Patent ID: 8276178

Claim:
A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast signal comprising mobile service data, a service map table (SMT) including access information of the mobile service data, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition, wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data, wherein the FIC data and the SMT each further include status information of the mobile service data, and wherein the status information indicates whether the mobile service data is active; demodulating the received broadcast signal; acquiring the status information from at least the FIC data or the SMT included in the demodulated broadcast signal; and identifying a status of the mobile service data using the acquired status information, wherein the mobile service data is packaged into at least one RS frame belonging to an ensemble, the ensemble including the SMT, wherein the at least one RS frame comprises a plurality of packets, each of the plurality of packets having an M-byte header, k stuffing bytes, and an (N-M-k)-byte payload, the M-byte header including type information which indicates a type of data in the (N-M-k)-byte payload, wherein a payload of at least one of the plurality of packets includes an IP datagram of the mobile service data, wherein N and M are integers, and k is equal to or greater than 0.