Patent ID: 8314891

Claim:
A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter, the method comprising: performing, by a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder, RS encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data; mapping the RS-CRC encoded mobile service data into data groups, wherein each data group of the data groups includes a portion of fast information channel (FIC) data, transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, and a plurality of known data sequences, wherein the FIC data includes a current and next (C/N) indicator field indicating whether the FIC data is applicable to a mobile and handheld (M/H) frame in which it appears or a next mobile and handheld (M/H) frame, wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data, and wherein the portion of the FIC data and the TPC data are positioned between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence of the plurality of known data sequences; multiplexing data in the data groups and main service data; and transmitting the M/H frame including the multiplexed data, wherein the M/H frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, wherein each sub-frame of the plurality of sub-frames includes a plurality of slots, wherein a data group is transmitted during a slot, wherein the slot is a basic time period for multiplexing of the mobile service data and the main service data, and wherein the TPC data further includes information for indicating a current sub-frame number within the M/H frame.