Broadcast Signal Receiver Preamble Parsing for Robust OFDM Reception

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital broadcast systems face challenges in data transmission efficiency, robustness, and network flexibility, especially for mobile reception equipment and indoor environments, due to the large amounts of data and varying service requirements.

Innovation Solution

A broadcast signal receiver and method that utilize a preamble structure with a minimum number of carriers (NoC) to indicate the FFT size, allowing for efficient demodulation and processing of broadcast signals, enabling flexible service delivery and improved Quality of Service (QoS) through Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If digital broadcast signals transmit large amounts of video/audio data and additional services, then service functionality is improved, but data transmission efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice functionalityVSAvoiddata transmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The broadcast signal is segmented into multiple logical channels (transport streams, service streams, data streams) that can be independently processed and transmitted. This segmentation allows efficient resource allocation and multiplexing, improving data transmission efficiency while supporting diverse services including HD video, multichannel audio, and additional data services

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If digital broadcast signals include HD images and multichannel audio, then service quality is improved, but network robustness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoidnetwork robustness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs configurable transmission parameters including variable modulation schemes (QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM), adjustable code rates for forward error correction, and configurable guard intervals. These parameter changes enable the system to maintain network robustness while supporting high-quality HD video and multichannel audio transmission by adapting to different channel conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If broadcast systems support mobile reception equipment, then network flexibility is improved, but signal reception robustness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork flexibilityVSAvoidsignal reception robustness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The broadcast system implements dynamic parameter adaptation for mobile reception, including adjustable guard interval lengths to compensate for multipath effects, configurable FFT sizes for different Doppler conditions, and adaptive equalization parameters. These dynamic adjustments maintain signal reception robustness while supporting mobile and handheld reception equipment across varying motion conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3255856B1Apparatus and method for transreceiving broadcast signals
Publication Date: 2023.02.15 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

Disclosed herein is a broadcast signal receiver. A broadcast signal receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a synchronization/demodulation module configured to perform signal detection and OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal, a frame parsing and deinterleaving module configured to parse and deinterleave the signal frame of the broadcast signal, a demapping and decoding module configured to convert the data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) of the broadcast signal into a bit domain and to perform FEC decoding on the data, and an output processing module configured to receive the data of the at least one PLP and to output a data stream.