Wired/wireless broadcasting distribution apparatus having a home broadcasting distribution function and broadcasting channel formation/termination method using the same

A method for generating a broadcasting channel by a wired/wireless broadcasting distribution apparatus having a home broadcasting distribution function, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) if a broadcasting channel reception request signal is received from a home broadcasting reception client, determining whether a broadcasting channel reception request signal is received through a wired IEEE1394 network or through a UWB wireless channel;
• (b) if the broadcasting channel reception request signal is received through a wired IEEE1394 network, transmitting a IEEE1394 ID and broadcasting channel information to a signal converter;
• (c) after determining at the signal converter whether an additional bandwidth can be currently assigned to the wired IEEE1394 network, if an addition bandwidth can be currently assigned to the wired IEEE1394 network, transmitting a reception channel list update request message to a channel status management unit;
• (d) upon receiving the reception channel list update request message at the channel status management unit, determining whether a currently received channel is a new channel;
• (e) if the currently received channel is a new channel, registering new channel information in a reception channel list, activating a TS input port of a signal conversion management unit 142 and transmitting a IEEE1394 ID of a reception request client to a 1394 ISO data generator;
• (f) selecting a reception tuner at a broadcasting reception management unit according to broadcasting channel information requested by the client and then receiving a broadcasting signal by controlling the selected tuner;
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• (g) converting at the signal converter MPEG TS broadcasting data received from the digital broadcasting receiver into a IEEE1394 Isochronous packet, and according to types of the client requesting reception of a broadcasting channel, transmitting the 1394 Isochronous packet to the wired IEEE1394 network or converting the 1394 Isochronous packet into a UWB packet and then transmitting the UWB packet to the home.

A method for terminating a broadcasting channel by a wired/wireless broadcasting distribution apparatus having a home broadcasting distribution function, the method comprising the steps of:

• (p) if a broadcasting channel termination request signal is received from a home broadcasting reception client and if the channel requested to be terminated corresponds to a wired IEEE1394 network, transmitting the broadcasting channel termination request signal to a signal converter, and if the channel requested to be terminated corresponds to a UWB wireless network, transmitting the broadcasting channel termination request signal through the wireless transceiver to the signal converter 110;
• (q) if the signal converter transmits the broadcasting channel termination request signal to a channel status management unit, searching a reception channel list at the channel status management unit and then determining whether a channel requested to be terminated is being transmitted to another client;
• (r) if the channel requested to be terminated is not being transmitted to another client, deleting the channel from a reception channel list at the channel status management unit and then requesting a signal conversion management unit to deactivate its TS input port and simultaneously transmitting, to a broadcasting reception management unit, information on a tuner which is receiving a channel which is to be terminated;
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• (s) deactivating a corresponding tuner by controlling the digital broadcasting receiver at the broadcasting reception management unit and deleting a IEEE1394 ID or a UWB channel of a client having requested termination of a channel.