Patent ID: 7298421

Claim:
A digital television receiver, comprising: a demodulator configured to demodulate an input signal containing first service data multiplexed with second service data; a first forward error correction (FEC) decoder configured to decode the demodulated signal for first forward error correction (FEC) in order to correct errors in the first and second service data that occurred during reception of the input signal; a demultiplexer configure to demultiplex the first service data and the second service data from the FEC-decoded signal; an MPEG header remover configured to remove MPEG headers from the demultiplexed first service data; and a second forward error correction (FEC) decoder configured to decode the demultiplexed first service data after the headers are removed for second forward error correction (FEC) in order to additionally correct errors in the first service data that occurred during the reception of the input signal.