Patent ID: 8498272

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a digital broadcast signal that includes layer 2 (L2) signaling information for a broadcast protocol, the L2 signaling information including local multiplex information and other multiplex information; locating a physical layer pipe (PLP) carrying the local multiplex information; locating a PLP carrying the other multiplex information; extracting the local multiplex information from the PLP carrying the local multiplex information; extracting the other multiplex information from the PLP carrying the other multiplex information; storing information related to at least one of the extracted local multiplex information and the extracted other multiplex information; comparing, upon initiation of a handover, the extracted other multiplex information to handover criteria; in response to comparing the extracted other multiplex information, determining that there is one or more available handover candidate multiplexes; in response to determining that there is the one or more available handover candidate multiplexes, performing the handover to a handover multiplex of the one or more available handover candidate multiplexes; upon performing the handover to the handover multiplex, locating layer 1 (L1) signaling from a second digital broadband signal received after completion of the handover; and extracting data from a PLP carrying data for a service based on the L1 signaling and information corresponding to the handover multiplex, wherein the extracted other multiplex information includes the information corresponding to the handover multiplex.