Method and apparatus for ATSC transmission station with satellite fronthaul
AssigneeDISH Wireless L.L.C.
InventorsMarcel Guajardo, Jeffery Romaniuk
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Abstract
Systems and processes are provided for a micro ATSC transmitter including a satellite signal decoder configured to decode a satellite broadcast signal to generate a received audio video program, a data decoder configured to decoding a data signal from an ATSC broadcaster, a video processor configured to generate an altered audio video program in response to the received audio video program and the data signal, an ATSC encoder configured to encode the altered audio video program to generate an ATSC broadcast signal, and an ATSC transmitter configured to transmit the ATSC broadcast signal.
Claims18
A method, performed by a micro ATSC transmitter, comprising:
- receiving a request to transcode an audio video;
- decoding, by a satellite signal decoder, a satellite broadcast signal to generate an audio video program signal in response to the request;
- encoding, by an ATSC encoder, the audio video program signal to generate an ATSC broadcast signal;
- transmitting, by the micro ATSC transmitter, the ATSC broadcast signal via an ATSC transmission tower.
A micro ATSC transmitter comprising:
- a satellite signal decoder configured to decode a satellite broadcast signal to generate a received audio video program;
- a data decoder configured for decoding a data signal from an ATSC broadcaster;
- a video processor configured to generate an altered audio video program in response to the received audio video program and the data signal;
- an ATSC encoder configured to encode the altered audio video program to generate an ATSC broadcast signal;
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- the micro ATSC transmitter configured to transmit the ATSC broadcast signal.
A micro ATSC transmitter comprising:
- a cellular transceiver configured receive a request to transmit an ATSC broadcast signal wherein the request includes a satellite signal identifier and an ATSC auxiliary data;
- a global positioning system configured to estimate a location;
- a satellite receiver configured to receive a satellite broadcast signal and to decode the satellite broadcast signal to generate a received audio video program;
- a video processor configured to generate an altered audio video program in response to the request, the location, and the received audio video program;
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- an ATSC transmitter for encoding the altered audio video program to generate an ATSC broadcast signal and to transmit the ATSC broadcast signal to an ATSC receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.