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US 10,651,924 B2Granted
System, decoder, and method for transmitting satellite signals
AssigneeRai Radiotelevisione Italiana S.P.A.
InventorsVittoria Mignone, Bruno Sacco, Alberto Morello
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system, a receiver and a method for satellite signal transmission, wherein the method includes the steps of grouping the signals into a data stream, splitting the data stream into at least a first and one or more second packets, transmitting the first packet via a first transmission channel (Ch #1), transmitting the one or more second packets via one or more second transmission channels (Ch #2), wherein the one or more second transmission channels (Ch #2) are distinct from the first transmission channel (Ch #1) and from one another.
Claims24
A method for satellite broadcast signal transmission, comprising the steps of:
- splitting a data stream into a first packet and one or more second packets,
- transmitting the first packet via a first transmission channel directly from a ground station to a first geosynchronous satellite transponder,
- a step during which said one or more second packets are transmitted directly from the ground station to one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders via one or more second transmission channels, wherein said one or more second transmission channels are distinct from said first transmission channel and from one another, and said first transmission channel and said one or more second transmission channels are all available at the same time,
- wherein the first transmission channel is allocated on the first geosynchronous satellite transponder, and said one or more second transmission channels are allocated on said one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders, and wherein said one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders are distinct from said first geosynchronous satellite transponder and from one another, and said first geosynchronous satellite transponder and said one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders do not communicate with each other,
- wherein the first packet is comprised in a first pseudo stream, and the second packet is comprised in one or more second pseudo streams,
- wherein the transmission rate of each pseudo stream equals the transmission rate of the data stream, and wherein, when each one of the packets of the data stream is added to one of the pseudo streams, a null packet is added to each one of the remaining pseudo streams.
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A system for satellite transmission of digital signals, comprising:
- at least one first modulator,
- wherein said digital signals are comprised in a data stream which, before being transmitted, is split into a first packet and one or more second packets,
- wherein said first packet is transmitted through the first modulator directly to a first geosynchronous satellite transponder, and
- at least one or more second modulators, through which the one or more second packets are transmitted directly to one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders, and wherein said first and said one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders are all available at the same time, and do not communicate with each other,
- wherein the first packet is comprised in a first pseudo stream, the second packet is comprised in one or more second pseudo streams, and wherein the first pseudo stream has the same transmission rate as said one or more second pseudo streams,
- wherein the transmission rate of each pseudo stream equals the transmission rate of the data stream, and
- wherein, when each one of the packets of the data stream is added to one of the pseudo streams, a null packet is added to each one of the remaining pseudo streams.
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A satellite broadcast receiver comprising:
- at least one first demodulator, wherein said receiver is configured to demodulate signals comprised in a data stream which, before being transmitted, was split into a first packet comprises in a first pseudo stream and one or more second packets comprised in one or more second pseudo streams, wherein the transmission rate of each pseudo stream equals the transmission rate of the data stream, and wherein, when each one of the packets of the data stream is added to one of the pseudo streams, a null packet is added to each one of the remaining pseudo streams, wherein said first packet, which is transmitted through a first geosynchronous satellite transponder, is received through the first demodulator,
- one or more second demodulators through which the one or more second packets, which were directly transmitted through one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders, are received, wherein said first and said one or more second geosynchronous satellite transponders are all available at the same time, and do not communicate with each other, and
- merging means arranged downstream of the first demodulator and of the second demodulator, wherein said merging means are in signal communication with said first demodulator and said one or more second demodulators, and wherein said merging means joins the first packet and said one or more second packets and outputs the data stream.
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