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Patent US20020154709 - Digital VSB transmission system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA digital VSB transmission system in disclosed. The system is compatible with the existing ATSC 8T-VSB receiver and able to transmit additional supplemental data as well as MPEG image/sound data. It initially encodes the information bit of the supplemental data with a � encoding rate in order to produce...http://www.google.com/patents/US20020154709?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020154709 - Digital VSB transmission systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20020154709 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 09/991,442Publication dateOct 24, 2002Filing dateNov 16, 2001Priority dateApr 20, 2001Also published asCN1193561C, CN1383303A, US6980603Publication number09991442, 991442, US 2002/0154709 A1, US 2002/154709 A1, US 20020154709 A1, US 20020154709A1, US 2002154709 A1, US 2002154709A1, US-A1-20020154709, US-A1-2002154709, US2002/0154709A1, US2002/154709A1, US20020154709 A1, US20020154709A1, US2002154709 A1, US2002154709A1InventorsIn Choi, Young Gu, Kyung Kang, Kook KwakOriginal AssigneeLg Electronics Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (34), Referenced by (191), Classifications (16), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDigital VSB transmission system
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0029] Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. [0030] FIG.3 illustrates a VSB (Vestigial Sideband) transmission system for digital television broadcasting according to the present invention. The Read-Solomon encoder (20), data interleaver (21), null sequence inserter (22), and MPEG header inserter (23) process the input supplemental data in order to make their structures to be identical to the MPEG transport packets. That is, the Read-Solomon encoder (20) encodes the supplemental data and adds a 20 bytes parity code, and the data interleaver (21) interleaves the data in order to make the data to be robust from noises and ghosts. Then the null sequence inserter (22) inserts a null sequence to the data to obtain a good data reception capability even in a poor channel environment. [0031] FIG.4 illustrates a process of adding a predetermined sequence to the supplemental data by the null sequence inserter (22) of FIG.3. As shown in FIG.4, when each bit of the supplemental data is inputted, one null bit is inserted. Therefore, a total of two bits are output. On the other hand, the MPEG header inserter (23) inserts a 3 bytes MPEG header in order to make the supplemental data to have the formats identical to the MPEG transport packets. Then the supplemental data are time-division multiplexed with the MPEG image/sound data by the multiplexer (24), and the multiplexed data are output to the 8T-VSB transmission system (25). The structure of the 8T-VSB transmission system (25) is shown in FIG. 1. [0032] According to the FIG.3, the 164 bytes supplemental data packet converts to a 184 bytes packet after Read-Solomon encoding. After null sequences are inserted by the null sequence inserter (22), two packets of 184 bytes data are generated. Thereafter, when the header inserter (23) adds a 3 bytes MPEG transport header to each packet, two 187 bytes packets get output to the multiplexer (24). The packets are then multiplexed with the MPEG transport packets in segment units and are transmitted through the 8T-VSB transmission system (25). [0033] The null bits inserted in the supplemental data are randomized and Read-Solomon encoded in the 8T-VSB transmission system (25). After the encoded supplemental data are interleaved, they are inputted as d0 to the trellis encoder 4 of the VSB transmitting system shown in FIG.1. For the convenience, the row (line) number of the null bit being inputted to the trellis encoder will be called as a predefined sequence. [0034] FIG.5 illustrates a trellis encoder (28) and a precoder (27) used in the ATSC 8T-VSB transmission system (25) shown in FIG.3. They receive two input bits d0 and d1 and generate the corresponding output bits c0, c1, and c2. The 8T-VSB modulator (29) generates a modulation value (z) based on c0, c1, and c2. In FIG.5, 27a and 28 b are adders, and 28 b, 28 a, and 28 c are registers. As it is shown in the figure, the input bit d1 is precoded in the precoder (27) to become c2, and the input bit d0 becomes c1. In addition, the output bit c0 is determined based on the register values S0 and S1. Thereafter, the modulation value (z) of the 8T-VSB modulator (29) is determined based on c0, c1, and c2. [0035] The 8T-VSB receiving system, which is not able to receive the supplemental data, selects and receive only MPEG transport packets using the Packet Identification (PID) included in the transport packet header. It discards the supplemental data packets. The receiving system being able to receive the supplemental data demultiplexes the MPEG transport data and supplemental data and processes the supplemental data packets only. [0036] According to the present invention, instead of transmitting the predefined sequence, the supplemental data being inputted as d1 to the trellis encoder are encoded with a � rate encoder, and the corresponding output bits are inputted as d1 and d0 to the trellis encoder. By doing so, the system can have an even larger encoding gain. In other words, an information bit being inputted as d1 is initially encoded with a � rate encoder. Then one of the output bits generated from the encoder is transmitted as d1 to the trellis encoder, and the other output bit (parity bit) is transmitted as d0. Since the trellis encoder encodes the parity bit encoded with a � rate, a convolutional encoder can be used for � rate encoding. [0037] Since the parity bit of the � encoded symbol cannot be used as a training sequence in the 8T-VSB receiving system, it is desirable that the system uses a convolutional encoder having the feedback structure. The existing ATSC 8T-VSB receiving system eliminates the ghost and improves the performance of the slicer predictor of the channel equalizer by estimating the register value s0 of the trellis encoder shown in FIG.4. If a convolutional encoder having the feedback structure is used in the present invention, a better prediction performance of the slicer predictor can be achieved. [0038] FIG.6 illustrates a typical � rate convolutional encoder having M registers. The information bit u is directly output as an output bit d1, and the register r1's value becomes the parity bit d0. [0039] FIG.7 illustrates a trellis encoder and a � rate convolutional encoder having two registers. A parity bit is generated when the � rate convolutional encoder encodes the supplemental data information bit u. Thereafter, the information bit u and the parity bit are inputted to the trellis encoder as d1 and d0. The convolutional encoder must encode only the supplemental data symbol including a null bit. Therefore, the � rate convolutional encoder shown in FIG.7 should have the structure shown in FIG.8. In a case where the input symbol is the supplemental data symbol including a predefined sequence, the input bit becomes d1, and the parity bit obtained by convolutionally encoding d1 becomes d0. Otherwise, the input bits become d1 and d0. In addition, there are 12 convolutional encoders used in the system, each being used for each trellis encoder. [0040] According to FIG.8, each convolutional encoder includes a first multiplexer 36 for selecting one of feedback values, a first register 37 for storing the selected value, an adder 38 for adding d1 and the first register value s4, a second multiplexer 39 for selecting one of the adder output or a feedback register value s3, a second resister 40 for storing the value selected in the second multiplexer 39, and a third multiplexer 41 for outputting s3 or d0. [0041] If the input symbol is not the supplemental data, the values stored in the registers should not be changed based on the input d1. This means that each register should maintain its value by receiving and restoring its own value. A control signal inputted to the multiplexer 36, 39 and 41 indicates whether the input symbol is a supplemental data symbol. For example, let's assume that the control signal is 1 if the input symbol is the supplemental data, and 0 for otherwise. If the control signal is 1, the first multiplexer 36 outputs the value stored in the second register 40 to the first register 37. Otherwise, it outputs the value stored in the first register 37. In addition, the second multiplexer 39 outputs the value received from the adder 38 if the control signal is 1. Otherwise, it outputs the value stored in the second register 40. The third multiplexer 41 outputs the value stored in the second register 40 to the trellis encoder as d0 if the control signal is 1. If it is 0, it outputs the input bit d0 to the trellis encoder. [0042] FIG.9 illustrates a supplemental data symbol indicator according to the present invention. It assigns a bit flag for each input data byte. The value of the flag for supplemental data is different from that for non-supplemental data. For example, if the input data are the supplemental data packets, the 3 bits flag corresponding to the MPEG header becomes 0, and for other bytes including a null bit, the flag is set to 1. On the other hand, if the input data are the MPEG transport packets, the flag for each byte is set to 0. Therefore, for the supplemental data, three flags are set to 0, and all other 184 flags are set to 1. For the MPEG data, all of 187 flags are set to 0. Then a control signal is generated based on the values of the flags. [0043] For example, since the multiplexer 24 shown in FIG.3 can determine whether the input data correspond to either the supplemental data packets or MPEG data packets, the control signal can be generated between the multiplexing step performed by the multiplexer 24 and the byte-symbol converting step. In other words, as shown in FIG.9, the data flags multiplexed in the multiplexer 42 are output to a parity flag inserter 43 without passing through a data randomizer. The flag values of the 20 parity bytes being inserted are set to 0 in the parity flag inserter 43, and the flags are interleaved in the data interleaver 44. Finally, when the flags convert to corresponding symbols, a control signal corresponding to the symbols is generated. [0044] Since the predefined sequence of the supplemental data symbol converts to a parity bit, error occurs when the supplemental data packets are decoded in the Read-Solomon decoder in the existing ATSC 8T-VSB receiving system. In order to avoid such errors, the Read-Solomon parity byte corresponding to the data converted by the � convolutional encoder must be recalculated. That is, the Read-Solomon parity byte added to the original supplemental data (before � convolutional encoding) must be deleted, and the Read-Solomon parity byte must be added to the convolutionally encoded supplemental data. For this reason, the initial Read-Solomon parity must be deleted after performing the symbol-byte converting and data deinterleaving on the output from the � convolutional encoder. Then the ATSC 8T-VSB transmitting system, in which the data randomizer is not employed, adds a Read-Solomon parity by Read-Solomon encoding. Since the Read-Solomon parity being added corresponds to the convolutionally encoded data with a � rate, the ATSC 8T-VSB receiving system is able to Read-Solomon decode the data without any error. This process is shown in FIG.10. [0045] FIG.10 is a block diagram illustrating each part of a digital VSB transmitting system according to the present invention. According to FIG.10, the system includes a supplemental data processor 46, a multiplexer 47, a first encoding element 48, a supplemental data symbol indicator 49, a convolutional encoder 50, a first decoding part 51, and an existing 8T-VSB transmitting system wherein the data randomizer is not employed. [0046] The supplemental data processor 46 encodes (Read-Solomon encoding) the supplemental data and inserts a null sequence and a MPEG header. The multiplexer 47 outputs the MPEG data packets or the supplemental data packets received from the supplemental data processor 46. The first encoding element 48 carries out an operation of processing the packets received from the multiplexer 47 including data randomizing, Read-Solomon encoding, data interleaving, and byte-symbol converting. The supplemental data symbol indicator 49 indicates whether the symbols output from the first encoding part 48 are supplemental data symbols. If the control signal generated from the indicator 49 indicates that they are the supplemental data symbols, the convolutional encoder 50 then performs an operation of � rate convolutional encoding on the symbols. The first decoding part 51 carries out an operation of processing the symbols received from the convolutional encoder 50 including symbol-byte converting, data deinterleaving, and Read-Solomon parity eliminating. The 8T-VSB transmitting system 52 performs Read-Solomon encoding, data interleaving, and Trellis encoding. The 8T-VSB transmitting system 52 is same as the system shown in FIG.1 except that it excludes the data randomizer. [0047] Accordingly, the input supplemental data convert to supplemental data packets having a 20 bytes Read-Solomon parity, a null sequence, and a MPEG header after being processed in a Read-Solomon encoder 46 a, a data interleaver 46 b (can be removed), a null sequence inserter 46 c, and a MPEG header inserter 46 d. The multiplexer 47 selects the supplemental data packets or MPEG image/sound data packets and outputs the selected packets to the first encoding part 48. [0048] The first encoding element 48 and the first decoding part 51 of the system eliminate the Read-Solomon parity inserted before the supplemental data are encoded by the convolutional encoder 50. In other words, the data randomizer 48 a of the first encoding element 48 randomizes the data packets received from the multiplexer 47, and the Read-Solomon encoder 48 b adds a 20 bytes parity by Read-Solomon encoding. The data interleaver 48 c performs data interleaving on the data including the parity, and the interleaved data are output to the byte-symbol converter 48 d. The byte-symbol converter 48 d converts the interleaved data to the two bits symbols and outputs them to the convolutional encoder 50. [0049] The convolutional encoder 50 performs � rate convolutional encoding based on the control signal generated from the supplemental data symbol indicator 49. The details of this part are explained earlier using FIG.6 and FIG.9. [0050] The data outputting from � convolutional encoder 50 are inputted to the symbol-byte converter 51 a and converted to the data in byte units. Then the data deinterleaver 51 b deinterleaves the data and the Read-Solomon parity eliminator 51 c eliminates the Read-Solomon parity, which is added in the Read-Solomon encoder 48 b, and outputs the data to the ATSC 8T-VSB transmitter 52. The 8T-VSB transmitter 52 then performs processes shown in FIG.1 starting from the Read-Solomon encoding step. [0051] The supplemental data symbol indicator 49 can have its own elements such as a multiplexer, a Read-Solomon encoder, a data interleaver, and a byte-symbol converter, or it can simply use the multiplexer 47 and the first encoding part 48. In such case, bit lines for the flag must be added to each block of the multiplexer 47 and the first encoding part 48. [0052] The ATSC 8T-VSB receiving system performs the reverse-processes on the supplemental data and the MPEG data received. Particularly, the receiving system can estimate register values of the convolutional encoder for predicting c1 and c0 values for the next symbol, and the channel equalizer can use the 2 level slicer having a level distance being four times than that of the 8 level sliver by using the estimated values. [0053] Therefore, the robustness of the receiving system against the channel ghost and noise signals can be greatly improved, and the slicer predictor and trellis decoder of the receiving system can have improved performances. In other words, using a slicer having larger distances between signals will minimize the signal errors. This is because the system is less influenced by the ghost and noise signals as the signal level distances become larger. [0054] In addition, the VSB transmitting system can transmit another set of MPEG image/sound data instead of the supplemental data. In this case, the receiver will be able to adequately receive the data even in a poor environment. The channel should be time divided so that the MPEG data having a better quality can be transmitted through the channel when the channel environment is good. [0055] As it is shown above, the advantages of the digital VSB transmitting system according to the present invention are as follows. First of all, the system is still compatible with the existing ATSC 8T-VSB receiving system while sending the additional supplemental data and the MPEG data after multiplexing. Second, by transmitting the information bit of the supplemental data with the parity bit generated by encoding the information bit, the MEPG image/sound data or supplemental data can be transmitted properly even in a channel having large noise or ghost signals. Finally, by generating the parity bit by encoding the supplemental data information bit with a � rate, a greater coding gain can be obtained. Particularly, the performances of the slicer predictor and the trellis decoder can be greatly improved. [0056] The forgoing embodiments are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. The present teachings can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. The description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. 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