Method and device for providing a predetermined transmission rate for an auxiliary information

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a predetermined transmission rate for an auxiliary information in a predetermined position at a data transmission stream. A combination of selectable transport formats, which determines an additional maximum allowable data rate higher by a predetermined rate amount than the maximum data rate of a signal transmitted via said predetermined channel, is set into a predetermined set of selectable combinations of selectable transport formats for the data transmission stream. This predetermined rate amount is then used to transmit said auxiliary information. Thereby, it can be ensured that a certain amount of auxiliary information is always provided at all specified information data rates of the data transmission stream.

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