Patent ID: 8179982

Claim:
An apparatus for transmitting digital data in an 8-level vestigial sideband (8-VSB) signal form for reception by a mobile/handheld (M/H) receiver, the apparatus comprising: an M/H encapsulating (MHE) packet generator that generates MHE packets; and a packet formatter that inserts the headers of the MHE packets, comprising additional information about at least part of digital data, into the digital data, wherein the at least part of the digital data comprises M/H data coded for transmission in robust form for reception by the M/H receiver, the coded M/H data being encapsulated in the MHE packets that are compliant with an audio/video compression standard, wherein the coded M/H data is pre-processed using forward-error-correction coding and at least one of convolutional coding and interleaving before the headers of the MHE packets are inserted into the digital data, and wherein the MHE packets comprising the additional information in the headers thereof are post-processed using Reed-Solomon coding, convolutional byte interleaving, and trellis coding.