Baseband Packet Metadata Injection for ATSC 3.0 Adaptability

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Solution Overview

Problem

The transition from an MPEG2 transport stream system to an IP transmission system in digital broadcasting poses challenges in flexible system adaptation and correct processing due to differences in interpretation, leading to potential operational failures.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that adds additional information to baseband packets after error correction decoding, enabling correct processing and interpretation, even in cases of differing system interpretations, by including delimiter, precision time protocol, and BB packet information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If an IP transmission system is introduced as a new transmission system, then more advanced services can be provided, but differences in interpretation and operation may cause processing failures

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to new transmission systemVSAvoidprocessing reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by adding additional information to BB packets before they are processed by the output unit. This additional information includes delimiters and metadata that enable correct interpretation of the packet structure. By preparing the packets with this extra information in advance, the system ensures that even when transmission system interpretations differ, the packets can be correctly processed without failures, thus maintaining reliability while adapting to new systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If additional information is added to BB packets, then correct processing can be ensured under different system interpretations, but packet structure complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing correctnessVSAvoidpacket structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the additional information into distinct components: delimiters that mark packet boundaries, metadata sections that contain interpretation information, and the actual BB packet content. This segmentation allows the output unit to process different parts of the packet structure separately, making the handling of complex information more manageable and systematic, thus reducing the effective complexity despite adding more information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11917236B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable media that add additional information to baseband packet

Publication Date: 2024.02.27 SONY SEMICON SOLUTIONS CORP

AI summary

Information processing with flexibility in interpretation of a standard is disclosed. In one example, an output unit adds additional information related to the BB packet to output the BB packet to a baseband (BB) packet after an error correction decoding process. The additional information includes at least one of a delimiter, a precision time protocol (PTP), or BB packet information. The BB packet information includes at least one of information indicating whether or not reception of the BB packet is stable, information indicating whether or not there is an error in the BB packet, a packet length of the BB packet, a relative physical layer pipe (PLP) ID of the BB packet, or an absolute PLPID of the BB packet.