Patent ID: 7813310

Claim:
A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal comprising mobile service data, a signaling information table including access information of the mobile service data, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the mobile service data and the signaling information table are encapsulated into at least one of Reed-Solomon (RS) frames, wherein the FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition, and wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data; demodulating the received broadcast signal; extracting the signaling information table from the demodulated broadcast signal; and obtaining an IP datagram of the mobile service data using the signaling information table, wherein the at least one of the RS frames comprises a plurality of packets, each of the packets having a 2-byte header, k stuffing bytes, and an (N-2-k)-byte payload, the payload including the IP datagram of the mobile service data, the header including a type field indicating a type of all packets in the payload, wherein N is a column size of the at least one of the RS frames, and k is equal to or greater than 0, wherein the at least one of the RS frames is divided into a plurality of groups, each of the groups including a portion of data included in the RS frame and a plurality of known data sequences, wherein the FIC data and the TPC data are positioned between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence among the plurality of known data sequences; and wherein N is greater than or equal to 3.