Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signaling information for reception of broadcast services in a digital broadcasting system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Oh Hwang, Alain Mourad, Ismael Gutierrez
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signaling information for receiving broadcast services in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes generating service guide information including broadcast service data, information about a transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted, and information about a transmission network neighboring the transmission network, and transmitting the service guide information in an upper layer of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer.
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A method for transmitting signaling information for receiving a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising:
- generating service guide information including:
- broadcast service data;
- information about a transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted, including:
- information for mapping broadcast service components to Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs);
- an anchor flag field indicating whether a PLP is an anchor of all PLPs associated with a given broadcast service;
- and
- physical parameters of the PLPs, including a field indicating a time between two consecutive frames of all broadcast service-related PLPs;
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- information about one or more neighboring transmission networks;
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- transmitting the service guide information in an upper layer of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, comprising:
- transmitting the information about transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted as part of Upper Layer Information (ULI) in the upper layer;
- and
- transmitting the information about one or more neighboring transmission networks as part of Neighboring Multiplex Information (NMI) in the upper layer.
An apparatus for transmitting signaling information for receiving a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system, the apparatus comprising:
- a generator which generates service guide information including:
- broadcast service data;
- information about a transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted, comprising:
- information for mapping broadcast service components to Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs);
- an anchor flag field indicating whether a PLP is an anchor of all PLPs associated with a given broadcast service;
- and
- physical parameters of the PLPs, including a field indicating a time between two consecutive frames of all broadcast service-related PLPs;
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- information about one or more neighboring transmission networks;
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- a transmitter which transmits the service guide information in an upper layer of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, which includes:
- transmitting the information about transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted as part of Upper Layer Information (ULI) in the upper layer;
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- transmitting the information about one or more neighboring transmission networks as part of Neighboring Multiplex Information (NMI) in the upper layer.
A method for receiving signaling information for receiving a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising:
- receiving service guide information in an upper layer of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, the service guide information including Upper layer Information (ULI) and Neighboring Multiplex Information (NMI);
- checking, within the service guide information, for broadcast service data;
- checking the ULI for information about a transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted;
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- checking the NMI for information about one or more neighboring transmission networks, which are included in the service guide information,
- wherein the information in the ULI about the transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted includes:
- information for mapping broadcast service components to Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs);
- an anchor flag field indicating whether a PLP is an anchor of all PLPs associated with a given broadcast service;
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- physical parameters of the PLPs, wherein the physical parameters of the PLPs include a field indicating a time between two consecutive frames of all broadcast service-related PLPs.
An apparatus for receiving signaling information for receiving a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver which receives service guide information in an upper layer of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, the service guide information including Upper Layer Information (ULI) and Neighboring Multiplex Information (NMI);
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- a controller which checks the service guide information for broadcast service data, checks the ULI for information about a transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted, and checks the NMI for information about one or more neighboring transmission networks,
- wherein the information in the ULI about the transmission network where the broadcast service data is transmitted comprises:
- information for mapping broadcast service components to Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs);
- an anchor flag field indicating whether a PLP is an anchor of all PLPs associated with a given broadcast service;
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- physical parameters of the PLPs, wherein the physical parameters of the PLPs include a field indicating a time between two consecutive frames of all broadcast service-related PLPs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.