Broadcast translator for receiving off-air RF signals and retransmitting RF signals

A method for receiving off-air radio-frequency (RF) signals and retransmitting RF signals, comprising:

• receiving an off-air RF signal that includes the signaling information;
• tuning and demodulating the off-air RF signal to generate demodulated data that includes the signaling information;
• analyzing the demodulated data to generate new signaling information that is different than the signaling information in the demodulated data and control and configuration information;
• converting the demodulated data into output data packets;
• and
• generating, based on the new signaling information, the control and configuration information, and the output data packets, a new RF signal in a same or a different frequency as the off-air RF signal,
• wherein the new RF signal includes the new signaling information and the control and configuration information.

A system for receiving off-air radio-frequency (RF) signals and retransmitting RF signals, the system comprising:

• a tuner and demodulator configured to receive an off-air ATSC 3.0 RF signal including signaling information and output demodulated data that includes the signaling information in an ATSC Link Layer Protocol (ALP) format;
• a data analyzer operatively coupled to the tuner and demodulator, wherein the data analyzer is configured to receive the demodulated data in the ATSC ALP format and analyze the demodulated data in the ATSC ALP format to generate new signaling information that is different than the signaling information in the demodulated data and control and configuration information;
• a data converter operatively coupled to the tuner and demodulator and the data analyzer, wherein the data converter is configured to receive the demodulated data in the ATSC ALP format and convert the demodulated data into Baseband Packets (BBPs);
• and
• an exciter operatively coupled to the data analyzer and the data converter, wherein the exciter is configured to receive the new signaling information and the control and configuration information from the data analyzer and the BBPs from the data converter and generate a new ATSC 3.0 RF signal in a same or a different frequency as the off-air ATSC 3.0 RF signal received by the tuner and demodulator,
• wherein the new ATSC 3.0 RF signal includes the new signaling information and the control and configuration information.