Systems and methods for wireless transmission of uncompressed HDTV signals

A method for receiving an uncompressed HDTV signal over a wireless RF link, comprising:

• receiving a modulated carrier via the wireless RF link;
• demodulating the modulated carrier into an I data stream and a Q data stream;
• synchronizing a reference signal with at least one of the I data stream and the Q data stream using a clock and data recovery (CDR) component to provide at least one clock signal synchronized to the I data stream and the Q data stream;
• multiplexing the I data stream and the Q data stream into a single stream of encoded HDTV data using the at least one synchronized clock signal;
• and
• decoding the stream of encoded HDTV data to recover the uncompressed HDTV signal using the at least one synchronized clock signal.

A method of providing a wireless RF link for an HDTV system including a transmitting device and a receiving device, comprising:

• synchronizing a reference signal with a conditioned HDTV signal to provide a first clock signal synchronized to an uncompressed HDTV signal;
• performing data regeneration on the uncompressed HDTV signal to provide a stream of regenerated HDTV data;
• synchronizing the first clock signal to the stream of regenerated HDTV data;
• encoding the stream of regenerated HDTV data to provide a stream of encoded data;
• synchronizing a second clock signal to the stream of encoded data;
• demultiplexing the stream of encoded data into an I data stream and a Q data stream using the second clock signal;
• modulating a carrier using the I data stream and the Q data stream via a modulator of the transmitting device;
• transmitting the carrier over the wireless RF link;
• receiving the carrier over the wireless RF link;
• demodulating the carrier to recover the I data stream and the Q data stream via a demodulator of the receiving device;
• multiplexing the I data stream and the Q data stream into a single stream of HDTV data;
• and
• decoding the single stream of HDTV data to recover the uncompressed HDTV signal.