Patent ID: 8385250

Claim:
A method of transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter, the method comprising: transmitting, at a transmitting unit, a transmission frame including a plurality of slots during which data groups of mobile data are transmitted, the mobile data being encoded through a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame, each of the data groups including a plurality of regions, each of the regions including a plurality of data blocks, each of the data blocks including contiguous Vestigial Sideband (VSB) data segments, wherein a first region and a second region in the data group include at least three known data sequences which are spaced apart by regular VSB data segments, and the first region further includes signaling information of the mobile data in specified VSB data segments, wherein the signaling information includes first channel information providing binding information between a mobile service identifier and an ensemble being a collection of services of the mobile data, and second channel information describing the transmission frame and the data groups, wherein the second channel information provides an identification number of the ensemble, wherein the ensemble includes a first signaling table describing a service, wherein the first signaling table includes a service map table (SMT) providing Internet Protocol (IP) address information and IP component level information for the service, and wherein the service is signaled by hierarchical signaling information which includes ensemble access information in the second channel information and IP level service access information in the SMT.