Broadcasting of Digital Video to Mobile Terminals

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a receiver and via a communication channel, a multiplexed stream of a first signal and second data, wherein the first signal and the second data correspond to error correction code encoded data of content;
• de-multiplexing the multiplexed steam to derive the first signal and the second data;
• extracting first data from the first signal by de-interleaving the first signal with respect to a first de-interleaving period, wherein the de-interleaving the first signal to produce the first data comprises de-multiplexing the first signal among multiple branches having respective delays in accordance with a distribution order and re-multiplexing delayed data from the branches to form the first data;
• delay matching the first data and the second data;
• determining first metrics from the first data and second metrics from the second data;
• combining the first metrics and the second metrics to produce joint metrics;
• and
• decoding, via an error correction code decoder of the receiver using the joint metrics, the first data, the second data, or both, to produce the content.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a multiplexed stream that includes a first signal and second data, the first signal and the second data corresponding to content;
• a de-multiplexer configured to de-multiplex the multiplexed stream;
• a first processing chain to extract first data from the first signal by de-interleaving the first signal with respect to a first de-interleaving period, wherein the de-interleaving the first signal to produce the first data comprises de-multiplexing the first signal among multiple branches having respective delays in accordance with a distribution order and re-multiplexing delayed data from the branches to form the first data;
• a metric combiner to produce a joint metric associated with the first data and the second data;
• and
• an error correction code decoder to decode the first data, the second data, or both, based on the joint metric to generate the content.