Patent ID: 8199796

Claim:
A system for transmitting video in a time division multiplexing (TDM) environment, said system comprising: a TV channel transmitter comprising: a video encoder that identifies a video reference frame from a series of video frames and encode a difference between said video reference frame and a video non-reference frame; and a first encapsulator that places said video reference frame at a beginning of a data burst and feeds back to said video encoder a timing of a beginning of said data burst, wherein said TV channel transmitter transmits said series of video frames and said data burst, and wherein said video encoder identifies a duration of said data burst and a duty cycle of said first encapsulator, and wherein said video encoder generates said video reference frame at a same duty cycle as that being generated by said first encapsulator, a mobile TV receiver in communication with said TV channel transmitter, said mobile TV receiver comprising: a video decoder that receives the transmitted series of video frames and said data burst; and a second encapsulator that immediately locates said video reference frame upon receipt of said data burst.