System and method for burst separation and extended interleaving length

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including:
• computer code for allocating a capacity of a plurality of frames between a first physical layer pipe and at least one second physical layer pipe,
• the first physical layer pipe comprisinges a plurality of interleaving blocks in the plurality of frames and,
• the at least one second physical layer pipe comprising a single interleaving block in the plurality of frames, wherein the single interleaving block is distributed over a first frame and a second frame of the plurality of frames, and wherein the single interleaving block contains all second physical layer pipe data to be transmitted in the plurality of frames;
• computer code for dividing the capacity of the plurality of frames, the first physical layer pipe, and the at least one second physical layer pipe into a plurality of subframes, wherein each of the subframes carries one burst from each of the physical layer pipes;
• computer code for selectively time shifting the plurality of bursts such that a defined time shift exists between corresponding bursts in each subframe within the first frame;
• and
• computer code for appending the subframes after each other in a sequence to form the plurality of frames.

A method comprising:

• receiving a radio frequency signal comprising a first pilot signal of a first predetermined type;
• receiving one or more first signaling parameters in the pilot signal;
• receiving a second pilot signal of a second predetermined type based on the one or more first signaling parameters;
• decoding from the received second pilot signal one or more second signaling parameters;
• receiving one or more third signaling parameters for a first physical layer pipe and at least one second physical layer pipe based on the received one or more second signaling parameters, wherein the third signaling parameters indicate a first number of interleaving blocks for the first physical layer pipe in a plurality of transmission frames and a single interleaving block for the at least one second physical layer pipe in the plurality of transmission frames, wherein the single interleaving block is distributed over a first frame and a second frame of the plurality of transmission frames, and wherein the single interleaving block contains all physical layer pipe data provided in the plurality of transmission frames;
• selecting a physical layer pipe;
• and
• receiving the selected physical layer pipe based on the one or more third signaling parameters.

An apparatus comprising:

• a radio interface configured to receive a radio frequency signal comprising:
• a first pilot signal of a first predetermined type;
• a second pilot signal of a second predetermined type and;
• a first physical layer pipe and at least one second physical layer pipe, each carrying data for a service;
• a controller configured to decode one or more physical layer pipe signaling parameters from the received second pilot signal, wherein the one or more physical layer pipe signaling parameters indicate a first number of interleaving blocks for a first physical layer pipe in a plurality of transmission frames and a single interleaving block for the at least one second physical layer pipe in the plurality of transmission frames, wherein the single interleaving block is distributed over a first frame and a second frame of the plurality of transmission frames, and wherein the single interleaving block contains all second physical layer pipe data provided in the plurality of transmission frames;
• a memory configured to store said one or more physical layer pipe signaling parameters;
• an interleaver configured to deinterleave the received data in the received at least one physical layer pipe and;
• a decoder configured to decode said data.