DMB system and method for downloading BIFS stream and DMB terminal

A DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) terminal for downloading a BIFS stream, comprising:

• a DMB receiver unit for receiving a transmission stream and
• a control unit for:
• determining whether an error has occurred in a BIFS object contained in the transmission stream;
• transmitting a message for requesting re-download of the BIFS object to a BIFS server via a mobile communication network when it is determined that an error has occurred in the BIFS object;
• and
• storing the BIFS object when the BIFS object is received from the BIFS server.

A method for downloading a BIFS (Binary Format for Scene) object in a DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) system having a BIFS server for providing BIFS contents to a DMB broadcasting station for transmitting a transmission stream containing the BIFS object, the method comprising:

• determining whether an error has occurred in the BIFS object contained in the transmission stream when the DMB terminal receives the transmission stream from the DMB broadcasting station;
• transmitting a message for requesting re-download of the BIFS object to the BIFS server via a mobile communication network when it is determined that an error has occurred in the BIFS object;
• transmitting a BIFS object when the BIFS server receives a message for requesting download of the BIFS object;
• and
• storing the BIFS object when the DMB terminal receives the BIFS object from the BIFS server.