Patent ID: 8363592

Claim:
A method of operating a transmitter apparatus, the method comprising: broadcasting program information corresponding to a broadcast program including video over the air using a plurality of carriers, signals corresponding to different carriers being transmitted at different power levels, said different carriers including a first carrier and a second carrier, said step of broadcasting program information including: transmitting first program information, corresponding to a portion of said broadcast program and to a first video resolution, on the first carrier, said first carrier being transmitted at a first power level; and transmitting second program information providing said portion of said broadcast program at a second video resolution on the second carrier, the second carrier being transmitted at a second power level which is different from said first power level, wherein the first program information and the second program information convey the same portion of said broadcast program but are offset in time by a time difference that is within a buffering capacity of a wireless terminal, wherein the time difference is at least one symbol transmission period, wherein said transmitter apparatus comprises a base station; and wherein transmitting second program information on the second carrier includes transmitting program information at a second transmitted information data rate which is different from a first transmitted information data rate at which first program information is transmitted on the first carrier.