Patent ID: 8230463

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 and a signaling information table including access information and status information of the mobile service data, thereby forming an RS frame; dividing the RS frame into a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes a portion of data included in the RS frame, regularly spaced known data sequences, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the plurality of groups, wherein the FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition, wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data, and wherein at least two of the known data sequences are spaced 16 segments apart and have different lengths.