P 1  symbol including the L 1  signaling. 
     In addition, as necessary, the signaling processor  220  may extract and decode the L 1  signaling to acquire an ISCR value. However, as necessary, the ISCR value may be acquired via the signal processor  230  according to a location where the ISCR is contained. 
     The signal processor  230  may signal-process data included in the frame based on the extracted signaling information. 
     The signal processor  230  may signal-process the received frame using the ISSY mode, BUFS, and TTO values acquired from the signaling processor  220 . For example, the signal processing may be performed via demodulation, a frame de-builder, BICM decoding, and input de-processing. 
     In particular, the signal processor  230  may extract and FEC decode PLP and generate an L 2  packet from an L 1  packet with corrected errors based on the ISSY mode, BUFS, TTO, and ISCR values provided from the signaling processor  220 . 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram for detailed explanation of the signal processor  230  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , the signal processor  230  includes a demodulator  231 , a signal decoder  232 , and a stream generator  233 . 
     The demodulator  231  demodulates a received RF signal according to an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) parameter and performs synch detection. When synch is detected, the demodulator  231  recognizes whether the received frame is a mobile frame or a fixed frame based on stored in a synch region. 
     When an OFDM parameter about a signaling region and a data region is not determined, the demodulator  231  may acquire an OFDM parameter about a signaling region and a data region that is stored in the synch region and acquire an OFDM parameter about a signaling region and a data region immediately subsequent to the synch region in order to demodulate the received RF signal. 
     The signal decoder  232  decodes input data. In this case, the signal decoder  232  may acquire parameters of an FEC scheme, a modulation scheme, and so on, regarding each data region, and perform decoding. In addition, the signal decoder  232  may calculate a start position of data based on data information included in a configurable field  23 - 1  and a dynamic field  23 - 2 . That is, the signal decoder  232  may calculate a location from which the corresponding PLP is transmitted. 
     The stream generator  233  may process a BaseBand (BB) frame input from the signal decoder  232  to generate service target data. 
     The stream generator  233  may generate an L 2  packet from an L 1  packet with corrected errors, based on ISSY mode information, and BUFS, TTO, and ISCR values provided from the signaling processor  220 . 
     In detail, the stream generator  233  may include de-jitter buffers that may regenerate accurate timing for restoring an output stream based on the ISSY mode information, and BUFS, TTO, and ISCR values provided from the signaling processor  220 , thereby compensating for a synch delay between a plurality of PLPs. 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating a structure of the signaling processor  220  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , the signaling processor  220  includes a demodulator  221 , a mux  222 , a deinterleaver  223 , and a decoder  224 . 
     The demodulator  221  demodulates a signal transmitted from the transmitting apparatus  100 . In detail, the demodulator  221  demodulates the signal to generate a value corresponding to Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codeword and outputs the LDPC codeword to the mux  222 . 
     In this case, the value corresponding to the LDPC codeword may be represented using a channel value about the signal. Here, the channel value may be determined using values methods. An example of the methods may include a method of determining a log likelihood ratio (LLR) value. 
     Here, the LLR value may be represented by applying Log to a ratio of a probability that a bit transmitted from the transmitting apparatus  100  is 0 and a probability that the bit is 1. The LLR value may be a bit value determined according to hard decision. Alternatively, the LLR value may be a representative value determined according to a range to which a probability that the bit transmitted from the transmitting apparatus  100  is 0 or 1. 
     The mux  222  multiplexes an output value of the demodulator  221  and outputs the multiplexed value to the deinterleaver  223 . Here, the output value of the demodulator  221  may be a value corresponding to the LDPC codeword, for example, an LLR value. 
     In detail, the mux  222  may correspond to a component corresponding to the demux  1240 - 2  (refer to  FIG. 3 ) included in the transmitting apparatus  100  and perform a reverse process of a demultiplexing process performed by the demux  1240 - 2 . That is, the mux  222  parallel-to-serial converts the value corresponding to the LDPC codeword output from the demodulator  221  and multiplexes the value corresponding to the LDPC codeword. 
     The deinterleaver  223  deinterleaves the output value of the mux  222  and outputs the deinterleaved value to the decoder  224 . 
     In detail, the deinterleaver  223  may be a component corresponding to the bit interleaver  1230 - 2  (refer to  FIG. 3 ) included in the transmitting apparatus  100  and may perform a reverse process of an operation performed by the bit interleaver  1230 - 2  (refer to  FIG. 3 ). That is, the deinterleaver  223  may deinterleave the value corresponding to the LDPC codeword so as to correspond to the interleaving operation performed by the bit interleaver  1230 - 2  (refer to  FIG. 3 ). Here, the value corresponding to the LDPC codeword may be, for example, an LLR value. 
     The decoder  224  may be a component corresponding to the FEC encoder  1220 - 2  included in the transmitting apparatus  100  and may perform a reverse operation of an operation performed by the FEC encoder  1220 - 2 . In detail, the decoder  224  may perform decoding based on the deinterleaved LLR value to output L 1  signaling. 
       FIG. 10  is a flowchart for explanation of a signaling processing method of a transmitting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     According to the signaling processing method of the transmitting apparatus of  FIG. 10 , first, data included in an input stream is mapped to at least one signal processing path in order to generate a frame (S 1010 ). 
     Then, signaling information is inserted into a signaling region of the frame (S 1020 ). Here, the signaling information may include ISSY mode information, receiver BUFS required according to the ISSY mode information, and time-to-output information (TTO) between the P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and time when a preset bit of a first user packet of a user packet is output. Here, a preset frame may be a first frame to which an interleaving frame  470  for transmitting a user packet is mapped. 
     Then, the frame into which the signaling information is inserted is transmitted (S 1030 ). 
     In addition, the signaling region of the frame into which the signaling information is inserted may include a configurable field  23 - 1  and a dynamic field  23 - 2 . In this case, the ISSY mode information may be included in the configurable field  23 - 1 , and the receiver BUFS and the TTO information may be included in the dynamic field  23 - 2 . 
     In addition, the dynamic field  23 - 2  may further include ISCR information. 
     In addition, the signaling information may include pre-signaling and post-signaling information, and the configurable field  23 - 1  and the dynamic field  23 - 2  may be included in the post-signaling information. 
       FIG. 11  is a flowchart of a signal processing method of a receiving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     According to the signaling processing method of the receiving apparatus of  FIG. 11 , first, a frame including signaling information and data mapped to at least one signal processing path is received (S 1110 ). 
     Then, the signaling information is extracted from the received frame (S 1120 ). 
     Then, the data included in the frame is signal-processed based on the extracted signaling information (S 1130 ). In this case, the data is signal-processed based on ISSY mode information, receiver BUFS information required according to the ISSY mode information, and TTO information, which are included in the signaling information. 
     In addition, the signaling region of the frame into which the signaling information is inserted may include a configurable field  23 - 1  and a dynamic field  23 - 2 . In this case, the ISSY mode information may be included in the configurable field  23 - 1 , and the receiver BUFS and the time information (TTO) between the P 1  symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and time when a preset bit of a first user packet of a user packet is output may be included in the dynamic field  23 - 2 . 
     In addition, the dynamic field  23 - 2  may further include ISCR information. 
     In addition, the signaling information may include pre-signaling and post-signaling information, and the configurable field  23 - 1  and the dynamic field  23 - 2  may be included in the post-signaling information. 
       FIGS. 12A to 12F  are diagrams illustrating a case in which an ISSY field  441 - 4  is present in an L 2  packet, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 12A  is a diagram illustrating another exemplary embodiment of the input processor  1100 . Referring to  FIG. 12A , the input processor  1100  includes a BaseBand Packet (BBP) generator S 1210  and a BaseBand Frame (BBF) generator S 1220 . The BBP corresponds to an L 2  packet according to the aforementioned exemplary embodiment and the BBF corresponds to an L 1  packet according to the aforementioned exemplary embodiment. The BBP generator S 1210  generates the BBP using TS, IP, or other types of streams as input. In this case, the TS stream may not be converted into a type of BBP and may be output in its original form. In this case, it is noted that a TS packet included in the TS stream corresponds to an L 2  packet according to the aforementioned exemplary embodiment. The BBF generator S 1220  generates the BBF using the BBPs as input. 
       FIG. 12B  is a diagram illustrating a relationship between BBP S 1230  and BBF S 1240 . Referring to  FIG. 12B , a BBP Payload of the BBP S 1230  is a packet included in the TS, IP, or other types of streams. In addition, it is noted that the BBF S 1240  may include a plurality of complete BBPs or portions thereof. 
       FIG. 12C  is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of the BBP S 1230  when an input stream of the corresponding PLP is a TS stream. 
       FIG. 12D  is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of the BBP S 1230  including a TS packet included in the TS stream when an input stream of the corresponding PLP includes a TS stream and includes IP or other types of streams except for the TS stream. 
     In  FIGS. 12C and 12D , an ISSY field  441 - 4  may be included in an Extension/Variable header of BBP. In addition, an ISCR value indicating a counter value of a point of time when a first TS packet included in the BBP S 1230  is input to the BBP generator S 1210  may be transmitted to the ISSY field  441 - 4 . The counter operates at a frequency that is known to a transmitter and a receiver. The ISSY field  441 - 4  may be included in only a first BBP S 1230  started in the BBF S 1240 , among one or more BBP S 1230  included in the BBF S 1240 . 
       FIG. 12E  is a diagram for explanation of a configuration of a signaling field according to the exemplary embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 12A to 12D . PLP_ISSY_IND of configurable L 1 -post of  FIG. 12E  is a field signaling whether ISSY is applied to corresponding PLP. PLP_BUFS of dynamic L 1 -post of  FIG. 12E  indicates a maximum buffer size requested for the corresponding PLP, and PLP_TTO indicates time information between a preamble of a first frame included in an interleaving frame  470  including a frame to which the signaling fields are transmitted and time when a first TS packet of a first complete BBP included a first BBF of the interleaving frame  470  to be output. The PLP_TTO is calculated as a multiple of a counter value that is set in order to determine the ISCR. 
     In the aforementioned exemplary embodiment, PLP_TTO, and PLP_BUFS fields are present in dynamic L 1 -post and the ISSY field  441 - 4  of the BBP S 1230  only when the PLP_ISSY_IND of the corresponding PLP is set to ‘1’. However, in some exemplary embodiments, needless to say, although these fields are present, values of the fields may be processed to be reserved. 
       FIG. 12F  is another exemplary embodiment for explanation of the configuration of a signaling field according to the exemplary embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 12A to 12D .  FIG. 12F  is the same as  FIG. 12E  except that a maximum buffer size requested for corresponding PLP is signaled by two fields of PLP_BUFS_UNIT and PLP_BUFS. The PLP_BUFS_UNIT field is a field signaling a unit of the PLP_BUFS and is defined as shown in Table 11 below. Thus, in the exemplary embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 12F , the maximum buffer size requested for the corresponding PLP is calculated as a value obtained by multiplying a number indicated by the PLP_BUFS field and the unit signaled by the PLP_BUFS_UNIT. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 00 
                  1 Kbits 
               
               
                   
                 01 
                  8 Kbits 
               
               
                   
                 10 
                 64 Kbits 
               
               
                   
                 11 
                  1 Mbits 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
       FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , the receiver may be configured including a controller  1310 , an RF receiver  1320 , a demodulator  1330 , and a service player  1340 . The controller  1310  determines the RF channel and PLP through which the selected service is transmitted. In this case, the RF channel may be limited to center frequency and bandwidth, and PLP may be limited to PLP ID. A specific service may be transmitted through at least one PLP which belongs to at least one RF channel by components which consist of the specific service, but hereinbelow it will be assumed that all the data required to play one service are transmitted to one PLP which is transmitted via one RF channel, for convenience of explanations. That is, a service has an exclusive path to obtain data, and the obtained data path is limited to RF channel and PLP. 
     The RF receiver  1320  detects an RF signal from the RF channel selected by the controller  1310 , and transmits to the demodulator  1330  OFDM symbols which are extracted by performing signal processing for the RF signal. Signal processing may include synchronization, channel estimation, equalization, or the like, and information for signal processing may be a pre-agreed value by the transmitter/receiver according to use and implementation, or may be included in specific OFDM symbol which is pre-agreed from among OFDM symbols, and is transmitted from the receiver. 
     The demodulator  1330  extracts a user packet by performing signal processing for OFDM symbols and transmits the user packet to the service player  1340 , and the service player  1340  plays and outputs the service selected by a user by using the user packet. In this case, format of the user packet may be different according to a method for implementing a service. For example, there is a TS packet or IPv4 packet. 
       FIG. 14  is a block diagram further illustrating the demodulator  1330  of  FIG. 13  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , the demodulator  1330  may be configured including a frame demapper  1331 , a BICM decoder  1332  for L 1  signaling, a controller  1333 , a BICM decoder  1334 , and an output processor  1335 . 
     The frame demapper  1331 , based on control information transmitted from the controller  1333 , selects ODFM cells which constitute FEC blocks belonging to PLP selected at a frame which constitutes of OFDM symbols, transmits the cells to the BICM demodulator  1334 , selects OFDM cells which correspond to at least one FEC block including L 1  signaling, and transmits the cells to the BICM decoder  1332  for L 1  signaling. The BICM decoder  1332  for L 1  signaling extracts L 1  signaling bits by performing signal processing for OFDM cells which correspond to FEC block including L 1  signaling, and transmit L 1  signaling bits to the controller  1333 . In this case, signal processing may include a process of extracting LLR (long-likelihood ratio) value for LDPC decoding at OFDM cells and a process of decoding LDPC signals by using the extracted LLR value. 
     The controller  1333  controls operations of the frame demapper  1331 , the BICM decoder  1334 , and output processor  1335  by extracting L 1  signaling table from L 1  signaling bits and using L 1  signaling table value.  FIG. 14  illustrates, for easier explanation, that the BICM decoder  1332  for L 1  signaling does not use control information of the controller  1333 . However, when L 1  signaling has the hierarchy structure similar to the aforementioned L 1 -PRE and L 1 -POST structures, it is apparent that the BICM decoder  1332  for L 1  signaling may constitute of at least one BICM decoding blocks, and the operations of the BICM decoding blocks and the frame demapper  1331  may be controlled by the upper level L 1  signaling information. 
     The BICM decoder  1334  extracts baseband frames by performing signal processing for OFDM cells which constitute FEC blocks belonging to the selected PLP, and transmits the baseband frames to the output processor  1335 . Herein, the signal processing may include the process of extracting LLR (log-likelihood ratio) for decoding LDPC signal at OFDM cell and the process of decoding LDPC code by using the extracted LLR value, and these processes may be performed based on control information transmitted from the controller  1333 . 
     The output processor  1335  extracts a user packet by performing signal processing for baseband frames and transmits the extracted user packet to the service player  1340 . The signal processing may be performed based on control information transmitted by the controller  1333 . 
     According to an exemplary embodiment, L 1  signaling may include ISSY mode information, information on buffer size of the receiver according to ISSY mode information, and information on output time of the first user packet of the corresponding PLP included in the frame. In this case, information is included in control information transmitted by the controller  1333  to the output processor  1335 . The output processor  1335  stores a user packet in a buffer based on control information and transmits the user packet to the service player in a predetermined time. 
       FIG. 15  is a flow chart which briefly illustrates the operations of the receiver from the time when a user selects a service to the time when the actually selected service is played. 
     It is assumed that service information on all the services selectable at the stage of initial scanning (S 1500 ) is obtained before selecting a service by a user (S 1510 ). The service information may include information on the RF channel and PLP from which data is delivered to play a specific service in the present broadcasting system. PSI/SI (Program-Specific Information/Service Information) of MPEG2-TS is an example of service information, which is generally obtainable from L 2  signaling and signaling of an upper level. 
     When a user selects a service (S 1510 ), the receiver changes the selected service (S 1520 ) to frequency for transmitting the service, and performs detecting of the RF signal (S 1530 ). In the process where changing (S 1520 ) the selected service to the frequency for transmission, service information may be used. 
     When the RF signal is extracted, the receiver performs the operations of extracting signaling (S 1540 ) from the detected RF signal. Then, the receiver selects the PLP (S 1550 ) for transmitting the selected service using the extracted L 1  signaling, and extracts the baseband frame (S 1560 ) from the selected PLP. In the process of selecting (S 1550 ) the PLP for transmitting the selected service, service information may be used. Further, the process of extracting (S 1560 ) of the baseband frame may include the process of demapping the transmission frame and selecting the OFDM cells belonging to the PLP, the process of extracting LLR (log-likelihood ratio) for decoding of OFDM cells, and decoding LDPC code by using the extracted LLR value. 
     The receiver performs extracting the baseband packet (S 170 ) from the baseband frame extracted using header information of the extracted baseband frame, and then, performs extracting the user packet (S 1580 ) from the baseband packet extracted using the baseband packet. 
     In this case, the extracted user packet is used for playing the selected service (S 1590 ). The L 1  signaling information obtained in the step of extracting L 1  signaling (S 1540 ) during the process of extracting the baseband packet (S 1570 ) and the process of extracting the user packet (S 1580 ) may be used. 
     According to an exemplary embodiment, L 1  signaling may include ISSY mode information, information on buffer size of a receiver which is required according to ISSY mode information, and information on output time of the first user packet of the corresponding PLP included in the frame, and in this case, information may be used for buffer control in the process of extracting the user packet (S 1580 ). More specifically, L 1  signaling may be used for control of size of buffer to store the extracted user packet and output time of the user packet to a service player. 
     In the above-described exemplary embodiments, it is assumed that the user packet is MPEG-2 TS packet, but the invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the user packet needs to be understood as a general term which indicates a formatted block of data, which includes IP packet. 
     As described above, according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, information for compensating for variable delay caused via data processing at a transmitter may be acquired from signaling information, thereby improving stream processing performance of a receiver. 
     A non-transitory computer readable medium for recording thereon a program for sequentially performing the signal processing method according to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided. 
     The non-transitory computer readable medium is a medium from which data is readable by a device. In detail, the aforementioned various applications or programs may be stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium, for example, a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a hard disc, a bluray disc, a universal serial bus (USB), a memory card, a read only memory (ROM), and the like, and may be provided. 
     Although the above block diagrams illustrating the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus do not illustrate a bus, components of the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus may communicate with each other via the bus. In addition, each apparatus may further include a processor such as a center processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, and so on, for performing the aforementioned operations. 
     The foregoing exemplary embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present disclosure. The present teaching can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. Also, the description of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims, and many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.