Patent ID: 8166374

Claim:
A method of processing digital broadcast data in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving a data field including first enhanced data packets, second enhanced data packets, and main data packets, wherein the first enhanced data packets are coded at a first rate of 1/M and the second enhanced data packets are coded at a second rate of 1/N, M being different from N, wherein a number of the first enhanced data packets is defined as H, and a number of the second enhanced data packets is defined as Q, such that the first enhanced data packets and the second enhanced data packets are multiplexed in the data field in accordance with 0≦(MH+NQ)≦K, wherein K is a number of data segments in the data field; decoding the first enhanced data packets, the second enhanced data packets, and the main data packets in the data field for first forward error correction in order to reduce errors that occurred during data reception; demultiplexing the decoded first enhanced data packets, the decoded second enhanced data packets, and the decoded main data packets; and further decoding the demultiplexed first enhanced data packets and the demultiplexed second data packets for second forward error correction in order to additionally reduce errors that occurred during data reception.