Receiving apparatus, receiving method, program, and receiving system

A receiving method for use with a receiving apparatus including an LDPC decoding device configured such that when an LDPC-coded data signal, LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, and an LDPC-coded transmission control signal are transmitted in multiplexed fashion, said LDPC decoding device can decode both the data signal and the transmission control signal, and a holding device configured to be located upstream of said LDPC decoding device and to hold at least said transmission control signal upon receipt of said data signal and said transmission control signal, said receiving method comprising the steps of:

• controlling said LDPC decoding device to decode said data signal while said transmission control signal is being accumulated in said holding device;
• and
• interrupting the current decoding so as to control said LDPC decoding device to decode said transmission control signal when said transmission control signal has been accumulated in said holding device,
• wherein when a physical layer pipe and a common physical layer pipe within a frame of said data signal are subject to LDPC decoding, an interruption is made and said transmission control signal of said frame is LDPC-decoded, and when the LDPC decoding of said transmission control signal of said frame is terminated, the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe is resumed, and at the end of the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe, the LDPC decoding of said common physical layer pipe in said frame is resumed.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a program for a computer controlling a receiving apparatus including an LDPC decoding device configured such that when an LDPC-coded data signal, LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, and an LDPC-coded transmission control signal are transmitted in multiplexed fashion, said LDPC decoding device can decode both the data signal and the transmission control signal, and a holding device configured to be located upstream of said LDPC decoding device and to hold at least said transmission control signal upon receipt of said data signal and said transmission control signal, said program causing said computer to execute a control process comprising the steps of:

• controlling said LDPC decoding device to decode said data signal while said transmission control signal is being accumulated in said holding device;
• and
• interrupting the current decoding so as to control said LDPC decoding device to decode said transmission control signal when said transmission control signal has been accumulated in said holding device,
• wherein when physical layer pipe and a common physical layer pipe within a frame of said data signal are subject to LDPC decoding, an interruption is made and said transmission control signal of said frame is LDPC-decoded, and when the LDPC decoding of said transmission control signal of terminated, the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe is resumed, and at the end of the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe, the LDPC decoding of said common physical layer pipe in said frame is resumed.

A receiving system comprising:

• an acquisition device configured to acquire an LDPC-coded data signal LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, and an LDPC-coded transmission control signal when these signals are transmitted in multiplexed fashion over a predetermined channel;
• a channel decoding device configured to perform a channel decoding process on the signals acquired by said acquisition device over said channel, said channel decoding process at least including a process for correcting errors that may have occurred over said channel, said channel decoding device further outputting the signals thus processed;
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• either an information source decode processing device configured to perform an information source decoding process on the signals output from said channel decoding device, or a recording device configured to record the signals output from said channel decoding device to a recording medium;
• wherein said channel decoding device includes an LDPC decoding device configured to decode the data signal and the transmission control signal, a holding device configured to be located upstream of said LDPC decoding device and to hold at least said transmission control signal upon receipt of said data signal and said transmission control signal, and a control device configured to control said LDPC decoding device to decode said data signal while said transmission control signal is being accumulated in said holding device and to interrupt the current decoding so as to control said LDPC decoding device to decode said transmission control signal when said transmission control signal has been accumulated in said holding device,
• wherein when a physical layer pipe and a common physical layer pipe within a frame of said data signal are subject to LDPC decoding, an interruption is made and said transmission control signal of said frame is LDPC-decoded, and when the LDPC decoding of said transmission control signal of said frame is terminated, the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe is resumed, and at the end of the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe, the LDPC decoding of said common physical layer pipe in said frame is resumed.

A receiving apparatus comprising:

• LDPC decoding means for, when an LDPC-coded data signal, LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, and an LDPC-coded transmission control signal are transmitted in multiplexed fashion, being able to decode both the data signal and the transmission control signal;
• holding means for being located upstream of said LDPC decoding means and for holding at least said transmission control signal upon receipt of said data signal and said transmission control signal;
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• control means for controlling said LDPC decoding means to decode said data signal while said transmission control signal is being accumulated in said holding means and interrupting the current decoding so as to control said LDPC decoding means to decode said transmission control signal when said transmission control signal has been accumulated in said holding means,
• wherein when a physical layer pipe and a common physical layer pipe within a frame of said data signal are subject to LDPC decoding, an interruption is made and said transmission control signal of said frame is LDPC-decoded, and when the LDPC decoding of said transmission control signal of said frame is terminated, the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe is resumed, and at the end of the LDPC decoding of said physical layer pipe, the LDPC decoding of said common physical layer pipe in said frame is resumed.