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WO2021100667A1 - Dispositif de réception de diffusion, procédé de traitement d'onde d'émission, procédé de génération d'onde d'émission et système de réception de diffusion numérique - Google Patents

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WO2021100667A1
WO2021100667A1 PCT/JP2020/042665 JP2020042665W WO2021100667A1 WO 2021100667 A1 WO2021100667 A1 WO 2021100667A1 JP 2020042665 W JP2020042665 W JP 2020042665W WO 2021100667 A1 WO2021100667 A1 WO 2021100667A1
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吉澤　和彦
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  • the present invention relates to a broadcast transmission technique or a broadcast reception technique.
  • Digital broadcasting services include improvement of broadcasting quality using error correction technology, multimedia and HD (High Definition) using compression coding technology, BML (Broadcast Markup Language) and HTML5 (HyperText Markup Language). Realized multimedia of the service used.
  • the current digital broadcasting has already passed more than 10 years since the service started, and broadcasting receiving devices capable of receiving the current digital broadcasting service are sufficiently widespread. Therefore, when starting the advanced digital broadcasting service that is currently under consideration, it is necessary to consider compatibility with the current digital broadcasting service. That is, it is preferable to realize UHD (Ultra High Definition) of the video signal while maintaining the viewing environment of the current digital broadcasting service.
  • UHD Ultra High Definition
  • Patent Document 1 There is a system described in Patent Document 1 as a technique for realizing UHD broadcasting in a digital broadcasting service. However, the system described in Patent Document 1 replaces the current digital broadcasting, and does not take into consideration the maintenance of the viewing environment of the current digital broadcasting service.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for more preferably transmitting or receiving a higher-performance advanced digital broadcasting service in consideration of compatibility with the current digital broadcasting service.
  • the 4K broadcasting service and the 2K broadcasting service are broadcast receiving devices that receive broadcast waves transmitted together, and the 4K broadcasting service and the 2K broadcasting service have a predetermined band of the broadcasting wave.
  • the first layer in which the 4K broadcasting service is stored is stored and transmitted in each of the different layers composed of a combination of different segments. It is configured by using the vertically polarized frequency segment of the broadcast wave and the horizontally polarized frequency segment, and the second layer in which the 2K broadcasting service is stored is the vertically polarized wave of the broadcast wave.
  • Is configured by using at least one of the frequency segment of the above and the horizontally polarized frequency segment, and the broadcast wave is modulated by a signal transmitted in the first layer.
  • An identification bit indicating the method is included, and an identification bit indicating the modulation method of the signal transmitted in the second layer is included, for receiving the broadcast wave and demolating the 2K broadcasting service.
  • a first reception / demodulation unit and a second reception / demodulation unit for receiving the broadcast wave and demodulating the 4K broadcasting service are provided, and the modulation method identification process in the first reception / demodulation unit is provided.
  • the identification bit indicating the modulation method of the signal transmitted in the first layer in the broadcast wave and the modulation of the signal transmitted in the second layer are performed. Even if the identification bit indicating the method shows the same value, the first reception / demodulation unit identifies that the modulation method of the signal transmitted in the first layer is synchronous modulation, and the second reception / demodulation unit determines that the modulation method is synchronous modulation.
  • the reception / demodulation unit may be configured so that there is a state in which the modulation method of the signal transmitted in the first layer is identified as differential modulation.
  • FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of a broadcasting system.
  • the broadcasting system includes, for example, a broadcast receiving device 100 and an antenna 200, a broadcasting station radio tower 300 and a broadcasting station server 400, a service provider server 500, a mobile telephone communication server 600 and a mobile telephone communication network base station 600B, and a mobile phone. It is composed of an information terminal 700, a broadband network 800 such as the Internet, and a router device 800R. Further, various server devices and communication devices may be further connected to the Internet 800.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 is a television receiver having a receiving function of an advanced digital broadcasting service.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may further include a receiving function of an existing digital broadcasting service.
  • digital broadcasting services existing digital broadcasting services or advanced digital broadcasting services
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 receives the digital broadcast wave transmitted from the radio tower 300 via the antenna 200.
  • the digital broadcast wave may be transmitted directly from the radio tower 300 to the antenna 200, or may be transmitted via a broadcasting satellite, a communication satellite, or the like (not shown).
  • the broadcast signal retransmitted by the cable television station may be received via a cable line or the like.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can be connected to the Internet 800 via the router device 800R, and can transmit and receive data by communicating with each server device on the Internet 800.
  • the router device 800R is connected to the Internet 800 by wireless communication or wired communication, is connected to the broadcast receiving device 100 by wired communication, and is connected to the mobile information terminal 700 by wireless communication.
  • each server device on the Internet 800, the broadcast receiving device 100, and the portable information terminal 700 can mutually perform data transmission / reception via the router device 800R.
  • the router device 800R, the broadcast receiving device 100, and the personal digital assistant 700 form a LAN (Local Area Network).
  • the communication between the broadcast receiving device 100 and the mobile information terminal 700 may be directly performed by a method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or NFC (Near Field Communication) without going through the router device 800R.
  • the radio tower 300 is a broadcasting facility of a broadcasting station, and transmits digital broadcast waves including various control information related to digital broadcasting services and content data (video content, audio content, etc.) of broadcast programs.
  • the broadcasting station also includes a broadcasting station server 400.
  • the broadcasting station server 400 stores the content data of the broadcasting program and metadata such as the program title, program ID, program outline, performers, broadcasting date and time of each broadcasting program.
  • the broadcasting station server 400 provides the content data and the metadata to the service provider based on the contract.
  • the content data and the metadata are provided to the service provider through the API (Application Programming Interface) provided in the broadcasting station server 400.
  • the service provider server 500 is a server device prepared by the service provider to provide services by the broadcast communication cooperation system.
  • the service provider server 500 stores, manages, and manages the content data and metadata provided by the broadcasting station server 400, and the content data and applications (operation programs and / or various data, etc.) created for the broadcasting communication cooperation system. Deliver etc. It also has a function to search for available applications and provide a list in response to inquiries from TV receivers.
  • the storage, management, distribution, etc. of the content data and metadata and the storage, management, distribution, etc. of the application may be performed by different server devices.
  • the broadcasting station and the service provider may be the same or different operators.
  • a plurality of service provider servers 500 may be prepared for different services. Further, the function of the service provider server 500 may be provided by the broadcasting station server 400.
  • the mobile telephone communication server 600 is connected to the Internet 800, while it is connected to the mobile information terminal 700 via the base station 600B.
  • the mobile telephone communication server 600 manages telephone communication (call) and data transmission / reception via the mobile telephone communication network of the mobile information terminal 700, and data by communication between the mobile information terminal 700 and each server device on the Internet 800. Can be sent and received.
  • the communication between the mobile information terminal 700 and the broadcast receiving device 100 may be performed via the base station 600B, the mobile telephone communication server 600, the Internet 800, and the router device 800R.
  • FIG. 2A is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 includes a main control unit 101, a system bus 102, a ROM 103, a RAM 104, a storage (storage) unit 110, a LAN communication unit 121, an expansion interface unit 124, a digital interface unit 125, a first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, and a third unit.
  • the main control unit 101 is a microprocessor unit that controls the entire broadcast receiving device 100 according to a predetermined operation program.
  • the system bus 102 is a communication path for transmitting and receiving various data, commands, and the like between the main control unit 101 and each operation block in the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the ROM (Read Only Memory) 103 is a non-volatile memory in which basic operation programs such as an operating system and other operation programs are stored. For example, a rewritable ROM such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Program ROM) or a flash ROM Used. Further, the ROM 103 stores operation setting values and the like necessary for the operation of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the RAM (Random Access Memory) 104 serves as a work area for executing a basic operation program and other operation programs.
  • the ROM 103 and the RAM 104 may be integrated with the main control unit 101. Further, the ROM 103 may not have an independent configuration as shown in FIG. 2A, but may use a partial storage area in the storage (storage) unit 110.
  • the storage (storage) unit 110 stores the operation program and operation setting value of the broadcast receiving device 100, the personal information of the user of the broadcast receiving device 100, and the like.
  • an operation program downloaded via the Internet 800 and various data created by the operation program can be stored.
  • contents such as moving images, still images, and sounds acquired from broadcast waves or downloaded via the Internet 800 can also be stored.
  • a part of the function of the ROM 103 may be replaced by a part of the storage (storage) unit 110.
  • the storage (storage) unit 110 needs to hold the stored information even when the broadcast receiving device 100 is not supplied with power from the outside. Therefore, for example, devices such as a semiconductor element memory such as a flash ROM or SSD (Solid State Drive), a magnetic disk drive such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the like are used.
  • the operation programs stored in the ROM 103 and the storage (storage) unit 110 can be added, updated, and expanded in function by downloading from each server device or broadcast wave on the Internet 800.
  • the LAN communication unit 121 is connected to the Internet 800 via the router device 800R, and transmits / receives data to / from each server device and other communication devices on the Internet 800. It also acquires content data (or a part thereof) of a program transmitted via a communication line.
  • the connection with the router device 800R may be a wired connection or a wireless connection such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark).
  • the LAN communication unit 121 includes a code circuit, a decoding circuit, and the like. Further, the broadcast receiving device 100 may further include other communication units such as a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication unit, an NFC communication unit, and an infrared communication unit.
  • the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, and the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B receive the broadcast wave of the digital broadcasting service, respectively, and receive the broadcast wave of the main control unit 101.
  • Channel selection processing (channel selection) is performed by tuning to a predetermined service channel based on control.
  • the packet stream is reproduced by performing demodulation processing of the modulated wave of the received signal, waveform shaping processing, etc., reconstruction processing of the frame structure and hierarchical structure, energy back diffusion processing, error correction / decoding processing, and the like.
  • the transmission TMCC (Transmission Multiplexing Control) signal is extracted and decoded from the received signal.
  • the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C can input the digital broadcast wave of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200C, which is the current antenna for receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting. Further, the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C inputs a broadcast signal of one of the horizontal (H) polarization signal and the vertical (V) polarization signal of the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting described later, and is currently used. It is also possible to demodulate the segments of the hierarchy that employ the same modulation scheme of the terrestrial digital broadcasting service of. Further, the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C can input a broadcast signal of the layer-divided multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting described later to demodulate the layer adopting the same modulation method as the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T inputs the digital broadcast wave of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200T, which is an antenna for receiving polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting, via the conversion unit 201T.
  • the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L inputs the digital broadcast wave of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200L, which is a layered multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting receiving antenna, via the conversion unit 201L.
  • the fourth tuner / demodulator 130B converts digital broadcast waves of advanced BS (Broadcasting Satellite) digital broadcasting service and advanced CS (Communication Satellite) digital broadcasting service received by antenna 200B, which is a BS / CS shared reception antenna. Input via 201B.
  • tuner / demodulation unit means a component unit having a tuner function and a demodulation function.
  • the antenna 200C, the antenna 200T, the antenna 200L, the antenna 200B, the conversion unit 201T, the conversion unit 201L, and the conversion unit 201B do not form a part of the broadcast reception device 100, but the building in which the broadcast reception device 100 is installed. It belongs to the equipment side such as.
  • the above-mentioned current terrestrial digital broadcasting is a broadcasting signal of a terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits a video having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically.
  • Polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting is terrestrial digital broadcasting that uses a plurality of polarizations of horizontal (H) polarization and vertical (V) polarization, and is a divided part in both polarizations of the plurality of polarizations.
  • a terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting a video having a maximum resolution of a number of pixels exceeding 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels is transmitted.
  • the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits an image having a maximum resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels in a plurality of segments having different polarizations in each embodiment of the present invention and horizontal It is possible to simultaneously transmit a terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of more than 1920 pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels.
  • layer-divided multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting (advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting adopting the layer-divided multiplex transmission method) will be described later, it is possible to transmit a video having a maximum resolution of pixels exceeding 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels. It is a broadcast signal of a terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • Layer division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting is to multiplex a plurality of digital broadcasting signals having different signal levels. Note that digital broadcast signals with different signal levels mean that the power for transmitting the digital broadcast signal is different.
  • the layered multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting of each embodiment of the present invention is a broadcasting of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits a video having a maximum resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels as a plurality of digital broadcasting signals having different signal levels. It is possible to transmit a signal and a broadcast signal of a terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of more than 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels by layer-multiplexing in the frequency band of the same physical channel.
  • the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits an image having a maximum resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels in a plurality of layers having different signal levels and horizontal It is possible to simultaneously transmit a terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of more than 1920 pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels.
  • the broadcast receiving device in each embodiment of the present invention may have a configuration capable of suitably receiving advanced digital broadcasting, and the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, and the third tuner / demodulation unit may be used. It is not essential to include all of the unit 130L and the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B. For example, at least one of a second tuner / demodulation unit 130T or a third tuner / demodulation unit 130L may be provided.
  • one or a plurality of the above four tuners / demodulation units may be provided in addition to one of the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T or the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L. good.
  • the antenna 200C, the antenna 200T, and the antenna 200L may be used in combination as appropriate. Further, among the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, and the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, a plurality of tuners / demodulation units may be appropriately used (or integrated).
  • the first decoder section 140S and the second decoder section 140U were output from the first tuner / demodulation section 130C, the second tuner / demodulation section 130T, the third tuner / demodulation section 130L, and the fourth tuner / demodulation section 130B, respectively.
  • a packet stream or a packet stream acquired from each server device on the Internet 800 is input via the LAN communication unit 121.
  • the packet streams input by the first decoder unit 140S and the second decoder unit 140U are MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) -2 TS (Transport Stream), MPEG-2 PS (Program Stream), TLV (Type Length Value), and TLV (Type Length Value). It may be a packet stream in a format such as (MPEG Media Transport).
  • the first decoder unit 140S and the second decoder unit 140U respectively use conditional access (Conditional Access: CA) processing and various control information included in the packet stream to obtain video data, audio data, and various information data from the packet stream. Performs multiplex separation processing to separate and extract, etc., decoding processing of video data and audio data, acquisition of program information, EPG (Electronic Packet Guide: electronic program guide) generation processing, data broadcasting screen and multimedia data playback processing, etc. .. In addition, a process of superimposing the generated EPG and the reproduced multimedia data on the decoded video data and audio data is performed.
  • conditional access Conditional Access: CA
  • CA Conditional Access
  • the video selection unit 191 inputs the video data output from the first decoder unit 140S and the video data output from the second decoder unit 140U, and appropriately selects and / or superimposes the data based on the control of the main control unit 101. Perform the processing of. In addition, the video selection unit 191 appropriately performs scaling processing, OSD (On Screen Display) data superimposition processing, and the like.
  • the monitor unit 192 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel, and displays the video data selected and / or superposed by the video selection unit 191 and provides it to the user of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the video output unit 193 is a video output interface that outputs video data selected and / or superposed by the video selection unit 191 to the outside.
  • the audio selection unit 194 inputs the audio data output from the first decoder unit 140S and the audio data output from the second decoder unit 140U, and appropriately selects and / or mixes, etc., based on the control of the main control unit 101. Is processed.
  • the speaker unit 195 outputs the audio data selected and / or mixed by the audio selection unit 194 and provides it to the user of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the audio output unit 196 is an audio output interface that outputs audio data selected and / or mixed by the audio selection unit 194 to the outside.
  • the digital interface unit 125 is an interface that outputs or inputs a packet stream including encoded digital video data and / or digital audio data.
  • the first decoder unit 140S and the second decoder unit 140U are transmitted from the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, and the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B.
  • the input packet stream can be output as it is. Further, the packet stream input from the outside via the digital interface unit 125 may be input to the first decoder unit 140S or the second decoder unit 140U, or may be controlled to be stored in the storage (storage) unit 110.
  • the video data or audio data separated and extracted by the first decoder unit 140S or the second decoder unit 140U may be output. Further, even if the video data or audio data input from the outside via the digital interface unit 125 is input to the first decoder unit 140S or the second decoder unit 140U, or is controlled to be stored in the storage (storage) unit 110. good.
  • the expansion interface unit 124 is a group of interfaces for expanding the functions of the broadcast receiving device 100, and is composed of an analog video / audio interface, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, a memory interface, and the like.
  • the analog video / audio interface inputs analog video / audio signals from an external video / audio output device, outputs analog video / audio signals to an external video / audio input device, and the like.
  • the USB interface connects to a PC or the like to send and receive data.
  • a HDD may be connected to record broadcast programs and other content data. You may also connect a keyboard or other USB device.
  • the memory interface connects a memory card or other memory medium to send and receive data.
  • the operation input unit 180 is an instruction input unit for inputting an operation instruction to the broadcast receiving device 100, and is an operation in which a remote controller receiving unit for receiving a command transmitted from a remote controller (remote controller) (not shown) and a button switch are arranged side by side. Consists of keys. Only one of them may be used. Further, the operation input unit 180 can be replaced with a touch panel or the like arranged on the monitor unit 192. A keyboard or the like connected to the expansion interface unit 124 may be used instead.
  • the remote controller can be replaced by a mobile information terminal 700 having a remote controller command transmission function.
  • the video output unit 193 and the audio output unit 196 are not indispensable configurations.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may be an optical disk drive recorder such as a DVD (Digital Versaille Disc) recorder, a magnetic disk drive recorder such as an HDD recorder, an STB (Set Top Box), or the like. It may be a PC (Personal Computer) or a tablet terminal having a reception function of a digital broadcasting service.
  • the monitor unit 192 and the speaker unit 195 are not indispensable configurations.
  • FIG. 2B is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131C inputs the current digital broadcast wave received by the antenna 200C and selects a channel based on the channel selection control signal.
  • the TMCC decoding unit 132C extracts the TMCC signal from the output signal of the channel selection / detection unit 131C and acquires various TMCC information.
  • the acquired TMCC information is used to control each process in the subsequent stage. Details of the TMCC signal and TMCC information will be described later.
  • the demodulation unit 133C uses QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), DQPSK (Quadrature QPSK), 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), modulation using 64QAM, etc. based on TMCC information or the like. Performs demodulation processing including frequency deinterleaving, time deinterleaving, carrier demapping processing, and the like.
  • the demodulation unit 133C may be capable of further supporting a modulation method different from each of the above-mentioned modulation methods.
  • the stream reproduction unit 134C performs layer division processing, internal code error correction processing such as Viterbi decoding, energy reverse diffusion processing, stream reproduction processing, and external code error correction processing such as RS (Reed-Solomon) decoding.
  • error correction processing a method different from each of the above-mentioned methods may be used.
  • the packet stream reproduced and output by the stream reproduction unit 134C is, for example, MPEG-2 TS or the like. It may be a packet stream of another format.
  • FIG. 2C is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131H inputs the horizontal (H) polarization signal of the digital broadcast wave received by the antenna 200T, and selects a channel based on the channel selection control signal.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131V inputs the vertical (V) polarization signal of the digital broadcast wave received by the antenna 200T, and performs channel selection based on the channel selection control signal.
  • the operation of the channel selection process in the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the operation of the channel selection process in the channel selection / detection unit 131V may be controlled in conjunction with each other, or may be controlled independently of each other.
  • one of the digital broadcasting services transmitted using both horizontal and vertical polarization assuming that the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V are one channel selection / detection unit. It is also possible to control to select one channel, assuming that the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V are two independent channel selection / detection units, and only horizontally polarized waves (or It is also possible to control to select two different channels of the digital broadcasting service transmitted by using (only vertically polarized waves).
  • the horizontally (H) polarized signal and the vertically (V) polarized signal received by the second tuner / demodulator 130T of the broadcast receiving device in each embodiment of the present invention are based on broadcast waves whose polarization directions differ by approximately 90 degrees. Any polarized signal may be used, and the configurations relating to the horizontally (H) polarized signal, the vertically (V) polarized signal, and their reception described below may be reversed.
  • the TMCC decoding unit 132H extracts the TMCC signal from the output signal of the channel selection / detection unit 131H and acquires various TMCC information.
  • the TMCC decoding unit 132V extracts the TMCC signal from the output signal of the channel selection / detection unit 131V and acquires various TMCC information. Only one of the TMCC decoding unit 132H and the TMCC decoding unit 132V may be used. The acquired TMCC information is used to control each process in the subsequent stage.
  • the demodulation unit 133H and the demodulation unit 133V are based on TMCC information and the like, respectively, based on BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying), DBPSK (Differential BPSK), QPSK, DQPSK, 8PSK (Phase Shift Keying), and 8PSK (Phase Shift Keying). ), 32APSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, and the like, the modulated wave modulated by the method is input, and demodulation processing including frequency deinterleaving, time deinterleaving, carrier demapping processing, and the like is performed.
  • the demodulation unit 133H and the demodulation unit 133V may further support a modulation method different from each of the above-mentioned modulation methods.
  • the stream reproduction unit 134H and the stream reproduction unit 134V respectively have layer division processing, internal code error correction processing such as Viterbi decoding and LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoding, energy back diffusion processing, stream reproduction processing, RS decoding and BCH decoding. Etc., perform external code error correction processing, etc.
  • error correction processing a method different from each of the above-mentioned methods may be used.
  • the packet stream reproduced and output by the stream reproduction unit 134H is, for example, MPEG-2 TS or the like.
  • the packet stream reproduced and output by the stream reproduction unit 134V is, for example, a TLV including an MPEG-2 TS or an MMT packet stream. Each may be a packet stream of any other format.
  • FIG. 2D is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131L inputs a digital broadcast wave that has undergone layered division multiplexing (LDM) processing from the antenna 200L, and selects a channel based on the channel selection control signal.
  • the digital broadcast wave subjected to the layer division multiplexing is a digital broadcast service (or different of the same broadcast service) in which the modulated wave of the upper layer (Upper Layer: UL) and the modulated wave of the lower layer (Lower Layer: LL) are different. It may be used for transmission of a channel).
  • the modulated wave of the upper layer is output to the demodulation unit 133S, and the modulated wave of the lower layer is output to the demodulation unit 133L.
  • the TMCC decoding unit 132L inputs the modulated wave of the upper layer and the modulated wave of the lower layer output from the channel selection / detection unit 131L, extracts the TMCC signal, and acquires various TMCC information.
  • the signal input to the TMCC decoding unit 132L may be only one of the modulated wave of the upper layer and the modulated wave of the lower layer.
  • demodulation unit 133S and the demodulation unit 133L perform the same operations as the demodulation unit 133H and the demodulation unit 133V, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Further, since the stream reproduction unit 134S and the stream reproduction unit 134L perform the same operations as the stream reproduction unit 134H and the stream reproduction unit 134V, respectively, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • FIG. 2E is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131B inputs the digital broadcast wave of the advanced BS digital broadcasting service or the advanced CS digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200B, and selects a channel based on the channel selection control signal. Since other operations are the same as those of the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Further, the TMCC decoding unit 132B, the demodulation unit 133B, and the stream reproduction unit 134B also perform the same operations as the TMCC decoding unit 132H, the TMCC decoding unit 132V, the demodulation unit 133H, the demodulation unit 133V, and the stream reproduction unit 134V, respectively. The explanation is omitted.
  • FIG. 2F is a block diagram showing an example of the detailed configuration of the first decoder unit 140S.
  • the selection unit 141S inputs from the packet stream input from the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the packet stream input from the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, and the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L based on the control of the main control unit 101. Select one from the packet stream and output it.
  • the packet stream input from the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, or the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L is, for example, MPEG-2 TS or the like.
  • the CA descrambler 142S performs the decryption processing of a predetermined scrambled encryption algorithm based on various control information regarding the limited reception superimposed on the packet stream.
  • the multiplex separation unit 143S is a stream decoder, and separates and extracts video data, audio data, character super data, subtitle data, program information data, etc. based on various control information included in the input packet stream.
  • the separated and extracted video data is distributed to the video decoder 145S
  • the separated and extracted audio data is distributed to the audio decoder 146S
  • the separated and extracted character super data, subtitle data, program information data and the like are distributed to the data decoder 144S.
  • a packet stream (for example, MPEG-2 PS or the like) acquired from a server device on the Internet 800 may be input to the multiplex separation unit 143S via the LAN communication unit 121.
  • the multiplex separation unit 143S may output the packet stream input from the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, and the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L to the outside via the digital interface 125. It is possible, and it is possible to input a packet stream acquired from the outside via the digital interface 125.
  • the video decoder 145S performs compression-coded video information decoding processing, colorimetry conversion processing, dynamic range conversion processing, etc. on the decoded video information on the video data input from the multiplex separation unit 143S. In addition, processing such as resolution conversion (up / down conversion) based on the control of the main control unit 101 is performed, and UHD (horizontal 3840 pixels x vertical 2160 pixels), HD (horizontal 1920 pixels x vertical 1080 pixels), SD ( Video data is output at a resolution such as (horizontal 720 pixels x vertical 480 pixels). Video data may be output at other resolutions.
  • the voice decoder 146S performs a compression-encoded voice information decoding process and the like.
  • a plurality of video decoders 145S and audio decoders 146S may be provided in order to simultaneously perform a plurality of video data and audio data decoding processes.
  • the data decoder 144S performs a process of generating an EPG based on program information data, a data broadcasting screen generation process based on BML data, a control process of a linked application based on a broadcast communication linking function, and the like.
  • the data decoder 144S has a BML browser function for executing a BML document, and the data broadcasting screen generation process is executed by the BML browser function. Further, the data decoder 144S performs a process of decoding character super data to generate character super information, a process of decoding subtitle data to generate subtitle information, and the like.
  • the superimposition unit 147S, the superimposition unit 148S, and the superimposition unit 149S perform superimposition processing of the video data output from the video decoder 145S and the EPG, data broadcasting screen, etc. output from the data decoder 144S, respectively.
  • the synthesis unit 151S performs a process of synthesizing the voice data output from the voice decoder 146S and the voice data reproduced by the data decoder 144S.
  • the selection unit 150S selects the resolution of the video data based on the control of the main control unit 101.
  • the functions of the superimposition unit 147S, the superimposition unit 148S, the superimposition unit 149S, and the selection unit 150S may be integrated with the image selection unit 191.
  • the function of the synthesis unit 151S may be integrated with the voice selection unit 194.
  • FIG. 2G is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the second decoder unit 140U.
  • the selection unit 141U inputs from the packet stream input from the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the packet stream input from the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, and the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B based on the control of the main control unit 101. Select one from the packet stream and output it.
  • the packet stream input from the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, or the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B is, for example, an MMT packet stream or a TLV including an MMT packet stream. It may be an MPEG-2 TS format packet stream that employs HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) or the like as the video compression method.
  • the CA descrambler 142U performs a predetermined scramble type encryption algorithm decryption process based on various control information regarding the limited reception superimposed on the packet stream.
  • the multiplex separation unit 143U is a stream decoder, and separates and extracts video data, audio data, character super data, subtitle data, program information data, etc. based on various control information included in the input packet stream.
  • the separated and extracted video data is distributed to the video decoder 145U
  • the separated and extracted audio data is distributed to the audio decoder 146U
  • the separated and extracted character super data, subtitle data, program information data, etc. are distributed to the multimedia decoder 144U. ..
  • a packet stream (for example, MPEG-2 PS, MMT packet stream, etc.) acquired from a server device on the Internet 800 may be input to the multiplex separation unit 143U via the LAN communication unit 121.
  • the multiplex separation unit 143U may output the packet stream input from the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, and the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B to the outside via the digital interface 125. It is possible, and it is possible to input a packet stream acquired from the outside via the digital interface 125.
  • the multimedia decoder 144U performs processing for generating an EPG based on program information data, processing for generating a multimedia screen based on multimedia data, processing for controlling a linked application based on a broadcast communication linking function, and the like.
  • the multimedia decoder 144U has an HTML browser function for executing an HTML document, and the multimedia screen generation process is executed by the HTML browser function.
  • the video decoder 145U, the audio decoder 146U, the superimposition unit 147U, the superimposition unit 148U, the superimposition unit 149U, the compositing unit 151U, and the selection unit 150U are respectively a video decoder 145S, an audio decoder 146S, a superimposition unit 147S, a superimposition unit 148S, and a superimposition unit 149S. It is a component unit having the same function as the synthesis unit 151S and the selection unit 150S.
  • the video decoder 145S In the description of the video decoder 145S, the audio decoder 146S, the superimposition unit 147S, the superimposition unit 148S, the superimposition unit 149S, the compositing unit 151S, and the selection unit 150S in FIG. Since the description of the video decoder 145U, the audio decoder 146U, the superimposition unit 147U, the superimposition unit 148U, the superimposition unit 149U, the synthesis unit 151U, and the selection unit 150U will be described, a separate detailed description will be omitted.
  • FIG. 2H is a software configuration diagram of the broadcast receiving device 100, and shows an example of the software configuration in the storage (storage) unit 110 (or ROM 103, the same applies hereinafter) and the RAM 104.
  • the storage (storage) unit 110 stores a basic operation program 1001, a reception function program 1002, a browser program 1003, a content management program 1004, and other operation programs 1009. Further, the storage (storage) unit 110 includes a content storage area 1011 for storing content data such as moving images, still images, and voices, authentication information used for communication and cooperation with an external mobile terminal device, server device, or the like. It is assumed that the authentication information storage area 1012 for storing the above information and various information storage areas 1019 for storing various other information are provided.
  • the basic operation program 1001 stored in the storage (storage) unit 110 is expanded in the RAM 104, and the main control unit 101 further executes the expanded basic operation program to form the basic operation control unit 1101. Further, the reception function program 1002, the browser program 1003, and the content management program 1004 stored in the storage (storage) unit 110 are each expanded in the RAM 104, and the main control unit 101 further executes each of the expanded operation programs. As a result, the reception function control unit 1102, the browser engine 1103, and the content management unit 1104 are configured. Further, the RAM 104 is provided with a temporary storage area 1200 that temporarily holds the data created at the time of executing each operation program as needed.
  • the main control unit 101 controls each operation block by expanding and executing the basic operation program 1001 stored in the storage (storage) unit 110 in the RAM 104. Is described as assuming that the basic operation control unit 1101 controls each operation block. The same description is made for other operation programs.
  • the reception function control unit 1102 performs basic control such as a broadcast reception function and a broadcast communication cooperation function of the broadcast reception device 100.
  • the channel selection / demodulation unit 1102a is used for channel selection processing and TMCC information in the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B, and the like. It mainly controls acquisition processing and demodulation processing.
  • the stream reproduction control unit 1102b includes layer division processing, error correction decoding processing, and energy in the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L, the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B, and the like. It mainly controls back diffusion processing and stream reproduction processing.
  • the AV decoding unit 1102c mainly controls multiple separation processing (stream decoding processing), video data decoding processing, audio data decoding processing, and the like in the first decoder unit 140S, the second decoder unit 140H, and the like.
  • the multimedia (MM) data reproduction unit 1102d includes BML data reproduction processing, character super data decoding processing, subtitle data decoding processing, communication cooperation application control processing in the first decoder unit 140S, and HTML data reproduction processing in the second decoder unit 140H. It mainly controls the multimedia screen generation process, the control process of the communication cooperation application, and so on.
  • the EPG generation unit 1102e mainly controls the EPG generation processing and the display processing of the generated EPG in the first decoder unit 140S and the second decoder unit 140H.
  • the presentation processing unit 1102f controls colorimetry conversion processing, dynamic range conversion processing, resolution conversion processing, audio downmix processing, etc. in the first decoder unit 140S and the second decoder unit 140H, and the video selection unit 191 and the audio selection unit 194. Etc. are controlled.
  • the BML browser 1103a and HTML browser 1103b of the browser engine 1103 interpret the BML document and the HTML document at the time of the above-mentioned BML data reproduction processing and HTML data reproduction processing, and perform data broadcasting screen generation processing and multimedia screen generation processing. ..
  • the content management unit 1104 has copyright for time schedule management and execution control when making recording reservations and viewing reservations for broadcast programs, and for outputting broadcast programs and recorded programs from digital I / F 125, LAN communication unit 121, and the like. It manages the expiration date of the linked application acquired based on the management and broadcast communication linkage function.
  • Each of the operation programs may be stored in the storage (storage) unit 110 and / or ROM 103 in advance at the time of product shipment. After the product is shipped, it may be acquired from the server device on the Internet 800 via the LAN communication unit 121 or the like. Further, each of the operation programs stored in a memory card, an optical disk, or the like may be acquired via the expansion interface unit 124 or the like. It may be newly acquired or updated via a broadcast wave.
  • FIG. 3A is an example of the internal configuration of the broadcasting station server 400.
  • the broadcasting station server 400 is composed of a main control unit 401, a system bus 402, a RAM 404, a storage unit 410, a LAN communication unit 421, and a digital broadcasting signal transmission unit 460.
  • the main control unit 401 is a microprocessor unit that controls the entire broadcasting station server 400 according to a predetermined operation program.
  • the system bus 402 is a communication path for transmitting and receiving various data, commands, and the like between the main control unit 401 and each operation block in the broadcasting station server 400.
  • the RAM 404 serves as a work area when each operation program is executed.
  • the storage unit 410 stores the basic operation program 4001, the content management / distribution program 4002, and the content transmission program 4003, and further includes a content data storage area 4011 and a metadata storage area 4012.
  • the content data storage area 4011 stores the content data and the like of each broadcast program broadcast by the broadcasting station.
  • the metadata storage area 4012 stores metadata such as the program title, program ID, program outline, performers, broadcast date and time of each broadcast program.
  • the basic operation program 4001 and the content management / distribution program 4002 and the content transmission program 4003 stored in the storage unit 410 are expanded in the RAM 404, respectively, and the main control unit 401 further expands the expanded basic operation program and the content management / content management /.
  • the basic operation control unit 4101 and the content management / distribution control unit 4102 content transmission control unit 4103 are configured.
  • the main control unit 401 controls each operation block by expanding and executing the basic operation program 4001 stored in the storage unit 410 in the RAM 404. It is described as assuming that the operation control unit 4101 controls each operation block. The same description is made for other operation programs.
  • the content management / distribution control unit 4102 manages the content data, the metadata, etc. stored in the content data storage area 4011 and the metadata storage area 4012, and transfers the content data, the metadata, etc. to the service provider based on the contract. Control when providing. Further, the content management / distribution control unit 4102 also performs authentication processing of the service provider server 500 and the like as necessary when providing content data, metadata, and the like to the service provider.
  • the content transmission control unit 4103 includes the content data of the broadcast program stored in the content data storage area 4011, the program title of the broadcast program stored in the metadata storage area 4012, the program ID, the copy control information of the program content, and the like. It manages the time schedule when the stream is transmitted via the digital broadcast signal transmission unit 460.
  • the LAN communication unit 421 is connected to the Internet 800 and communicates with the service provider server 500 and other communication devices on the Internet 800.
  • the LAN communication unit 421 includes a code circuit, a decoding circuit, and the like.
  • the digital broadcast signal transmission unit 460 performs processing such as modulation on a stream composed of content data and program information data of each broadcast program stored in the content data storage area 4011, and digitally transmits the stream via the radio tower 300. Send as a broadcast wave.
  • FIG. 3B is an example of the internal configuration of the service provider server 500.
  • the service provider server 500 is composed of a main control unit 501, a system bus 502, a RAM 504, a storage unit 510, and a LAN communication unit 521.
  • the main control unit 501 is a microprocessor unit that controls the entire service provider server 500 according to a predetermined operation program.
  • the system bus 502 is a communication path for transmitting and receiving various data, commands, and the like between the main control unit 501 and each operation block in the service provider server 500.
  • the RAM 504 serves as a work area when each operation program is executed.
  • the storage unit 510 stores the basic operation program 5001, the content management / distribution program 5002, and the application management / distribution program 5003, and further includes a content data storage area 5011, a metadata storage area 5012, and an application storage area 5013.
  • the content data storage area 5011 and the metadata storage area 5012 store content data, metadata, etc. provided by the broadcasting station server 400, content produced by a service provider, metadata related to the content, and the like.
  • the application storage area 5013 stores applications (operation programs and / or various data, etc.) required for realizing each service of the broadcast communication cooperation system for distribution in response to a request from each television receiver.
  • the basic operation program 5001 and the content management / distribution program 5002 and the application management / distribution program 5003 stored in the storage unit 510 are each expanded in the RAM 504, and the main control unit 501 further expands the expanded basic operation program and the content.
  • the basic operation control unit 5101, the content management / distribution control unit 5102, and the application management / distribution control unit 5103 are configured.
  • the main control unit 501 controls each operation block by expanding and executing the basic operation program 5001 stored in the storage unit 510 in the RAM 504. It is described as assuming that the operation control unit 5101 controls each operation block. The same description is made for other operation programs.
  • the content management / distribution control unit 5102 acquires content data, metadata, etc. from the broadcasting station server 400, manages the content data, metadata, etc. stored in the content data storage area 5011 and the metadata storage area 5012, and each of them. It controls the distribution of the content data, metadata, etc. to the TV receiver. Further, the application management / distribution control unit 5103 manages each application stored in the application storage area 5013 and controls when the application is distributed in response to a request from each television receiver. Further, the application management / distribution control unit 5103 also performs authentication processing of the television receiver and the like, if necessary, when distributing each application to each television receiver.
  • the LAN communication unit 521 is connected to the Internet 800 and communicates with the broadcasting station server 400 and other communication devices on the Internet 800. In addition, it communicates with the broadcast receiving device 100 and the mobile information terminal 700 via the router device 800R.
  • the LAN communication unit 521 includes a code circuit, a decoding circuit, and the like.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can receive a terrestrial digital broadcasting service that shares at least some specifications with the ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting for Terrestrial Television Broadcasting) system.
  • the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting that can be received by the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting that shares some specifications with the ISDB-T system.
  • the layer-division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting that can be received by the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting that shares some specifications with the ISDB-T system.
  • the current terrestrial digital broadcasting that can be received by the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C is the ISDB-T system terrestrial digital broadcasting.
  • the advanced BS digital broadcasting and the advanced CS digital broadcasting that can be received by the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B are digital broadcasting different from the ISDB-T system.
  • the polarization amphibious terrestrial digital broadcasting and the tier-divided multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment are the same as the ISDB-T system, and are one of the multi-carrier systems in the transmission system, OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing: Orthogonal Frequency). Frequency division multiplexing) is adopted. Since OFDM is a multi-carrier system, the symbol length is long, and it is effective to add a redundant part in the time axis direction called a guard interval, and it is possible to reduce the influence of multipath within the range of the guard interval. Is. Therefore, SFN (Single Frequency Network: single frequency network) can be realized, and the frequency can be effectively used.
  • OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • the OFDM carriers are divided into groups called segments as in the ISDB-T system, and as shown in FIG. 4A, digital.
  • One channel bandwidth of a broadcasting service consists of 13 segments.
  • the central part of the band is set as the position of segment 0, and segment numbers (0 to 12) are sequentially assigned above and below this position.
  • the transmission line coding of the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting and the layer division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting according to this embodiment is performed in units of OFDM segments. Therefore, it is possible to define layered transmission, for example, in the bandwidth of one television channel, some OFDM segments can be allocated to the fixed reception service and the rest to the mobile reception service. it can.
  • each layer is composed of one or a plurality of OFDM segments, and parameters such as a carrier modulation method, an internal code coding rate, and a time interleave length can be set for each layer.
  • the number of layers may be set arbitrarily, for example, up to 3 layers may be set.
  • FIG. 4B shows an example of hierarchical allocation of OFDM segments when the number of layers is 3 or 2.
  • the number of layers is 3, the A layer is composed of 1 segment (segment 0), the B layer is composed of 7 segments (segments 1 to 7), and the C layer is 5 segments (segments 1 to 7). It is composed of segments 8 to 12).
  • the number of layers is 3, the A layer is composed of 1 segment (segment 0), the B layer is composed of 5 segments (segments 1 to 5), and the C layer is composed of 7 segments (segments 1 to 5). It is composed of segments 6 to 12).
  • the number of layers is 2
  • the A layer is composed of one segment (segment 0)
  • the B layer is composed of 12 segments (segments 1 to 12).
  • the number of OFDM segments and transmission path coding parameters of each layer are determined according to the organization information, and are transmitted by the TMCC signal which is the control information for assisting the operation of the receiver.
  • the layer allocation in FIG. 4B (1) can be used in the polarization terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment, and the same segment layer allocation may be used for both horizontally polarized waves and vertically polarized waves.
  • the current mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting may be transmitted in the above-mentioned one segment of horizontally polarized waves as layer A.
  • the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting may transmit the same service in the above-mentioned one segment of vertically polarized waves. In this case, this is also treated as layer A.
  • horizontal bias as layer B.
  • a terrestrial digital broadcasting service for transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels which is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting
  • the terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits a video having a maximum resolution of the horizontal 1920 pixels ⁇ vertical 1080 pixels may transmit the same service in the above seven segments of vertically polarized light. In this case, this is also as the B layer.
  • the above 5 segments of both horizontally polarized waves and vertically polarized waves, a total of 10 segments can transmit images with a maximum resolution of more than 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically. It may be configured to transmit a digital broadcasting service. The details of the transmission will be described later.
  • the transmission wave of the segment layer allocation can be received by, for example, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the hierarchical allocation of FIG. 4B (2) can be used as an example different from that of FIG. 4B (1) in the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment, and the same segment for both horizontally polarized waves and vertically polarized waves.
  • Hierarchical allocation may be used.
  • the current mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting may be transmitted in the above-mentioned one segment of horizontally polarized waves as layer A.
  • the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting may transmit the same service in the above-mentioned one segment of vertically polarized waves. In this case, this is also treated as layer A.
  • horizontal bias as layer B.
  • a terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting video with a maximum resolution of more than 1920 horizontal pixels x 1080 vertical pixels in the above 5 segments of both wave and vertically polarized waves, for a total of 10 segments.
  • You may.
  • a terrestrial digital broadcasting service for transmitting a video having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically, which is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting in the above 7 segments of horizontally polarized waves may be transmitted.
  • the terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits a video having a maximum resolution of the horizontal 1920 pixels ⁇ vertical 1080 pixels may transmit the same service in the above seven segments of vertically polarized light. In this case, this is also as the C layer.
  • the details of the transmission will be described later.
  • the transmission wave of the segment layer allocation can be received by, for example, the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T of the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • the layer allocation in FIG. 4B (3) can be used in the layer-division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting according to this embodiment.
  • the current mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting may be transmitted in one segment in the figure as layer A.
  • the B layer it may be configured to transmit an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of pixels exceeding 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels in 12 segments in the figure.
  • the transmission wave of the segment layer allocation can be received by, for example, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L of the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • the mobile reception service of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting may be transmitted in one segment in the figure as the A layer, and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting in the 12 segments in the figure as the B layer.
  • the terrestrial digital broadcasting service for transmitting a video having a maximum resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels may be transmitted.
  • the transmission wave of the segment layer allocation can be received by, for example, the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • FIG. 4C shows an example of a system on the broadcasting station side that realizes the generation processing of the OFDM transmission wave, which is the digital broadcasting wave of the polarization amphibious terrestrial digital broadcasting and the hierarchical division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting according to this embodiment.
  • the information source coding unit 411 encodes video / audio / various data and the like.
  • the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 multiplexes the video / audio / various data encoded by the information source coding unit 411, further executes processing corresponding to the limited reception as appropriate, and outputs the packet stream. To do.
  • a plurality of the information source coding unit 411 and the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 can exist in parallel, and a plurality of packet streams are generated.
  • the transmission line coding unit 416 remultiplexes the plurality of packet streams into one packet stream, performs transmission line coding processing, and outputs the output as an OFDM transmission wave.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 4C is the same as the ISDB-T system as a configuration for realizing the OFDM transmission wave generation process, although the details of the information source coding and transmission line coding methods are different. Therefore, of the plurality of information source coding units 411 and the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415, a part is configured for the ISDB-T system terrestrial digital broadcasting service, and a part is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the packet streams of a plurality of different terrestrial digital broadcasting services may be multiplexed by the transmission path coding unit 416.
  • MPEG-2 TS which is a TSP (Transport Stream Packet) stream defined by MPEG-2 Systems
  • TSP Transport Stream Packet
  • the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 is configured for an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service
  • an MMT packet stream, a TLV stream including an MMT packet, or a TSP stream specified by another system may be used. Just generate it.
  • all of the plurality of information source coding units 411 and the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 are configured for advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting services, and all packet streams multiplexed by the transmission line coding unit 416 are advanced. It may be a packet stream for various terrestrial digital broadcasting services.
  • FIG. 4D shows an example of the configuration of the transmission line coding unit 416.
  • FIG. 4D (1) shows the configuration of the transmission line coding unit 416 when only the OFDM transmission wave of the digital broadcasting of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is generated.
  • the OFDM transmission wave transmitted in this configuration has, for example, the segment configuration shown in FIG. 4B (3).
  • the packet stream input from the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 and subjected to remultiplexing processing adds redundancy for error correction, and also has various types such as byte interleaving, bit interleaving, time interleaving, and frequency interleaving. Interleave processing is performed.
  • IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • TMCC signal pilot signal
  • AC signal AC signal
  • mapping processing are configured so that they can be processed separately for each layer such as the A layer and the B layer.
  • FIG. 4D (1) shows an example of three layers.
  • the mapping process is a carrier. Modulation process.
  • the packet stream input from the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 information such as TMCC information and a mode and a guard interval ratio may be multiplexed.
  • the packet stream input to the transmission line coding unit 416 may be a TSP stream defined by MPEG-2 Systems.
  • the OFDM transmission wave generated by the configuration of FIG. 4D (1) can be received by, for example, the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • FIG. 4D (2) shows the configuration of the transmission line coding unit 416 when generating the OFDM transmission wave of the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment.
  • the OFDM transmission wave transmitted in this configuration has, for example, the segment configuration of FIG. 4B (1) or (2).
  • the packet stream input from the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 and subjected to the remultiplexing process is added with error correction redundancy, and also has byte interleaving, bit interleaving, and time.
  • Various interleaving processes such as interleaving and frequency interleaving are performed. After that, processing by IFFT is performed together with the pilot signal, TMCC signal, and AC signal, and after guard interval addition processing, quadrature modulation is performed to obtain an OFDM transmission wave.
  • FIG. 4B Corresponding to the segment configuration described in 1) or (2), it can be made different for each layer.
  • the processing of the external code, the internal code, the mapping, etc. shown in the configuration of FIG. 4D (2) is, in addition to the processing compatible with the configuration of FIG. 4D (1), in each processing of the configuration of FIG. 4D (1). More advanced processing that is not adopted can be used. Specifically, for the portion of the configuration shown in FIG. 4D (2) in which processing is performed for each layer, the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting and an image having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically are displayed. In the layer in which the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service to be transmitted is transmitted, processing such as an external code, an internal code, and mapping is performed in a process compatible with the configuration of FIG. 4D (1). On the other hand, in the configuration of FIG.
  • the processing such as the external code, the internal code, and the mapping may be configured to use more advanced processing that is not adopted in each processing of the configuration of FIG. 4D (1).
  • the allocation of the terrestrial digital broadcasting service to be transmitted can be switched between the layers according to the TMCC information described later. It is desirable that the processing such as the external code, the internal code, and the mapping to be performed can be switched by the TMCC information.
  • byte interleaving, bit interleaving, and time interleaving are the current terrestrial digital broadcasting. You may perform processing that is compatible with the service, or you may perform more advanced and different processing. Alternatively, some interleaving may be omitted for the layer that transmits advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting services.
  • the source input stream may be a TSP stream specified by MPEG-2 Systems, which is adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting, among the packet streams input to the transmission path coding unit 416.
  • the input stream that is the source of the layer that transmits the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service configured in FIG. 4D (2) is a TLV that includes an MMT packet stream or an MMT packet among the packet streams input to the transmission path coding unit 416. It may be a stream specified by a system other than the TSP stream specified by MPEG-2 Systems. However, the TSP stream specified by MPEG-2 Systems may be adopted in advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting services.
  • the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting and video having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically are transmitted until an OFDM transmission wave is generated from the input stream.
  • the stream format and processing compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting are maintained.
  • one of the horizontally polarized OFDM transmission wave and the vertically polarized OFDM transmission wave generated by the configuration of FIG. 4D (2) is received by the receiving device of the existing existing terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the broadcasting of the terrestrial digital broadcasting service The signal can be received and demodulated correctly.
  • the maximum resolution is the number of pixels exceeding 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels. It is possible to transmit an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting the above-mentioned video, and the broadcasting signal of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service can be received and demodulated by the broadcasting receiving device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. It becomes.
  • digital broadcasting can be suitably received and demodulated in both the broadcasting receiving device corresponding to the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service and the existing receiving device of the existing terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • Broadcast waves can be generated.
  • FIG. 4D (3) shows the configuration of the transmission line coding unit 416 when generating the OFDM transmission wave of the layer-division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment.
  • the packet stream input from the multiplexing unit / limited reception processing unit 415 and subjected to the remultiplexing process is added with error correction redundancy, and also has byte interleaving, bit interleaving, and time.
  • Various interleaving processes such as interleaving and frequency interleaving are performed. After that, processing by IFFT is performed together with the pilot signal, TMCC signal, and AC signal, and after a guard interval is added, it becomes an OFDM transmission wave through quadrature modulation.
  • a modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer and a modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer are generated, and after multiplexing, an OFDM transmission wave which is a digital broadcast wave is generated.
  • the processing system shown on the upper side of the configuration of FIG. 4D (3) is a processing system for generating a modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer, and the processing system shown on the lower side generates a modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer. It is a processing system for doing.
  • the maximum resolution of the data transmitted by the processing system for generating the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer of FIG. 4D (3) is the current mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting and horizontal 1920 pixels x vertical 1080 pixels.
  • the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer of FIG. 4D (3) has, for example, the segment configuration of FIG. 4B (3) similar to the transmission wave of FIG. 4D (1). Therefore, the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer of FIG. 4D (3) is the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service for transmitting images having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically. It is a digital broadcasting wave compatible with.
  • the data transmitted through the processing system for generating the modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer of FIG. 4D (3) is an image having a maximum resolution of the number of pixels exceeding 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels. It is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmission. For example, for processing of external code, internal code, mapping, etc., it is configured to use more advanced processing that is not adopted in each processing of the configuration of FIG. 4D (1). Just do it.
  • the modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer of FIG. 4D (3) is, for example, an advanced terrestrial capable of transmitting an image having a maximum resolution of more than 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels with all 13 segments as layer A. It may be assigned to a digital broadcasting service.
  • the segment configuration shown in FIG. 4B (3) is used to transmit the current mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting in the A layer of 1 segment, and the pixels exceeding 1920 pixels horizontally ⁇ 1080 pixels vertically in the B layer of 12 segments.
  • An advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting a video having a maximum resolution of a number may be transmitted. In the latter case, as in FIG.
  • 4D (2) it may be configured so that the processing can be switched for each layer such as the A layer and the B layer from the external code processing to the time interleaving processing. Similar to the description in FIG. 4D (2), it is necessary to maintain processing compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting in the layer for transmitting the mobile reception service of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting.
  • an OFDM transmission wave which is a terrestrial digital broadcasting wave in which a modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer and a modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer are multiplexed is generated. Since the technology for separating the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer from the OFDM transmission wave is also installed in the existing receiver of the existing terrestrial digital broadcasting service, it is included in the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer.
  • the broadcast signal of the mobile reception service of terrestrial digital broadcasting and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits images with a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically is correctly used by the existing receiver of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Received and demolished.
  • the broadcast signal of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service capable of transmitting a video having a maximum resolution of more than 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels included in the modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer is the present.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can receive and demodulate.
  • digital broadcasting can be suitably received and demodulated in both the broadcasting receiving device corresponding to the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service and the existing receiving device of the existing terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • Broadcast waves can be generated.
  • the configuration of FIG. 4D (3) does not need to use a plurality of polarized waves, and can more easily generate an OFDM transmission wave that can be received.
  • the SFN is compatible with the inter-station distance and is resistant to Doppler shift in mobile reception.
  • another mode with a different number of carriers may be further prepared.
  • the effective symbol length becomes longer, and if the guard interval ratio (guard interval length / effective symbol length) is the same, the guard interval length becomes longer, and it is possible to have resistance to multipath with a long delay time difference. Is.
  • the carrier interval becomes wide, and it is possible to reduce the influence of inter-carrier interference due to the Doppler shift that occurs in the case of mobile reception or the like.
  • the carrier modulation method is used for each layer composed of one or a plurality of OFDM segments. Parameters such as the code coding rate and the time interleave length can be set.
  • FIG. 4E shows an example of transmission parameters for each segment of the OFDM segment identified in the mode of the system according to this embodiment.
  • the carrier modulation method in the figure refers to the modulation method of the "data" carrier.
  • the SP signal, CP signal, TMCC signal, and AC signal adopt a modulation method different from the modulation method of the "data" carrier.
  • these signals are signals whose resistance to noise is more important than the amount of information, they are constellations with a small number of states (BPSK or BPSK or more) than the modulation method of the "data" carrier (all are QPSK or more, that is, 4 states or more).
  • a modulation method that maps to DBPSK, that is, two states) is adopted to improve noise immunity.
  • each numerical value of the number of carriers is a value when QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, etc. are set as the carrier modulation method on the left side of the diagonal line, and a value when DQPSK is set as the carrier modulation method on the right side of the diagonal line.
  • the underlined parameters are incompatible with the current mobile reception service for terrestrial digital broadcasting. Specifically, 256QAM, 1024QAM, and 4096QAM, which are modulation methods of "data" carriers, are not adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Therefore, in the processing in the hierarchy that requires compatibility with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service in the OFDM broadcast wave generation processing according to FIGS.
  • the 256QAM, 1024QAM, and 4096QAM of the "data" carrier modulation method are not used.
  • QPSK number of states 4
  • 16QAM number of states 16
  • 64QAM states compatible with current terrestrial digital broadcasting services
  • a more multi-level modulation method such as 256QAM (number of states 256), 1024QAM (number of states 1024) or 4096QAM (number of states 4096) may be applied. Further, a modulation method different from these modulation methods may be adopted.
  • BPSK number of states 2 compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service
  • DBPSK number of states 2 compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service
  • LDPC code is not adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service as a method of internal code processing. Therefore, in the processing in the hierarchy requiring compatibility with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service in the OFDM broadcast wave generation processing according to FIGS. 4D (1), 4D (2), and 4D (3) of this embodiment, The LDPC code is not used.
  • the LDPC code may be applied as the internal code to the data transmitted in the layer corresponding to the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • BCH code is not adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Therefore, in the processing in the hierarchy that requires compatibility with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service in the OFDM broadcast wave generation processing according to FIGS. 4D (1), 4D (2), and 4D (3) of this embodiment, No BCH code is used.
  • a BCH code may be applied as an external code to data transmitted in a layer corresponding to an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • FIG. 4F shows the transmission signal parameters for each physical channel (6 MHz bandwidth) of the OFDM broadcast wave generation processing according to FIGS. 4D (1), 4D (2), and 4D (3) of this embodiment.
  • An example is shown.
  • the parameters shown in FIG. 4F are compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the parameters shown in FIG. 4F may be used for the modulated wave transmitted in the lower layer of FIG. 4D (3).
  • the carriers of the OFDM transmission wave according to this embodiment include carriers to which data such as video and audio are transmitted, carriers to which pilot signals (SP, CP, AC1, AC2) as a reference for demodulation are transmitted, and carriers.
  • Some carriers transmit TMCC signals, which are information such as carrier modulation formats and convolutional coding rates.
  • TMCC signals which are information such as carrier modulation formats and convolutional coding rates.
  • a number of carriers corresponding to 1/9 of the number of carriers for each segment is used.
  • a concatenated code is used for error correction
  • a shortened Reed-Solomon (204,188) code is used for the outer code
  • a constraint length of 7 is used for the inner code
  • a coding rate of 1/2 is used as the mother code.
  • Adopt a convolutional code. Coding different from the above may be used for both the outer code and the inner code.
  • the information rate differs depending on parameters such as the carrier modulation format, the convolution code rate, and the guard
  • 204 symbols are set as one frame, and an integer number of TSPs are included in one frame.
  • the transmission parameters are switched at the boundary of this frame.
  • Pilot signals that serve as a reference for demodulation include SP (Scattered Pilot), CP (Continual Pilot), AC (Auxiliary Channel) 1, and AC2.
  • FIG. 4G shows an example of an arrangement image in a segment such as a pilot signal in the case of synchronous modulation (QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, etc.).
  • the SP is inserted into the synchronous modulation segment and transmitted once every 12 carriers in the carrier number (frequency axis) direction and once every 4 symbols in the OFDM symbol number (time axis) direction. Since the amplitude and phase of the SP are known, they can be used as a reference for synchronous demodulation.
  • FIG. 4H shows an example of an arrangement image in a segment such as a pilot signal in the case of differential modulation (DQPSK or the like).
  • CP is a continuous signal inserted at the left end of the differential modulation segment and is used for demodulation.
  • AC1 and AC2 carry information on the CP, and are used not only for the role of pilot signals but also for the transmission of information for broadcasters. It may be used to transmit other information.
  • the arrangement images shown in FIGS. 4G and 4H are examples in the case of mode 3, and the carrier numbers are 0 to 431, but in the case of mode 1 and mode 2, they are 0 to 107 or 0, respectively.
  • the carrier that transmits AC1, AC2, and TMCC may be predetermined for each segment.
  • the carriers that transmit AC1, AC2, and TMCC are randomly arranged in the frequency direction in order to reduce the influence of the periodic dip of the transmission line characteristics due to multipath.
  • the TMCC signal transmits information (TMCC information) related to the demodulation operation of the receiver, such as the hierarchical configuration and the transmission parameters of the OFDM segment.
  • the TMCC signal is transmitted by a carrier for TMCC transmission specified in each segment.
  • FIG. 5A shows an example of bit allocation of the TMCC carrier.
  • the TMCC carrier is composed of 204 bits (B0 to B203).
  • B0 is a demodulation reference signal for the TMCC symbol and has a predetermined amplitude and phase reference.
  • B1 to B16 are synchronization signals and are composed of 16-bit words. Two types of synchronization signals, w0 and w1, are defined, and w0 and w1 are alternately transmitted for each frame.
  • B17 to B19 are used for identification of the segment type, and identify whether each segment is a differential modulation unit or a synchronous modulation unit.
  • TMCC information is described in B20 to B121.
  • B122 to B203 are parity bits.
  • the TMCC information of the OFDM transmission wave is, for example, system identification, transmission parameter switching index, activation control signal (starting flag for emergency alarm broadcasting), current information, next information, frequency conversion processing identification, It may be configured to include information for assisting the demodulation and decoding operations of the receiver, such as physical channel number identification, main signal identification, 4K signal transmission layer identification, additional layer transmission identification, and the like.
  • the current information shows the current hierarchical structure and transmission parameters
  • the next information shows the hierarchical structure and transmission parameters after switching.
  • the transmission parameters are switched on a frame-by-frame basis.
  • FIG. 5B shows an example of bit allocation of TMCC information.
  • FIG. 5C shows an example of the configuration of the transmission parameter information included in the current information / next information.
  • the connected transmission phase correction amount is control information used in the case of terrestrial digital audio broadcasting ISDB-TSB (ISDB for Terrestrial Sound Broadcasting) or the like having a common transmission method, and detailed description thereof will be omitted here.
  • FIG. 5D shows an example of system identification bit allocation. Two bits are assigned to the system identification signal.
  • "00" is set.
  • "01" is set.
  • an advanced terrestrial digital television broadcasting system such as polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting or layered multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment, "10" is set.
  • 2K broadcast programs horizontal 1920 pixels x vertical 1080 pixels video broadcast programs and lower resolution video broadcasts are broadcast by broadcast wave transmission by polarization dual transmission method or layered multiplex method. It is possible to simultaneously transmit a program (which may include a program) and a 4K broadcast program (a broadcast program of a video having more than 1920 horizontal pixels ⁇ 1080 vertical pixels) within the same service.
  • the transmission parameter switching index is used to notify the receiver of the switching timing by counting down when switching the transmission parameter. This index is usually a value of "1111", and when the transmission parameter is switched, it is subtracted by 1 for each frame from 15 frames before the switching.
  • the switching timing is set to the next frame synchronization in which "0000" is transmitted.
  • the value of the index returns to "1111” after "0000".
  • count down The countdown is not performed when only the activation control signal of the TMCC information is switched.
  • the activation control signal (starting flag for emergency warning broadcasting) is set to "1" when activation control to the receiver is performed in the emergency warning broadcasting, and "0" when activation control is not performed. To do.
  • the partial reception flag for each current information / next information is set to "1" when the segment in the center of the transmission band is set to partial reception, and to "0" otherwise.
  • segment 0 is set for partial reception, that hierarchy is defined as layer A. If the next information does not exist, the partial reception flag is set to "1".
  • FIG. 5E shows an example of bit allocation for the carrier modulation mapping method (data carrier modulation method) in each layer transmission parameter for each current information / next information.
  • this parameter is "000", it indicates that the modulation method is DQPSK. In the case of "001”, it indicates that the modulation method is QPSK. In the case of "010”, it means that the modulation method is 16QAM. In the case of "011”, it means that the modulation method is 64QAM. In the case of "100”, it means that the modulation method is 256QAM. In the case of "101”, it indicates that the modulation method is 1024QAM. In the case of "110”, it means that the modulation method is 4096 QAM. If there is no unused hierarchy or next information, "111" is set for this parameter.
  • each parameter may be set according to the organization information of each layer for each current information / next information.
  • the number of segments indicates the number of segments in each layer as a 4-bit numerical value. If there is no unused hierarchy or next information, "1111" is set. Since the settings such as the mode and the guard interval ratio are independently detected on the receiver side, it is not necessary to transmit the TMCC information.
  • FIG. 5F shows an example of bit allocation for frequency conversion processing identification.
  • the conversion unit 201T and the conversion unit 201L of FIG. 2A performed the frequency conversion processing (in the case of the polarization dual-purpose transmission method) and the frequency conversion amplification processing (in the case of the layer division multiplexing transmission method) described later. In that case, set "0". If frequency conversion processing or frequency conversion amplification processing has not been performed, set "1". This parameter is set to "1" when transmitted from a broadcasting station, for example, and when the conversion unit 201T or conversion unit 201L executes frequency conversion processing or frequency conversion amplification processing, the conversion unit 201T or conversion unit 201L It may be configured to rewrite to "0" in.
  • the OFDM is concerned. It is possible to identify that the frequency conversion process or the like has been performed after the transmitted wave is transmitted from the broadcasting station.
  • the frequency conversion processing identification bit may be set or rewritten for each of the plurality of polarized waves. For example, if both of the plurality of polarized waves are not frequency-converted by the conversion unit 201T of FIG. 2A, the frequency conversion processing identification bit included in the OFDM transmission wave of both may be left as “1”. Further, if only one of a plurality of polarized waves is frequency-converted by the conversion unit 201T, the frequency conversion processing identification bit included in the OFDM transmission wave of the frequency-converted polarized wave is set to "0" in the conversion unit 201T. ].
  • the frequency conversion processing identification bit included in the OFDM transmission wave of both polarized waves whose frequencies have been converted is set to "0" in the conversion unit 201T. You can rewrite it. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 100, it is possible to identify the presence or absence of frequency conversion for each of a plurality of polarized waves.
  • the frequency conversion processing identification bit is not defined in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting, it will be ignored by the terrestrial digital broadcasting receiving device already used by the user.
  • the bit may be introduced into a new terrestrial digital broadcasting service that transmits a video having a maximum resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically, which is an improvement of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting.
  • the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the broadcast receiving device 100 may also be configured as the first tuner / demodulation unit corresponding to the new terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the conversion unit 201T and the conversion unit 201L of FIG. 2A perform frequency conversion processing and frequency conversion amplification processing on the OFDM transmission wave, and when they are transmitted from the broadcasting station. It may be set to "0" in advance. If the broadcast wave to be received is not an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, this parameter may be configured to be set to "1".
  • FIG. 5G shows an example of bit allocation for physical channel number identification.
  • the physical channel number identification is composed of a 6-bit code, and identifies the physical channel number (13 to 52 channels) of the received broadcast wave. If the broadcast wave to be received is not an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, this parameter is set to "111111".
  • the bit for identifying the physical channel number is not defined in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting, and in the receiving device of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting, the physical channel number of the broadcast wave specified by the broadcasting station is acquired from the TMCC signal, AC signal, etc. Cann't.
  • the received OFDM transmission wave has a physical channel number identification bit for the OFDM transmission wave without demodulating carriers other than the TMCC signal and the AC signal.
  • the physical channel number set by the broadcasting station can be grasped.
  • the physical channels of 13ch to 52ch have a bandwidth of 6 MHz per channel and are pre-allocated to a frequency band of 470 to 710 MHz. Therefore, the fact that the broadcast receiving device 100 can grasp the physical channel number of the OFDM transmission wave based on the bit of the physical channel number identification means that the frequency band in which the OFDM transmission wave was transmitted in the air as a terrestrial digital broadcast wave can be grasped. It means that you can do it.
  • the physical channel number is assigned to each of a plurality of polarized wave pairs in the bandwidth that originally constitutes one physical channel.
  • the identification bits may be arranged and the same physical number may be assigned.
  • the conversion unit 201T of FIG. 2A may convert only the frequency of one of the plurality of polarized waves. As a result, when the frequencies of the plurality of polarized light pairs received by the broadcast receiving device 100 are different from each other, the plurality of polarized light having different frequencies are originally paired.
  • the broadcast receiver will not be able to demolish advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting using both polarizations of polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting.
  • the broadcasting station side originally has the same value. It can be identified as a transmission wave transmitted as a polarization pair constituting one physical channel. This makes it possible to realize advanced demodulation of terrestrial digital broadcasting of polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting by using a plurality of transmission waves showing the same value.
  • FIG. 5H shows an example of bit allocation for main signal identification. This example is an example in which the main signal identification bit is arranged in bit B117.
  • the transmitted OFDM transmission wave is a transmission wave of polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting
  • this parameter is set to "1" in the TMCC information of the transmission wave transmitted with the main polarization.
  • the transmission wave transmitted by the main polarization is the polarization direction of the vertically polarization signal and the horizontally polarization signal, which is the same as the polarization direction used for the transmission of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Refers to the polarization signal. That is, in areas where horizontal polarization transmission is adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service, in the polarized terrestrial digital broadcasting service, the horizontal polarization is the main polarization and the vertical polarization is the secondary polarization.
  • vertical polarization is the main polarization in the polarization dual-purpose terrestrial digital broadcasting service
  • horizontal polarization is the secondary polarization. It becomes.
  • the received transmission wave is transmitted in the main polarization at the time of transmission by using the main signal identification bit. It is possible to identify whether the transmission was performed or was transmitted with a secondary polarization. For example, if the identification process of the main polarization and the sub-polarization is used, the transmission wave transmitted in the main polarization is first scanned in the initial scan described later, and the transmission wave is transmitted in the main polarization. After the completion of the initial scan of the transmitted wave, it is possible to perform processing such as performing the initial scan of the transmitted wave transmitted with the secondary polarization.
  • the details of the configuration example of the digital terrestrial broadcasting service for transmission with the layer and the segment of the polarization terrestrial digital broadcasting according to this embodiment will be described later, but the current terrestrial broadcasting using the layer composed of the segment included only in the main polarization is used.
  • the initial scan of the transmission wave transmitted in the main polarization first. And then complete the initial scan of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service, and then perform the initial scan of the transmission wave transmitted with the secondary polarization to perform the initial scan of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Is also good.
  • the initial scan of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service can be performed after the initial scan of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is completed, and the setting by the initial scan of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service can be set by the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting. It is preferable because it can be reflected in the setting by the initial scan of the broadcasting service.
  • the definition of the meanings of the main signal identification bits "1" and "0" may be the reverse of the above description.
  • the polarization direction identification bit may be used as one parameter of the TMCC information. Specifically, the polarization direction identification bit is set to "1" on the broadcasting station side for the transmission wave transmitted by horizontally polarized waves, and the polarization direction identification bit is set on the broadcasting station side for the transmission wave transmitted by vertically polarized waves. It should be "0". In the broadcast receiving device 100 that has received the transmission wave of the polarized terrestrial digital broadcast according to the embodiment of the present invention, by using the polarization direction identification bit, the received transmission wave can be transmitted in any polarization direction. It is possible to identify whether it was transmitted by.
  • the transmission wave transmitted in the horizontally polarized wave is first scanned in the initial scan described later, and the initial scan of the transmitted wave transmitted in the horizontally polarized wave is performed first. After the end of, processing such as initial scanning of the transmitted wave transmitted with vertically polarized waves becomes possible.
  • the "main polarization" in the part related to the initial scan in the above explanation of the main signal identification bit is read as “horizontal polarization”, and the "secondary polarization” is referred to as "vertical polarization”. Since it may be read as a replacement, the description will be omitted again.
  • the first signal and the second signal identification bit may be used as one parameter of the TMCC information.
  • one of the horizontally polarized light and the vertically polarized light is defined as the first polarized light
  • the broadcast signal of the transmission wave transmitted by the first polarized light is defined as the first signal and broadcast.
  • the first signal and the second signal identification bit may be set to "1" on the station side.
  • the other polarization is defined as the second polarization
  • the broadcast signal of the transmission wave transmitted by the second polarization is defined as the second signal
  • the broadcasting station side sets the first signal and the second signal identification bit. It should be "0".
  • any of the received transmission waves can be transmitted at the time of transmission. It is possible to identify whether the transmission was carried out in the polarization direction.
  • the first signal and the second signal identification bit have the concepts of "main polarization” and “secondary polarization” from the above definition of the main signal identification bit as “first polarization” and “second polarization”. Only the “polarization” is replaced, and the processing and effect in the broadcast receiving device 100 is that the "main polarization" of the part related to the processing of the broadcasting receiving device 100 in the above description of the main signal identification bit is changed to the "first polarization". Since it may be read as "wave” and "secondary polarized light” as “second polarized light", the description will be omitted again.
  • the upper and lower layer identification bits may be used as one parameter of the TMCC information instead of the above-mentioned main signal identification bit.
  • the above-mentioned upper and lower layer identification bits are set to "1" in the TMCC information of the modulated wave transmitted in the upper layer, and the above-mentioned upper and lower layer identification bits are set in the TMCC information of the transmitted wave transmitted in the lower layer. Should be set to "0". If the broadcast wave to be received is not an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, this parameter may be set to "1".
  • a plurality of modulations originally transmitted in the upper layer and the lower layer of one physical channel For the lower layer of the wave, frequency conversion and signal amplification may be performed by the conversion unit 201L of FIG. 2A depending on the installation environment of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 receives the transmission wave of the layer-division multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting, it may be the modulated wave originally transmitted in the upper layer based on the above-mentioned upper and lower layer identification bits, or the lower layer. It is possible to identify whether the wave was the modulated wave transmitted in.
  • the initial scan of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service transmitted in the lower layer can be performed after the initial scan of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service transmitted in the upper layer is completed, and the current terrestrial broadcasting service can be performed. It is possible to reflect the settings made by the initial scan of the digital broadcasting service in the settings made by the initial scanning of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service. Further, in the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L of the broadcast receiving device 100, it can be used for switching the processing of the demodulation unit 133S and the demodulation unit 133L based on the identification result.
  • FIG. 5I shows an example of bit allocation for 4K signal transmission layer identification.
  • the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit is a horizontally polarized signal and a vertically polarized wave for each of the B layer and the C layer. It suffices to indicate whether or not to transmit a 4K broadcast program using both signals.
  • One bit is assigned to each of the B layer setting and the C layer setting. For example, in the B layer and the C layer, when the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit for each layer is "0", a 4K broadcast program using both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal in the layer. It suffices to indicate that the transmission is performed.
  • the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit for each layer is "1"
  • a 4K broadcast program using both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal is transmitted in the layer. You just have to show that there isn't.
  • the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit is used, and in the B layer and the C layer, both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal are used in each layer to perform 4K. It is possible to identify whether or not to transmit a broadcast program.
  • the broadcast wave to be transmitted is the broadcast wave of the layer-divided multiplex terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the present embodiment, whether or not the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit transmits a 4K broadcast program in the lower layer. Should be indicated.
  • B119 of this parameter is "0"
  • the 4K broadcast program is transmitted in the lower layer.
  • B119 of this parameter is "1”
  • the transmission of the 4K broadcast program is not performed in the lower layer. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 100, it is possible to identify whether or not to transmit the 4K broadcast program in the lower layer by using the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit.
  • this parameter is "0"
  • NUC Non-Uniform Configuration
  • the current / next information of the transmission parameter additional information regarding the B layer / C layer can be transmitted using AC1 or the like.
  • this parameter may be set to "1" respectively.
  • FIG. 5J shows an example of bit allocation for additional layer transmission identification.
  • the additional layer transmission identification bit is virtual for each of the B layer and C layer of the transmission wave transmitted in the secondary polarization, in which the broadcast wave to be transmitted is the polarization dual-purpose terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the present embodiment. It may indicate whether or not it is used as a D layer or a virtual E layer.
  • the bit arranged in B120 is a D-layer transmission identification bit, and when this parameter is "0", the B-layer transmitted by the secondary polarization is used as the virtual D-layer.
  • the segment group having the same segment number as the segment belonging to the B layer transmitted by the main polarization is transmitted by the main polarization. It is treated as a D layer, which is a layer different from the B layer.
  • this parameter is "1" the B layer transmitted by the secondary polarization is not used as the virtual D layer, but is used as the B layer.
  • the bit arranged in B121 is an E layer transmission identification bit, and when this parameter is "0", the C layer transmitted by the secondary polarization is used as the virtual E layer.
  • the segment group having the same segment number as the segment belonging to the C layer transmitted by the main polarization is transmitted by the main polarization. It is treated as an E layer, which is a layer different from the C layer.
  • this parameter is "1" the C layer transmitted by the secondary polarization is not used as the virtual E layer, but is used as the C layer.
  • the D layer and the E layer transmitted with the secondary polarization by using the additional layer transmission identification bit (D layer transmission identification bit and / or E layer transmission identification bit). It is possible to identify the presence or absence of. That is, in the terrestrial digital broadcasting according to the present embodiment, by using the additional layer transmission identification parameter shown in FIG. 5J, the current terrestrial digital broadcasting is limited to three layers, A layer, B layer, and C layer. It is possible to operate new hierarchies (D and E hierarchies in the example of FIG. 5J) beyond the number.
  • the parameters such as the carrier modulation mapping method, the coding rate, and the length of the time interleave shown in FIG. 5C are set in the virtual D layer / virtual E layer and the B layer / C layer. It is possible to make them different.
  • the current / next information of parameters such as the carrier modulation mapping method for the virtual D layer / virtual E layer, the convolutional code rate, and the length of the time interleave can be transmitted using AC information (for example, AC1).
  • AC information for example, AC1
  • parameters such as the carrier modulation mapping method, the convolutional code rate, and the length of the time interleave regarding the virtual D layer / virtual E layer can be grasped.
  • the additional layer transmission identification bit (D layer transmission identification bit and / or E layer transmission identification bit) is "0"
  • the current information / next of the TMCC information transmitted in the secondary polarization is used.
  • the transmission parameters of the B layer and / or the C layer of the information may be configured to be switched to the meanings of the transmission parameters of the virtual D layer and / or the virtual E layer.
  • the virtual D layer and / or the virtual E layer is used, the A layer, the B layer, and the C layer are used for the main polarization, and the transmission parameters of these layers are the TMCC transmitted in the main polarization.
  • the current information / next information of the information may be transmitted.
  • the A layer, the D layer, and the E layer are used, and the transmission parameters of these layers may be transmitted by the current information / next information of the TMCC information transmitted by the sub-polarization. Even in this case, parameters such as the carrier modulation mapping method, the convolutional code rate, and the length of the time interleave regarding the virtual D layer / virtual E layer can be grasped on the broadcast receiving device 100 side.
  • this parameter is configured to be set to "1" respectively. Is also good.
  • the parameter for the additional layer transmission identification may be stored in both the TMCC information of the main polarization and the TMCC information of the sub-polarization, but if it is stored in at least the TMCC information of the sub-polarization, it will be described above. All of the processes are feasible.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may ignore the D-layer transmission identification bit.
  • the 4K signal transmission layer identification parameter indicates that the 4K broadcast program is transmitted in the C layer
  • the E layer transmission identification bit indicates that the C layer is used as the virtual E layer.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may be configured to ignore the E-layer transmission identification bit.
  • the above-mentioned frequency conversion processing identification bit, physical channel number identification bit, main signal identification bit, 4K signal transmission identification bit, additional layer transmission identification bit, and the like are used for the above-mentioned system identification.
  • all bits may be set to "1" when the parameter of is not “10".
  • the parameter of system identification is not "10", but exceptionally due to some problem, the bit of frequency conversion processing identification, the bit of physical channel number identification, the bit of main signal identification, the bit of 4K signal transmission identification, and the bit of additional layer transmission identification Even if the bit is not "1", the broadcast receiving device 100 may be configured to ignore the bit that is not "1” and determine that all these bits are "1". ..
  • FIG. 5K shows an example of bit allocation of the “coding rate” bit shown in FIG. 5C, that is, the code rate identification bit for error correction.
  • the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service of 4K broadcasting can be broadcast mixed with the terrestrial digital broadcasting service of 2K broadcasting.
  • the LDPC code can be used as the internal code in the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the 4K broadcasting.
  • the error correction coding rate identification bit according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 5K is not a coding rate identification bit dedicated to the convolutional code, but an LDPC code. It is configured to correspond to.
  • the bits arranged in the common range are set as the identification bits for the coding rate transmission. Achieve bit savings. Further, even if the identification bits are the same, the coding rate setting should be set independently depending on whether the internal code of the target terrestrial digital broadcasting service is a convolutional code or an LDPC code. Therefore, as a digital broadcasting system, a group of choices of a coding rate suitable for each coding method can be adopted.
  • the coding rate is 1/2 if the internal code is a convolutional code, and the coding rate is 2 if the internal code is an LDPC code. Indicates that it is / 3.
  • the identification bit is "001”, it indicates that the coding rate is 2/3 if it is a convolutional code and 3/4 if the internal code is an LDPC code.
  • the identification bit is "010”, it indicates that the coding rate is 3/4 if the internal code is a convolutional code and 5/6 if the internal code is an LDPC code.
  • the identification bit When the identification bit is "011", it indicates that the coding rate is 5/6 if the internal code is a convolutional code and 2/16 if the internal code is an LDPC code. When the identification bit is "100”, it indicates that the coding rate is 7/8 if the internal code is a convolutional code and 6/16 if the internal code is an LDPC code. When the identification bit is "101”, it indicates that it is undefined if the internal code is a convolutional code, and that the coding rate is 10/16 if the internal code is an LDPC code. When the identification bit is "110”, it indicates that it is undefined if the internal code is a convolutional code, and that the coding rate is 14/16 if the internal code is an LDPC code. If there is no unused hierarchy or next information, "111" is set for this parameter.
  • the identification of whether the internal code of the target terrestrial digital broadcasting service is a convolutional code or an LDPC code is whether the terrestrial digital broadcasting service is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service or an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service. You may identify using the result of identification. The identification may be performed using the identification bit described with reference to FIG. 5D or FIG. 5I.
  • the target terrestrial digital broadcasting service is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service, it is sufficient to identify that the internal code is a convolutional code.
  • the target terrestrial digital broadcasting service is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, it is sufficient to identify that the internal code is an LDPC code.
  • identification is performed based on the identification bit of the error correction method described later in FIG. 6I. You may.
  • the TMCC information of the transmission wave transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the TMCC information of the transmitted wave transmitted by vertically polarized waves may be the same. However, they may be different.
  • the TMCC information of the transmission wave transmitted in the upper layer and the TMCC information of the transmission wave transmitted in the lower layer may be the same. However, they may be different.
  • the above-mentioned frequency conversion processing identification parameter, main signal identification parameter, additional layer transmission identification, etc. are described only in the TMCC information of the transmission wave transmitted in the secondary polarization and the transmission wave transmitted in the lower layer. May be done.
  • the frequency conversion process identification parameter, the main signal identification parameter, the polarization direction identification parameter, the first signal second signal identification parameter, the upper and lower layer identification parameter, and the 4K signal transmission layer identification parameter An example in which the parameter of the additional layer transmission identification is included in the TMCC signal (TMCC carrier) and transmitted is described.
  • these parameters may be included in the AC signal (AC carrier) and transmitted. That is, these parameters may be transmitted by the signal of a carrier (TMCC carrier, AC carrier, etc.) modulated by a modulation method that performs mapping with a smaller number of states than the modulation method of the data carrier.
  • the AC signal is an additional information signal related to broadcasting, and is additional information related to transmission control of a modulated wave, seismic motion warning information, and the like.
  • the seismic motion warning information is transmitted using the AC carrier of segment 0.
  • additional information regarding transmission control of the modulated wave can be transmitted using any AC carrier.
  • FIG. 6A shows an example of bit allocation of the AC signal.
  • the AC signal is composed of 204 bits (B0 to B203).
  • B0 is a demodulation reference signal for the AC symbol and has a predetermined amplitude and phase reference.
  • B1 to B3 are signals for identifying the configuration of the AC signal.
  • B4 to B203 are used for transmission of additional information related to transmission control of modulated waves or transmission of seismic motion warning information.
  • FIG. 6B shows an example of bit allocation for identifying the configuration of an AC signal.
  • this parameter is set to "001" or "110".
  • the configuration identification parameters (“001” or “110”) when transmitting seismic motion warning information have the same code as the first 3 bits (B1 to B3) of the synchronization signal of the TMCC signal, and at the same timing as the TMCC signal. It is sent alternately for each frame.
  • this parameter has a value other than the above, it indicates that the AC signals B4 to B203 are used to transmit additional information regarding the transmission control of the modulated wave. Additional information regarding transmission control of the modulated wave may be transmitted using the AC signals B4 to B203.
  • the parameters for identifying the configuration of the AC signal "000” and “111”, “010” and “101", or "011” and "100” are alternately transmitted for each frame.
  • AC signals B4 to B203 are used for transmission of additional information related to transmission control of modulated waves or transmission of seismic motion warning information.
  • the transmission of additional information related to the transmission control of the modulated wave may be performed by various bit configurations.
  • the frequency conversion processing identification, physical channel number identification, main signal identification, 4K signal transmission layer identification, additional layer transmission identification, etc. described in the description of the TMCC signal can be performed in place of the TMCC signal or in addition to the TMCC signal.
  • Bits may be assigned to additional information related to transmission control of the modulated wave of the signal for transmission. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 100, various identification processes already described in the description of the TMCC signal can be performed using these parameters.
  • the current / next information of the transmission parameter related to the layer / virtual E layer may be assigned. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 100, the transmission parameters of each layer can be acquired by using these parameters, and the demodulation process of each layer can be controlled.
  • the seismic motion warning information is composed of a synchronization signal, a start / end flag, an update flag, signal identification, seismic motion warning detailed information, CRC, parity bit, and the like.
  • the synchronization signal is composed of a 13-bit code, and has the same code as the 13 bits (B4 to B16) excluding the first 3 bits of the synchronization signal of the TMCC signal.
  • the start / end flag is composed of a 2-bit code as a start timing / end timing flag of the earthquake motion warning information.
  • the start / end flag is changed from “11” to "00" at the start of sending the seismic motion warning information, and from "00" to "11” at the end of sending the seismic motion warning information.
  • the update flag is composed of a 2-bit code, and each time the content of a series of seismic motion warning detailed information transmitted when the start / end flag is "00" is changed, "00" is set as the initial value and "1". ⁇ Increase by each. After "11”, it shall return to "00". When the start / end flag is "11", the update flag is also "11".
  • FIG. 6D shows an example of signal identification bit allocation.
  • the signal identification is composed of a 3-bit code and is used to identify the type of seismic motion warning detailed information.
  • this parameter is "000”, it means “detailed information on earthquake motion warning (with applicable area)”.
  • this parameter is "001”, it means “detailed information on seismic motion warning (no applicable area)”.
  • this parameter is "010”, it means “test signal of detailed information on earthquake motion warning (with applicable area)”.
  • this parameter is "011”, it means “test signal of earthquake motion warning detailed information (no applicable area)”.
  • this parameter is "111”, it means “no detailed information on seismic motion warning”.
  • the detailed information on the earthquake motion warning is composed of 88-bit codes.
  • the detailed seismic motion warning information includes information on the current time when the seismic motion warning information is sent, information indicating the area subject to the seismic motion warning, and seismic motion. Information such as the latitude / longitude / seismic intensity of the epicenter of the earthquake subject to the warning is transmitted.
  • FIG. 6E shows an example of bit allocation of detailed seismic motion warning information when the signal identification is “000”, “001”, “010”, or “011”. Further, when the signal identification is "111”, it is possible to transmit a code or the like for identifying the broadcaster by using the bit of the detailed information on the earthquake motion warning.
  • FIG. 6F shows an example of bit allocation of detailed seismic motion warning information when the signal identification is “111”.
  • CRC is a code generated by using a predetermined generation polynomial for B21 to B111 of the seismic motion warning information.
  • the parity bit is a code generated by the abbreviated code (187,105) of the difference set cyclic code (273,191) for B17 to B121 of the seismic motion warning information.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can perform various controls for coping with an emergency situation by using the parameters related to the seismic motion warning described in FIGS. 6C, 6D, 6E, and 6F. For example, it is possible to control the presentation of information related to earthquake motion warnings, control to switch low-priority display contents to displays related to earthquake motion warnings, and control to end the application display and switch to displays related to earthquake motion warnings or broadcast program images. is there.
  • FIG. 6G shows an example of bit allocation of additional information related to transmission control of modulated waves.
  • the additional information related to the transmission control of the modulated wave is composed of a synchronization signal, current information, next information, parity bit, and the like.
  • the synchronization signal is composed of a 13-bit code, and has the same code as the 13 bits (B4 to B16) excluding the first 3 bits of the synchronization signal of the TMCC signal.
  • the 16-bit code that combines the configuration identification and the synchronization signal is a 16-bit synchronization word equivalent to the TMCC synchronization signal. Become.
  • the current information indicates the current information of the transmission parameter additional information when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the B layer or the C layer, and the transmission parameters related to the virtual D layer or the virtual E layer.
  • the next information indicates information after switching of transmission parameter additional information when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the B layer or the C layer, and transmission parameters related to the virtual D layer or the virtual E layer.
  • B18 to B30 of the current information are the current information of the B layer transmission parameter additional information, and indicate the current information of the transmission parameter additional information when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the B layer. is there.
  • B31 to B43 of the current information are the current information of the C layer transmission parameter addition information, and indicate the current information of the transmission parameter addition information when the 4K broadcast program is transmitted in the C layer.
  • B70 to B82 of the next information are information after switching the transmission parameter of the B layer transmission parameter additional information, and after switching the transmission parameter of the transmission parameter additional information when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the B layer. It shows information.
  • B83 to B95 of the next information are information after switching the transmission parameter of the C layer transmission parameter additional information, and are information after switching the transmission parameter of the transmission parameter additional information when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the C layer.
  • the transmission parameter additional information is a transmission parameter related to modulation, which is added to the transmission parameter of the TMCC information shown in FIG. 5C to extend the specifications. The specific contents of the transmission parameter additional information will be described later.
  • the current information B44 to B56 is the current information of the transmission parameter for the virtual D layer when operating the virtual D layer.
  • B57 to B69 of the current information are current information of transmission parameters for the virtual E layer when operating the virtual E layer.
  • B96 to B108 of the next information are information after switching the transmission parameters for the virtual D layer when operating the virtual D layer.
  • the current information B109 to B121 is information after switching the transmission parameters for the virtual E layer when operating the virtual E layer.
  • the parameters stored in the transmission parameters for the virtual D layer and the transmission parameters for the virtual E layer may be the same as those shown in FIG. 5C.
  • the virtual D layer and the virtual E layer are layers that do not exist in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting. It is not easy to increase the number of bits of the TMCC information of FIG. 5B because it is necessary to maintain compatibility with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the transmission parameters for the virtual D layer and the virtual E layer are stored in the AC information as shown in FIG. 6G instead of the TMCC information.
  • the transmission parameter information for the unused layer can be ignored by the broadcast receiving device 100 without any problem.
  • the broadcast receiving device when the parameter of the additional layer transmission identification of the TMCC information in FIG. 5J indicates "1" (when indicating that the virtual D layer / virtual E layer is not used), the broadcast receiving device.
  • the 100 may be configured to ignore any value contained in the transmission parameter shown in FIG. 6G for the unused virtual D layer or virtual E layer.
  • FIG. 6H shows a specific example of transmission parameter additional information.
  • the transmission parameter additional information can include error correction method parameters, constellation type parameters, and the like.
  • the error correction method sets what kind of coding method is used as the error correction method for the internal code and the external code when transmitting a 4K broadcast program (advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service) in the B layer or the C layer. Is shown.
  • FIG. 6I shows an example of bit allocation of the error correction method.
  • this parameter is "000”
  • a convolutional code is used as the internal code
  • a shortened RS code is used as the external code when transmitting a 4K broadcast program in the B layer or the C layer.
  • this parameter is "001”
  • the LDPC code is used as the internal code
  • the BCH code is used as the external code when transmitting the 4K broadcast program in the B layer and the C layer.
  • other combinations may be set so that they can be selected.
  • FIG. 6J shows an example of bit allocation in the constellation format.
  • this parameter is "000”
  • the carrier modulation mapping method selected in the transmission parameter of TMCC information is applied in a uniform constellation.
  • this parameter is any of "001" to "111”
  • the carrier modulation mapping method selected in the transmission parameter of TMCC information is applied in a non-uniform constellation.
  • the optimum value of the non-uniform constellation differs depending on the type of error correction method and its coding rate.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment uses the non-uniform constellation used in the demodulation processing as the parameter of the carrier modulation mapping method. It may be determined based on the parameters of the error correction method and the parameters of the coding rate thereof. The determination may be made by referring to a predetermined table stored in advance by the broadcast receiving device 100 or the like.
  • the polarization amphoteric transmission method according to the embodiment of the present invention is a method having some specifications in common with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting method. For example, 13 segments in the approximately 6 MHz band corresponding to one physical channel are divided, and 7 segments are used for transmitting a 2K (horizontal 1920 pixels x vertical 1080 pixels) broadcast program, and 5 segments are used for transmitting a 4K broadcast program.
  • One segment is assigned to each for mobile reception (so-called one-segment broadcasting). Further, the 5 segments for 4K broadcasting use not only the horizontally polarized signal but also the vertically polarized signal, and secure a transmission capacity for a total of 10 segments by MIMO (Multiple-Input Multi-Output) technology.
  • MIMO Multiple-Input Multi-Output
  • the image quality of 2K broadcast programs is maintained by optimizing the latest MPEG-2 Video compression technology, and can be received by current TV receivers.
  • HEVC compression is more efficient than MPEG-2 Video. Image quality is ensured by optimizing technology and increasing the number of modulation values.
  • the number of segments allocated for each broadcast may be different from the above.
  • FIG. 7A shows an example of a polarized wave transmission method in the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • a frequency band of 470 to 710 MHz is used for transmission of broadcast waves of terrestrial digital broadcasting services.
  • the number of physical channels in the frequency band is 40 channels of 13 to 52 channels, and each physical channel has a bandwidth of 6 MHz.
  • both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal are used in one physical channel.
  • FIG. 7A shows two examples of 13 segment allocation examples (1) and (2).
  • the 2K broadcast program is transmitted using the horizontally polarized signal segments 1 to 7 (layer B).
  • a 4K broadcast program is transmitted using a total of 10 segments of horizontally polarized signal segments 8 to 12 (C layer) and vertically polarized signal segments 8 to 12 (C layer).
  • the vertically polarized signal segments 1 to 7 (B layer) may be used for transmitting the same broadcast program as the 2K broadcast program transmitted in the horizontally polarized signal segments 1 to 7 (B layer).
  • the identification information of how to use the segments 1 to 7 (B layer) of the vertically polarized signal is on the receiving device side by the parameters of the 4K signal transmission layer identification of the TMCC signal and the parameters of the additional layer transmission identification already described. Can be transmitted to. In the broadcast receiving device 100, the handling of the segments 1 to 7 (B layer) of the vertically polarized signal can be identified by these parameters.
  • a 2K broadcast program transmitted using the B layer of the horizontally polarized signal and a 4K broadcast program transmitted using the C layer of the horizontally / vertically polarized signal transmit the same broadcast program with different resolutions. It may be a simul broadcast, or it may be a broadcast program having different contents. Segment 0 of the horizontal / vertical bipolarized signal transmits the same one-segment broadcast program.
  • the example of (2) in FIG. 7A is a modified example different from (1).
  • a 4K broadcast program is transmitted using a total of 10 segments of horizontally polarized signal segments 1 to 5 (B layer) and vertically polarized signal segments 1 to 5 (B layer).
  • a 2K broadcast program is transmitted using segments 6 to 12 (C layer) of the horizontally polarized signal.
  • the vertically polarized signal segments 6 to 12 (C layer) are used for transmitting the same broadcast program as the 2K broadcast program transmitted in the horizontally polarized signal segments 6 to 12 (C layer). You may.
  • the vertically polarized signal segments 6 to 12 (C layer) may be used for transmission of a broadcast program different from the 2K broadcast program transmitted in the horizontally polarized signal segments 6 to 12 (C layer). Further, the segments 6 to 12 (C layer) of the vertically polarized signal may be used for other data transmission or may be unused. Since these identification information are the same as in the example of (1), the description thereof will be omitted again.
  • FIG. 7B shows an example of the configuration of a broadcasting system for an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the polarization amphoteric transmission method according to the embodiment of the present invention. This shows both the transmitting side system and the receiving side system of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the polarization amphibious transmission method.
  • the configuration of the broadcasting system of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the polarization amphibious transmission method is basically the same as the configuration of the broadcasting system shown in FIG. 1, but the radio tower 300T, which is the equipment of the broadcasting station, is horizontally biased. It is a polarization shared transmission antenna that can simultaneously transmit a wave signal and a vertically polarized signal. Further, in the example of FIG.
  • the horizontally polarized signal transmitted from the radio tower 300T is received by the horizontally polarized light receiving element of the antenna 200T, which is a polarization shared receiving antenna, and is selected from the connector unit 100F1 via the coaxial cable 202T1. Is entered in.
  • the vertically polarized signal transmitted from the radio tower 300T is received by the vertically polarized wave receiving element of the antenna 200T, and is input to the channel selection / detection unit 131V from the connector unit 100F2 via the coaxial cable 202T2.
  • An F-type connector is generally used for the connector portion that connects the antenna (coaxial cable) and the television receiver.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V there is a possibility that problems such as being unable to distinguish whether the input broadcast signal is a horizontally polarized signal or a vertically polarized signal may occur.
  • one of the connector portions connecting the antenna (coaxial cable) and the television receiver for example, the connector portion of the coaxial cable 202T2 and the connector portion 100F2 for transmitting the vertically polarized signal is horizontally polarized.
  • the coaxial cable 202T1 for transmitting signals and the F-type connector of the connector portion of the connector portion 100F1 have a different shape from the connector portion.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V each refer to the main signal identification of the TMCC information of each input signal to determine whether the input broadcast signal is a horizontally polarized signal or a vertically polarized signal. It is sufficient to identify and control the operation.
  • FIG. 7C shows an example of a configuration example different from the above in the configuration of the broadcasting system of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the polarization amphoteric transmission method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the configuration in which the broadcast receiving device 100 is provided with two broadcast signal input connectors and two coaxial cables are used for connecting the antenna 200T and the broadcast receiving device 100 is a configuration in terms of equipment cost and It may not always be suitable for handling during cable wiring. Therefore, in the configuration shown in FIG.
  • the horizontally polarized signal received by the horizontally polarized light receiving element of the antenna 200T and the vertically polarized signal received by the vertically polarized light receiving element of the antenna 200T are converted into a conversion unit ( It is input to the converter) 201T, and the conversion unit 201T and the broadcast receiving device 100 are connected by a single coaxial cable 202T3.
  • the broadcast signal input from the connector unit 100F3 is demultiplexed and input to the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V.
  • the connector unit 100F3 may have a function of supplying operating power to the conversion unit 201T.
  • the conversion unit 201T may belong to the equipment of the environment (for example, an apartment house) in which the broadcast receiving device 100 is installed. Alternatively, it may be configured as a device integrated with the antenna 200T and installed in a house or the like.
  • the conversion unit 201T frequency-converts one of the horizontally polarized signal received by the horizontally polarized wave receiving element of the antenna 200T and the vertically polarized wave signal received by the vertically polarized wave receiving element of the antenna 200T. Perform processing. By this processing, the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal transmitted from the radio wave tower 300T to the antenna 200T using the horizontally polarized wave and the vertically polarized wave of the same frequency band are separated into different frequency bands, and one.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may be provided with one broadcast signal input connector unit 100F3.
  • FIG. 7D shows an example of frequency conversion processing.
  • frequency conversion processing is performed on the vertically polarized signal.
  • the frequency band of the vertically polarized signal is 470 to 710 MHz. Converts from the frequency band to the frequency band of 770 to 1010 MHz.
  • signals transmitted using horizontally polarized waves and vertically polarized waves in the same frequency band can be simultaneously transmitted to the broadcast receiving device 100 by one coaxial cable 202T3 without interfering with each other. Become.
  • the frequency conversion process may be performed on the horizontally polarized signal.
  • the frequency conversion process is performed on the signal transmitted with the secondary polarization according to the result of referring to the main signal identification of the TMCC information.
  • the signal transmitted with the main polarization is more likely to be transmitted including the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service than the signal transmitted with the secondary polarization. Therefore, in order to more favorably maintain compatibility with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service, the signal transmitted with the main polarization is not frequency-converted, but the signal transmitted with the secondary polarization is frequency-converted. Can be said to be preferable.
  • the frequency band of the signal transmitted with a secondary polarization is higher than the frequency band of the signal transmitted with the main polarization in the converted signal. Is desirable to be high.
  • the signal transmitted in the main polarization is ahead of the signal transmitted in the secondary polarization. You can do an initial scan on the frequency.
  • it is possible to more preferably perform processing such as reflecting the setting by the initial scan of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service in the setting by the initial scan of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the frequency conversion process may be performed on all physical channels used in the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, but may be performed only on physical channels using signal transmission by the polarization amphibious transmission method. ..
  • the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion process is preferably between 710 and 1032 MHz. That is, when trying to receive the terrestrial digital broadcasting service and the BS / CS digital broadcasting service at the same time, the broadcasting signal of the terrestrial digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200T and the broadcasting signal of the BS / CS digital broadcasting service received by the antenna 200B Can be mixed and transmitted to the broadcast receiving device 100 with a single coaxial cable.
  • the BS / CS-IF signal uses a frequency band of about 1032 to 2150 MHz, if the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion process is set to be between 710 and 1032 MHz, the horizontally polarized signal It is possible to avoid interference between the broadcast signal of the terrestrial digital broadcasting service and the broadcasting signal of the BS / CS digital broadcasting service while avoiding the interference between the signal and the vertically polarized signal.
  • the frequency band of 770 MHz or less the band corresponding to 62 ch or less of UHF in the TV broadcast distribution by cable TV stations. Is used, it is more preferable that the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion process is between 770 and 1032 MHz, which exceeds the band corresponding to 62ch of UHF.
  • the bandwidth of the region (part a in the figure) between the frequency band before conversion and the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion process is set to be an integral multiple of the bandwidth (6 MHz) of one physical channel. It is preferable to set to. In this way, in the broadcast receiving device 100, frequency setting control can be easily performed when the broadcast signal in the frequency band before conversion and the broadcast signal in the frequency band after conversion are collectively frequency-scanned by the frequency conversion process. There are advantages such as becoming.
  • both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal are used for the transmission of the 4K broadcast program. Therefore, in order to correctly reproduce a 4K broadcast program, it is necessary for the receiving side to correctly grasp the combination of the physical channels of the broadcast signal transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves. Even when frequency conversion processing is performed and the broadcast signal transmitted in horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted in vertically polarized waves for the same physical channel are input to the receiving device as signals in different frequency bands. In the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment, by appropriately referring to the parameters of the TMCC information shown in FIGS.
  • 5F to 5J for example, main signal identification and physical channel number identification
  • transmission is performed with horizontally polarized waves of the same physical channel. It is possible to correctly grasp the combination of the broadcast signal transmitted and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the present embodiment can suitably receive, demodulate, and reproduce the 4K broadcast program.
  • FIG. 7B, FIG. 7C, and FIG. 7D has described the case where the horizontally polarized wave is the main polarized wave, the horizontally polarized wave and the vertically polarized wave may be reversed depending on the operation. Absent.
  • the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast transmitted by the polarization amphibious transmission method described above can be received and reproduced by the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T of the broadcast receiving device 100, but the broadcast reception It can also be received by the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the device 100.
  • the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast is received by the first tuner / demodulator 130C, among the broadcast signals of the terrestrial digital broadcast broadcast wave, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcast service is ignored. However, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is reproduced.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can receive a signal transmitted by the pass-through transmission method.
  • the pass-through transmission method is a method in which a broadcast signal received by a cable television station or the like is directly converted into the same frequency or frequency and transmitted to a CATV distribution system.
  • the pass-through method consists of (1) extracting the transmission signal band and adjusting the level of each terrestrial digital broadcast signal of the terrestrial reception antenna output and transmitting it to the CATV facility at the same frequency as the transmission signal frequency, and (2) terrestrial reception.
  • the device constituting the receiving amplifier for performing the signal processing of the first method or the device constituting the receiving amplifier and the frequency converter for performing the signal processing of the second method is an OFDM signal processor (OFDM Signal Processor: OFDM-SP).
  • FIG. 7E shows an example of the system configuration when the first method of the pass-through transmission method is applied to the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the polarization amphibious transmission method.
  • FIG. 7E shows the head-end equipment 400C of the cable television station and the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • FIG. 7F shows an example of the frequency conversion process at that time.
  • the notation (HV) in FIG. 7F indicates the state of the broadcast signal in which both the broadcast signal transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves exist in the same frequency band, and (H). ) Indicates a broadcast signal transmitted in horizontally polarized waves, and (V) indicates a broadcast signal transmitted in vertically polarized waves.
  • FIGS. 7H and 7I have the same meaning.
  • the cable television station is applied to the broadcast signal transmitted by the horizontally polarized wave.
  • the head-end equipment 400C of the above performs signal band extraction and level adjustment, and transmits at the same frequency as the transmission signal frequency.
  • the signal band extraction and level adjustment are performed in the headend equipment 400C of the cable television station, and the same frequency conversion process as described in FIG. 7D (transmitted in vertical polarization) is performed.
  • the broadcast signal is converted into a frequency band higher than the frequency band of 470 to 770 MHz, which is a band corresponding to 13ch to 62ch of UHF), and then transmitted.
  • This process eliminates the overlap of the frequency bands of the broadcast signal transmitted with horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted with vertically polarized waves, so signal transmission with a single coaxial cable (or optical fiber cable) is possible. It becomes.
  • the transmitted signal can be received by the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • the process of receiving and demodulating the broadcast signal transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves included in the signal in the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment is the same as the description of FIG. 7D. Therefore, the description will be omitted again.
  • FIG. 7G shows an example of a system configuration when the second method of the pass-through transmission method is applied to the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the polarization amphibious transmission method.
  • FIG. 7G shows the head-end equipment 400C of the cable television station and the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • FIG. 7H shows an example of the frequency conversion process at that time.
  • the cable television station is applied to the broadcast signal transmitted by the horizontally polarized wave.
  • the signal band is extracted and the level is adjusted in the head-end equipment 400C of the above, and transmission is performed after performing frequency conversion processing to the frequency set by the CATV facility manager.
  • the signal band extraction and level adjustment are performed in the headend equipment 400C of the cable television station, and the same frequency conversion process as described in FIG. 7D (transmitted in vertical polarization) is performed.
  • the broadcast signal is converted into a frequency band higher than the frequency band of 470 to 770 MHz, which is the band of 13ch to 62ch of UHF), and then transmitted.
  • the broadcast signal transmitted in horizontal polarization is not limited to the frequency band of 470 to 770 MHz, which is the band of 13ch to 62ch of UHF, but also to a lower frequency band.
  • the frequency conversion is performed so that the range is expanded and rearranged in the range of 90 to 770 MHz. This process eliminates the overlap of the frequency bands of the broadcast signal transmitted with horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted with vertically polarized waves, so signal transmission with a single coaxial cable (or optical fiber cable) is possible.
  • the transmitted signal can be received by the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment.
  • the process of receiving and demodulating the broadcast signal transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves included in the signal in the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment is the same as the description of FIG. 7D. Therefore, the description will be omitted again.
  • the broadcast signal at the time of pass-through output after frequency conversion may be changed from FIG. 7H to the state shown in FIG. 7I.
  • the signal band extraction and level adjustment are performed for both the broadcast signal transmitted in the horizontally polarized wave and the broadcast signal transmitted in the vertically polarized wave, and the frequency conversion process to the frequency set by the CATV facility manager is performed. May be performed before sending.
  • both the broadcast signal transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and the broadcast signal transmitted by vertically polarized waves are arranged at frequencies in the range of 90 to 770 MHz (range from VHF1ch to UHF62ch). Since the conversion is performed and the frequency band in the range exceeding UHF62ch is not used, the frequency band utilization efficiency of the broadcast signal is higher than that in FIG. 7H.
  • the band for rearranging the broadcast signal is wider than the frequency band of 470 to 710 MHz, which is the band of 13ch to 52ch of UHF at the time of receiving the antenna, it is transmitted in horizontal polarization as shown in the example of FIG. 7I. It is also possible to alternately rearrange the broadcast signal and the broadcast signal transmitted in vertical polarization. At this time, as shown in the example of FIG. 7I, the pair of the broadcast signal transmitted in the horizontally polarized light and the broadcast signal transmitted in the vertically polarized light, which were the same physical channel at the time of receiving the antenna, is the physical at the time of receiving the antenna.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of this embodiment performs the initial scan from the low frequency side, the broadcast signal originally transmitted with the same physical channel and the vertically polarized light are vertically polarized. It is possible to proceed with the initial setting of the pair of broadcast signals transmitted in the above in order in the same physical channel unit, and the initial scan can be performed efficiently.
  • FIG. 7E, FIG. 7F, FIG. 7G, FIG. 7H and FIG. 7I all described the case where the horizontally polarized wave is the main polarized wave, depending on the operation, the horizontally polarized wave and the vertically polarized wave are described. Can be reversed.
  • the second tuner / demodulation unit 130T of the broadcast receiving device 100 can also receive and reproduce the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast of the polarization amphibious transmission method described above. However, it can also be received by the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast is received by the first tuner / demodulator 130C, among the broadcast signals of the terrestrial digital broadcast broadcast wave, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcast service is ignored. However, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is reproduced.
  • the layer division multiplexing transmission system according to the embodiment of the present invention is a system that shares some specifications with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting system.
  • the broadcast wave of the 4K broadcast service having a low signal level is multiplexed and transmitted on the same channel as the broadcast wave of the current 2K broadcast service.
  • the reception level of 4K broadcasting is suppressed to the required C / N or less, and reception is performed as before.
  • the 2K broadcasting wave while expanding the transmission capacity by increasing the modulation value, etc., the 2K broadcasting wave is canceled and the remaining 4K broadcasting wave is received by using the receiving technology corresponding to the LDM (layer division multiplexing) technology.
  • LDM layer division multiplexing
  • FIG. 8A shows an example of a layer division multiplexing transmission system in the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the upper layer is composed of the current 2K broadcast modulated wave
  • the lower layer is composed of the 4K broadcast modulated wave
  • the upper layer and the lower layer are multiplexed, and output as a composite wave in the same frequency band.
  • 64QAM or the like may be used as the modulation method in the upper layer
  • 256QAM or the like may be used as the modulation method in the lower layer.
  • the 2K broadcast program transmitted using the upper layer and the 4K broadcast program transmitted using the lower layer may be simul broadcasts that transmit broadcast programs having the same content at different resolutions, or may have different contents. It may be the one that transmits the broadcast program of.
  • the upper layer is transmitted with high power
  • the lower layer is transmitted with low power.
  • the difference between the modulated wave level in the upper layer and the modulated wave level in the lower layer (difference in power) is called an injection level (IL), which is a value set on the broadcasting station side.
  • the injection level generally indicates the difference in modulated wave level (difference in power) as a relative ratio (dB) in logarithmic representation.
  • FIG. 8B shows an example of the configuration of a broadcasting system of an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the layer division multiplexing transmission method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the configuration of the broadcasting system of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the layered multiplex transmission method is basically the same as the configuration of the broadcasting system shown in FIG. 1, but the radio tower 300L, which is the equipment of the broadcasting station, is on the upper side. It is a transmission antenna that transmits a broadcast signal in which 2K broadcasts on the lower layer and 4K broadcasts on the lower layer are multiplexed.
  • the radio tower 300L which is the equipment of the broadcasting station
  • the broadcast signal received by the antenna 200L is input from the connector unit 100F4 to the channel selection / detection unit 131L via the conversion unit (converter) 201L and the coaxial cable 202L.
  • the conversion unit 201L performs frequency conversion amplification processing on the broadcast signal as shown in FIG. 8C. Is also good. That is, when an antenna 200L is installed on the roof of an apartment or the like and a broadcasting signal is transmitted to the broadcasting receiving device 100 in each room by a coaxial cable 202L having a long cable length, the broadcasting signal is attenuated and the channel selection / detection unit is used. In 131L, there is a possibility that a problem may occur in which the 4K broadcast wave in the lower layer cannot be received correctly.
  • the conversion unit 201L performs frequency conversion amplification processing on the 4K broadcast signal in the lower layer.
  • the frequency band of the 4K broadcast signal in the lower layer is changed from the frequency band of 470 to 710 MHz (the band corresponding to 13ch to 52ch of UHF) to, for example, 770 to 1010MHz exceeding the band corresponding to 62ch of UHF. Convert to the frequency band of. Further, a process of amplifying the 4K broadcast signal in the lower layer to a signal level at which the influence of attenuation by the cable does not matter is performed.
  • the conversion unit 201L and the frequency conversion amplification process may not be necessary.
  • the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion amplification process is between 710 and 1032 MHz, which exceeds the band corresponding to 52ch of UHF, or between 770 and 1032MHz, which exceeds the band corresponding to 62ch of UHF (retransmission by a cable television station, etc.).
  • the bandwidth of the region between the frequency band before conversion and the frequency band after conversion by the frequency conversion amplification process is an integral multiple of the bandwidth (6 MHz) of one physical channel. It is preferable to set the frequency conversion so as to be the same, and the frequency conversion amplification processing may be performed only for the physical channel using the signal transmission by the layer division multiplex transmission method. Since the description is the same as that of the present embodiment according to the above, the description will be omitted again.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the present embodiment determines whether the received broadcast signal is a broadcast signal transmitted in the lower layer or a broadcast signal transmitted in the upper layer. It is possible to identify using the upper and lower layer identification bits. Further, the broadcast receiving device 100 of the present embodiment uses the frequency conversion processing identification bit of the TMCC information described with reference to FIG. 5F to determine whether or not the received broadcast signal is a broadcast signal whose frequency has been converted after receiving the antenna. Can be identified. Further, the broadcast receiving device 100 of the present embodiment uses the 4K signal transmission layer identification bit of the TMCC information described with reference to FIG. 5I to determine whether or not the received broadcast signal transmits a 4K program in the lower layer. It is possible to identify.
  • the channel selection / detection unit 131L of the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L of the broadcast reception device 100 has a reception function corresponding to the LDM (layer division multiplexing) technology. Therefore, the conversion unit 201L shown in FIG. 8C is not always required between the antenna 200L and the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast transmitted by the layered multiplex transmission method described above can be received and reproduced by the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L of the broadcast receiving device 100, but the broadcast reception It can also be received by the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the device 100.
  • the broadcast wave of the terrestrial digital broadcast is received by the first tuner / demodulator 130C, among the broadcast signals of the terrestrial digital broadcast broadcast wave, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcast service is ignored. However, the broadcast signal transmitted in the layer of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is reproduced.
  • the broadcasting system of this embodiment can support MPEG-2 TS adopted in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service or the like as a media transport system for transmitting data such as video and audio.
  • the method of the stream transmitted by the OFDM transmission wave of FIG. 4D (1) is MPEG-2 TS, and among the OFDM transmission waves of FIGS. 4D (2) and 4D (3), the current ground is used.
  • the method of the stream transmitted in the layer in which the digital broadcasting service is transmitted is MPEG-2 TS.
  • the stream method obtained by demodulating the transmitted wave by the first tuner / demodulation unit 130C of the broadcast receiving device 100 of FIG. 2 is MPEG-2 TS.
  • the stream system corresponding to the layer in which the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is transmitted is MPEG-2 TS.
  • the stream system corresponding to the layer in which the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service is transmitted is MPEG-2 TS.
  • MPEG-2 TS is characterized by multiplexing components such as video and audio that make up a program into one packet stream together with control signals and clocks. Since it is treated as one packet stream including the clock, it is suitable for transmitting one content on one transmission line in which transmission quality is ensured, and is adopted in many current digital broadcasting systems.
  • bidirectional communication via bidirectional networks such as fixed networks / mobile networks, and by linking digital broadcasting services with functions using broadband networks, acquisition of additional content via broadband networks. It is possible to support a broadcast communication cooperation system that combines arithmetic processing in a server device and presentation processing in cooperation with a mobile terminal device in combination with a digital broadcasting service.
  • FIG. 9A shows an example of a protocol stack of transmission signals in a broadcasting system using MPEG-2 TS.
  • MPEG-2 TS PSI, SI, other control signals, etc. are transmitted in section format.
  • the control information of the MPEG-2 TS system includes a table mainly used for program sequence information and a table used for other than program sequence information.
  • the table is transmitted in section format and the descriptors are placed within the table.
  • FIG. 9B shows a list of tables used in the program arrangement information of the MPEG-2 TS system broadcasting system.
  • the table shown below is used as the table used in the program sequence information.
  • FIG. 9C shows a list of tables used for other than the program arrangement information of the MPEG-2 TS system broadcasting system.
  • the table shown below is used as a table used other than the program sequence information.
  • ECM Entitlement Control Message
  • EMM Entitlement Management Message
  • DCT Download Control Table
  • DLT DownLoad Table
  • DIT Discontinuity Information Table
  • SIT Selection Information Table
  • SDTT Software Download Trigger Table
  • CDT Common Data Table
  • DSM-CC DSM-CC section
  • AIT Application Information Table
  • DCM Download Control Message
  • DMM Download Management Message
  • ⁇ Descriptor used in program sequence information> 9D, 9E, and 9F show a list of descriptors used in the program sequence information of the MPEG-2 TS broadcasting system. In this embodiment, the following descriptors are used as the program sequence information.
  • Conditional Access Descriptor (2) Copyright Descriptor (3) Network Name Descriptor (4) Service List Descriptor (5) Stuffing Descriptor (6) Satellite Delivery System Descriptor (7) Terrestrial Delivery System Descriptor (8) Bouquet Name Descriptor (9) Service Descriptor (10) Country Availability Descriptor
  • Linkage Descriptor (12) NVOD Reference Descriptor (13) Time Shifted Service Descriptor (14) Short Event Descriptor (15) Extended Event Descriptor (16) Time Shifted Event Descriptor (17) Component Descriptor (18) Mosaic Descriptor (19) Stream Identifier Descriptor (20) CA Identifier Descriptor
  • Hyperlink Descriptor (31) Hyperlink Descriptor (32) Data Content Descriptor (33) Video Decode Control Descriptor (34) Basic Local Event Descriptor (35) Reference Descriptor (36) Node Relation Descriptor (37) Short Node Information Descriptor (38) STC Reference Descriptor (39) Partial Reception Descriptor (40) Series Descriptor
  • Event Group Descriptor (41) Event Group Descriptor (42) SI Parameter Descriptor (43) Broadcaster Name Descriptor (44) Component Group Descriptor (45) SI Prime TS Descriptor (46) Board Information Descriptor (47) LDT Linkage Descriptor (48) Connected Transmission Descriptor (49) TS Information Descriptor (50) Extended Broadcaster Descriptor
  • FIG. 9G shows a list of descriptors used for other than the program sequence information of the MPEG-2 TS system broadcasting system.
  • the following descriptors are used as the descriptors used other than the program sequence information.
  • Partial Transport Stream Descriptor (2) Network Identification Descriptor (3) Partial Transport Stream Time Descriptor (4) Download Content Descriptor (5) CA_EMM_TS_Descriptor (CA EMM TS Descriptor) (6) CA Contract Information Descriptor (7) CA Service Descriptor (8) Carousel Identifier Descriptor (9) Association Tag Descriptor (10) Deferred Association tags Descriptor (11) Network Download Content Descriptor (12) Download Protection Descriptor (13) CA Startup Descriptor (14) Descriptor set by the business operator
  • FIG. 9H shows a list of descriptors used in the INT of the MPEG-2 TS system broadcasting system.
  • the following descriptors are used as the descriptors used in INT. Note that the descriptor used in the above-mentioned program sequence information and the descriptor used in other than the program sequence information are not used in INT.
  • Target Smartcard Descriptor (2) Target IP Address Descriptor (3) Target IPv6 Address Descriptor (4) IP / MAC Platform Name Descriptor (5) IP / MAC Platform Provider Name Descriptor (6) IP / MAC Stream Location Descriptor (7) Descriptor set by the business operator
  • FIG. 9I shows a list of descriptors used in the AIT of the MPEG-2 TS system broadcasting system.
  • the following descriptors are used as the descriptors used in AIT. Note that the descriptor used in the above-mentioned program sequence information and the descriptor used in other than the program sequence information are not used in INT.
  • Application Descriptor (2) Transport Protocol Descriptor (3) Simple Application Location Descriptor (4) Application Boundary and Permission Descriptor (5) Autostart Priority Descriptor (6) Cache Control Info Descriptor (7) Randomized Latency Descriptor (8) External Application Control Descriptor (9) Playback Application Descriptor (10) Simple Playback Application Location Descriptor (11) Application Expiration Descriptor (12) Descriptor set by the business operator
  • the broadcasting system of this embodiment can also support the MMT system as a media transport system for transmitting data such as video and audio.
  • the stream system transmitted in the layer in which the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service is transmitted is, in principle, the MMT system.
  • the stream method corresponding to the layer in which the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service is transmitted is, in principle, MMT. Is.
  • the stream system corresponding to the layer in which the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service is transmitted is, in principle, MMT.
  • the MPEG-2 TS stream may be operated by an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the stream method obtained by demodulating the transmitted wave with the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B is MMT.
  • the MMT method responds to changes in the environment related to content distribution, such as the diversification of content in recent years, the diversification of devices that use content, the diversification of transmission lines that distribute content, and the diversification of content storage environments.
  • This is a newly formulated media transport system because the functions of the TS system are limited.
  • the code of the video signal and audio signal of the broadcast program is MFU (Media Fragment Unit) / MPU (Media Processing Unit), and it is put on the MMTP (MMT Protocol) payload to form an MMTP packet and transmitted as an IP packet.
  • MFU Media Fragment Unit
  • MPU Media Processing Unit
  • MMTP MMT Protocol
  • data contents and subtitle signals related to broadcast programs are also in the MFU / MPU format, put on the MMTP payload, converted into MMTP packets, and transmitted as IP packets.
  • UDP / IP User Datagram Protocol / Internet Protocol
  • UDP / IP or TCP / IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
  • TLV multiplexing method may be used for efficient transmission of IP packets.
  • FIG. 10A shows the protocol stack of MMT in the broadcast transmission line. Further, FIG. 10B shows the protocol stack of MMT in the communication line.
  • MMT-SI is control information indicating the structure of a broadcast program and the like. It is used as an MMT control message format, put on an MMTP payload, converted into an MMTP packet, and transmitted as an IP packet.
  • TLV-SI is control information regarding IP packet multiplexing, and provides information for channel selection and correspondence information between an IP address and a service.
  • TLV-SI and MMT-SI are prepared as control information.
  • TLV-SI consists of a table and a descriptor.
  • the table is transmitted in section format and the descriptors are placed within the table.
  • the MMT-SI is composed of three layers: a message that stores tables and descriptors, a table that has elements and attributes that indicate specific information, and a descriptor that indicates more detailed information.
  • FIG. 10C shows a list of tables used in the TLV-SI of the MMT broadcasting system.
  • the table shown below is used as the TLV-SI table.
  • FIG. 10D shows a list of descriptors used in the TLV-SI of the MMT broadcasting system. In this embodiment, the following is used as the TLV-SI descriptor.
  • Service List Descriptor (2) Satellite Delivery System Descriptor (3) System Management Descriptor (4) Network Name Descriptor (5) Remote Control Key Descriptor (6) Descriptor set by the business operator
  • FIG. 10E shows a list of messages used in the MMT-SI of the MMT type broadcasting system. In this embodiment, the following message is used as the MMT-SI message.
  • PA Package Access
  • M2 section message (3) CA message (4) M2 short section message (5) Data transmission message (6) Message set by the operator
  • FIG. 10F shows a list of tables used in MMT-SI of the MMT type broadcasting system.
  • the table shown below is used as the table of MMT-SI.
  • MPT MMT Package Table
  • PLT Package List Table
  • LCT Layer Control Table
  • ECM Entitlement Control Message
  • EMM Entitlement Management Message
  • CAT MH
  • DCM Download Control Message
  • DMM Download Management Message
  • MH-EIT MH-Event Information Table
  • MH-AIT MH-Application Information Table
  • MH-BIT MH-Broadcaster Information Table
  • MH-SDTT MH-Software Download Trigger Table
  • MH-SDT MH-Service Description Table
  • MH-TOT MH-Time Offset Table
  • MH-CDT MH-Common Data Table
  • DDM table Data Directory Management Table
  • DAM table Data Asset Management Table
  • DCC table Data Content Configuration Table
  • EMT Event Message Table
  • ⁇ Descriptor used in MMT-SI> 10G, 10H, and 10I show a list of descriptors used in the MMT-SI of the MMT broadcasting system. In this embodiment, the following is used as the descriptor of MMT-SI.
  • Asset Group Descriptor (2) Event Package Descriptor (3) Background Color Descriptor (4) MPU Presentation Region Descriptor (5) MPU Timestamp Descriptor (6) Dependency Descriptor (7) Access Control Descriptor (8) Scrambler Descriptor (9) Message Authentication Method Descriptor (10) Emergency Information Descriptor
  • MH-MPEG-4 Audio Descriptor (12) MH-MPEG-4 Audio Extension Descriptor (13) MH-HEVC Descriptor (14) MH-Linkage Descriptor (15) MH-Event Group Descriptor (16) MH-Service List Descriptor (17) MH-Short Event Descriptor (18) MH-Extended Event Descriptor (19) Video Component Descriptor (20) MH-Stream Identifier Descriptor
  • MPU Extended Timestamp Descriptor (42) MPU Download Content Descriptor (43) MH-Network Download Content Descriptor (44) Application Descriptor (45) MH-Transport Protocol Descriptor (46) MH-Simple Application Location Descriptor (47) Application Boundary and Permission Descriptor (48) MH-Autostart Priority Descriptor (49) MH-Cache Control Info Descriptor (50) MH-Randomized Latency Descriptor
  • FIG. 10J shows the relationship between data transmission and a typical table in an MMT type broadcasting system.
  • data can be transmitted by a plurality of routes such as a TLV stream via a broadcasting transmission line and an IP data flow via a communication line.
  • the TLV stream includes a TLV-SI such as TLV-NIT and AMT, and an IP data flow which is a data flow of an IP packet.
  • the IP data flow includes a video asset including a series of video MPUs and an audio asset including a series of audio MPUs.
  • a subtitle asset including a series of subtitle MPUs, a character super asset including a series of character super MPUs, a data asset including a series of data MPUs, and the like may be included.
  • These various assets are associated with each package by the MPT (MMT package table) stored in the PA message and transmitted. Specifically, the package ID and the asset ID of each asset included in the package may be associated and described in the MPT.
  • the assets that make up the package can be only the assets in the TLV stream, but as shown in FIG. 10J, the assets transmitted by the IP data flow of the communication line can also be included.
  • This can be realized by including the location information of each asset included in the package in the MPT so that the broadcast receiving device 100 can grasp the reference destination of each asset.
  • As the location information of each asset (1) Data multiplexed in the same IP data flow as MPT (2) Data multiplexed in IPv4 data flow (3) Data multiplexed in IPv6 data flow (4) Multiplexed in MPEG2-TS of broadcasting Data (5) Data multiplexed in MPEG2-TS format in the IP data flow (6)
  • Various data to be transmitted by various transmission paths such as data at the specified URL can be specified. ..
  • the MMT broadcasting system has the concept of an event.
  • An event is a concept indicating a so-called program handled by MH-EIT, which is included in an M2 section message and sent.
  • MH-EIT a series of data included in the duration period from the disclosure time stored in MH-EIT is included in the concept of the event.
  • the MH-EIT is used in the broadcast receiving device 100 for various processes for each event (for example, program guide generation process, recording reservation and viewing reservation control, copyright management process such as temporary storage, etc.). Can be done.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the embodiment of the present invention which is compatible with the current terrestrial digital broadcasting, is the terrestrial digital broadcasting (advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting, or advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting) of the embodiment of the present invention. It has a function to search (scan) all receivable channels at the reception point and create a service list (receivable frequency table) based on the service ID for terrestrial digital broadcasting in which broadcasting is simultaneously transmitted in a different layer. There is a need. In areas where the same network ID can be received by different physical channels by MFN (Multi Frequency Network), basically select a channel with good reception C / N or BER (Bit Error Rate). It should work so that it is stored in the service list.
  • MFN Multi Frequency Network
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 acquires the service list stored in the TLV-NIT. You don't have to create a service list. Therefore, the initial scan and the rescan described later are not required for the advanced BS digital broadcast or the advanced CS digital broadcast received by the fourth tuner / demodulation unit 130B.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the embodiment of the present invention has a rescan function in case of opening a new station, installing a new relay station, changing the receiving point of a television receiver, or the like.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can notify the user to that effect.
  • FIG. 11A shows an example of an operation sequence of the channel setting process (initial / rescan) of the broadcast receiving device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the figure shows an example in which the MPEG-2 TS is adopted as the media transport method, the same processing is basically performed when the MMT method is adopted.
  • the reception function control unit 1102 first sets the residential area (selects the area where the broadcast receiving device 100 is installed) based on the user's instruction (S101). At this time, instead of the user's instruction, the residential area may be automatically set based on the installation position information of the broadcast receiving device 100 acquired by a predetermined process.
  • the installation position information acquisition process information may be acquired from the network connected to the LAN communication unit 121, or information regarding the installation position may be acquired from an external device connected to the digital I / F unit 125. ..
  • the initial value of the frequency range to be scanned is set, and the tuner / demodulation unit (first tuner / demodulation unit 130C and second tuner / demodulation unit 130T and third tuner / third tuner / When the demodulation unit 130L is not distinguished, it is described as follows. The same applies hereinafter) (S102).
  • the tuner / demodulation unit executes tuning based on the instruction (S103), and if it succeeds in locking to the set frequency (S103: Yes), proceeds to the process of S104. If the lock is not successful (S103: No), the process proceeds to S111. In the process of S104, the C / N is confirmed (S104), and when a predetermined or higher C / N is obtained (S104: Yes), the process proceeds to the process of S105 and the reception confirmation process is performed. If a C / N equal to or higher than a predetermined value is not obtained (S104: No), the process proceeds to S111.
  • the reception function control unit 1102 first acquires the BER of the received broadcast wave (S105). Next, by acquiring and collating the NIT, it is confirmed whether or not the NIT is valid data (S106). When the NIT acquired in the process of S106 is valid data, the reception function control unit 1102 acquires information such as a transport stream ID and an original network ID from the NIT. In addition, the distribution system information regarding the physical conditions of the broadcast transmission line corresponding to each transport stream ID / original network ID is acquired from the terrestrial distribution system descriptor. It also gets a list of service IDs from the service list descriptor.
  • the reception function control unit 1102 confirms whether or not the transport stream ID acquired in the process of S106 has already been acquired by confirming the service list stored in the receiving device (S107). ..
  • the transport stream ID acquired in the process of S106 is not already acquired (S107: No)
  • various information acquired in the process of S106 is added to the service list in association with the transport stream ID (S108).
  • the transport stream ID acquired in the process of S106 has already been acquired (S107: Yes)
  • the comparison between the BER acquired in the process of S105 and the BER when the transport stream ID described in the service list is acquired is compared. Do (S109).
  • the remote control key ID may be acquired from the TS information descriptor and the representative service for each transport stream may be associated with the remote control key. This process enables one-touch channel selection, which will be described later.
  • the reception function control unit 1102 confirms whether or not the current frequency setting is the final value of the frequency range to be scanned (S111). If the current frequency setting is not the final value of the frequency range to be scanned (S111: No), the frequency value set in the tuner / demodulation unit is increased (S112), and the processes of S103 to S110 are repeated. If the current frequency setting is the final value of the frequency range to be scanned (S111: Yes), the process proceeds to S113.
  • the service list created (added / updated) in the above process is presented to the user as a result of the channel setting process (S113). Further, if there is duplication of remote control keys or the like, the user may be notified to that effect and prompted to change the remote control key settings or the like (S114).
  • the service list created / updated in the above process is stored in the non-volatile memory such as the ROM 103 of the broadcast receiving device 100 and the storage (storage) unit 110.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may control the frequency range to be scanned as described above so as to be appropriately changed according to the broadcast service to be received. For example, when the broadcast receiving device 100 is receiving the broadcast wave of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service, it is controlled to scan the frequency range of 470 to 770 MHz (corresponding to 13ch to 62ch of the physical channel). That is, the initial value of the frequency range is set to 470 to 476 MHz (center frequency 473 MHz), the final value of the frequency range is set to 764 to 770 MHz (center frequency 767 MHz), and the frequency value of + 6 MHz is increased in the processing of S112. Control to do so.
  • the initial value of the frequency range is set to 470 to 476 MHz (center frequency 473 MHz)
  • the final value of the frequency range is set to 764 to 770 MHz (center frequency 767 MHz)
  • the frequency value of + 6 MHz is increased in the processing of S112. Control to do so.
  • the frequency range of 470 to 1010 MHz (frequency conversion process shown in FIG. 7D and frequency conversion amplification process shown in FIG. 8C). Control to scan). That is, the initial value of the frequency range is set to 470 to 476 MHz (center frequency 473 MHz), the final value of the frequency range is set to 1004 to 1010 MHz (center frequency 1007 MHz), and the frequency value of + 6 MHz is increased in the processing of S112. Control to do so. Even when the broadcast receiving device 100 is receiving the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service, if it is determined that the above-mentioned frequency conversion processing and frequency conversion amplification processing are not performed, the frequency is 470 to 770 MHz. It suffices to control to scan only the range. The selection control of the frequency range to be scanned can be performed by the broadcast receiving device 100 based on the system identification of the TMCC information, the frequency conversion processing identification, and the like.
  • both the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V may advance the operation sequence of FIG. 11A in parallel to synchronize the loop of the frequency up S112 in the operation sequence of FIG. 11A. ..
  • the pair of the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal transmitted on the same physical channel are configured to be received in parallel.
  • the control information inside the packet stream of the advanced terrestrial digital service transmitted as a pair of the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal can be decoded and acquired during the loop processing. This is preferable because scanning and service list creation proceed efficiently.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 includes a so-called double tuner configuration (for example, a plurality of third tuners / demodulation units 130L) in which a plurality of tuners / demodulation units (channel selection / detection units) are further provided in the configuration shown in FIG. 8B.
  • a so-called double tuner configuration for example, a plurality of third tuners / demodulation units 130L
  • a plurality of tuners / demodulation units channel selection / detection units
  • both the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal such as the 4K broadcast program of the C layer shown in the layer division example (1) of FIG. 7A, for example.
  • the same transport ID is detected by scanning both the 470-770 MHz frequency range and the 770-1010 MHz frequency range, but this is a service as one channel. List it.
  • the same transport is performed in the case of the B-layer 2K broadcast program shown in the figure.
  • the ID Even if the ID is detected, it may be stored in the service list as one channel. That is, when the same broadcast program is transmitted in the same layer transmitted with different polarizations, it is merged into one channel and recognized, and is not recognized as different channels. In this way, in the channel selection process using the service list, it is possible to avoid confusion among users due to the existence of exactly the same broadcast program on another channel.
  • the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service of the polarization amphibious transmission method when different broadcast programs are transmitted in the B layer of the horizontally polarized signal and the B layer of the vertically polarized signal (B of the vertically polarized signal).
  • B of the vertically polarized signal When the hierarchy is treated as a virtual D hierarchy), it is stored in the service list as a different channel. Whether or not the same broadcast program is transmitted in the B layer of the horizontally polarized signal and the B layer of the vertically polarized signal can be determined by referring to the additional layer transmission identification parameter of the TMCC information in the broadcast receiving device 100. It can be identified by judgment.
  • the remote control 180R includes a power key 180R1 for turning on / off the power of the broadcast receiving device 100 (standby on / off) and a cursor key (up, down, left, right) 180R2 for moving the cursor up / down / left / right.
  • a decision key 180R3 for determining an item at a cursor position as a selection item, and a return key 180R4 are provided.
  • the remote controller 180R includes an EPG key 180R9 for displaying a program guide and a menu key 180RA for displaying a system menu.
  • the program guide and system menu can be operated in detail by using the cursor key 180R2, the enter key 180R3, and the return key 180R4.
  • the remote controller 180R includes a d-key 180RB used for data broadcasting services, multimedia services, etc., a cooperation key 180RC for displaying a list of broadcasting communication cooperation services and their corresponding applications, and color keys (blue, red, green). , Yellow) 180RD and.
  • a d-key 180RB used for data broadcasting services, multimedia services, etc.
  • a cooperation key 180RC for displaying a list of broadcasting communication cooperation services and their corresponding applications
  • color keys blue, red, green).
  • Yellow Yellow
  • the remote controller 180R has a video key 180RE for selecting a related video, an audio key 180RF for switching audio ES and switching between two languages, and switching on / off subtitles and switching subtitle language.
  • the subtitle key 180RG for the purpose is provided.
  • the remote controller 180R includes a volume key 180RH for increasing / decreasing the volume of the audio output and a mute key 180RI for switching the audio output on / off.
  • the 2K broadcast is forcibly performed by pressing the "terrestrial digital key". Control such as being able to select a program becomes possible.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the embodiment of the present invention is a channel selected by a banner display or the like when channel selection by one-touch channel selection, channel up / down channel selection, direct channel selection, or the like is executed. It has a function to display information.
  • FIG. 12B shows an example of banner display at the time of channel selection.
  • Banner display 192A1 is an example of a banner display displayed when a 2K broadcast program is selected. For example, the program name, the start time / end time of the program, the network type, the direct channel selection key number of the remote controller, and the service logo. And a 3-digit number, and so on.
  • the banner display 192A2 is an example of a banner display displayed when a 4K broadcast program is selected.
  • the program being received is a 4K broadcast program.
  • a mark symbolizing "altitude" is further displayed to indicate that.
  • Example 1 the layer division multiplexing transmission method shown in FIG. 8A was described as an example of a transmission method for realizing 4K broadcasting while maintaining the viewing environment of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service.
  • the difference between the modulated wave level in the upper layer and the modulated wave level in the lower layer is called an injection level (IL), which is a value specified by the broadcasting station side.
  • the injection level generally indicates the difference in modulated wave level (difference in power) as a relative ratio (dB) in logarithmic representation.
  • FIG. 13 shows an example of the reception range of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service using the layer division multiplex transmission method according to this embodiment.
  • a transmission wave of the layer division multiplexing system is transmitted from the radio tower 30300, and broadcast receiving devices 30101, 30102, 30103 and 30104 having the same configuration as the broadcast receiving device 100 are installed.
  • broadcast receiving devices 30101, 30102, 30103 and 30104 having the same configuration as the broadcast receiving device 100 are installed.
  • the upper layer reception range 30910 it is possible to receive the upper layer modulated wave and display a broadcast program.
  • the lower layer reception range 30900 it is possible to receive the lower layer modulated wave and display a broadcast program. Since the inside of the lower layer reception range 30900 is included in the upper layer reception range 30910, it is possible to receive and display the broadcast program even for the upper layer modulated wave.
  • FIG. 13 (2) shows an example of the reception range when the injection level is slightly changed.
  • the lower layer reception range 30900 is expanded to the lower layer reception range 30901 after the change. Therefore, the broadcast receiving device 30102 can newly receive the 4K broadcast program transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave.
  • the reception states of the receiving devices 30101, 30103 and 30104 do not change.
  • the rescan which is a setting process of the reception setting, is performed to newly acquire the control information regarding the reception of the 4K broadcast program and store it in the memory of the receiving device or the like. There is a need.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example of a modulated wave of the layer division multiplexing transmission method according to this embodiment.
  • FIG. 14 (1) shows an example of a modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300, in which the upper layer modulated wave 30110 and the lower layer modulated wave 30120 are multiplexed, and the injection level at this time is the injection level. 30112.
  • the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30111 and the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 are C / Ns capable of receiving and displaying a broadcast program without error by the broadcast receiving device 100, and are modulation parameters of each modulated wave. That is, it is a value derived from a carrier modulation mapping method, an error correction method, a coding rate, a constellation format, and the like.
  • FIG. 14 (3) shows an example of the modulated wave received by the broadcast receiving device 30101.
  • the position of the broadcast receiving device 30101 is located away from the radio tower 30300. Therefore, the modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300 is attenuated to become the upper layer modulated wave 30310 and the lower layer modulated wave 30320.
  • the injection level 30112, the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30111 and the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 are the same as those in FIG. 14 (1). Due to the attenuation, the modulated wave level of the lower layer modulated wave 30320 is lower than the modulated wave level of the lower layer modulated wave 30120 in FIG. 14 (1).
  • FIG. 14 (5) shows an example of the modulated wave received by the broadcast receiving device 30102.
  • the position of the broadcast receiving device 30102 is further away from the radio tower 30300 than the position of the broadcast receiving device 30101. Therefore, the modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300 is attenuated to become the upper layer modulated wave 30510 and the lower layer modulated wave 30520.
  • the injection level 30112, the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30111 and the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 are the same as those in FIG. 14 (1). Due to the attenuation, the modulation wave level of the lower layer modulation 30520 is lower than the modulation wave level of the lower layer modulation wave 30320 in FIG. 14 (3).
  • FIG. 14 (2) shows an example of the modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300 when the injection level is changed on the broadcasting station side.
  • the upper layer modulated wave 30210 has the same modulation wave level as the upper layer modulated wave 30110 in FIG. 14 (1) before the injection level is changed, but the modulation parameters of the modulated wave. Is changed so that the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30211 is smaller than the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30111 in FIG. 14 (1) before the injection level is changed.
  • the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30222 is set to be larger than the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30122.
  • the injection level 30212 is set to be smaller than the injection level 30112.
  • FIG. 14 (6) shows an example of the modulated wave received by the broadcast receiving device 30102 when the modulated wave of FIG. 14 (2) is transmitted.
  • the position of the broadcast receiving device 30102 is further away from the radio tower 30300 than the position of the broadcast receiving device 30101. Therefore, the modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300 is attenuated to become the upper layer modulated wave 30610 and the lower layer modulated wave 30620.
  • the injection level 30212 is larger than the required C / N 30211 for the upper layer modulated wave
  • the broadcast receiving device 30102 can receive and display the 2K broadcast program transmitted by the upper layer modulated wave 30610.
  • the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30622 is further smaller than the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30422 in FIG.
  • the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30222 of the modulated wave transmitted from the radio tower 30300 is the lower layer before the injection level change. It is higher than the side-layer modulated wave C / N30122. Therefore, the lower layer modulation wave C / N 30622 is maintained larger than the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30221. That is, the broadcast receiving device 30102 cannot receive and display the 4K broadcast program transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave 30520 due to the above-mentioned injection level change, and the 4K transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave 30620. This means that the broadcast program has been received and displayed. Therefore, the broadcast receiving device device 30102 can newly display a 4K broadcast program by performing a rescan.
  • FIGS. 16A and 16B show an example of bit allocation for injection level state identification.
  • 16A and 16B both identify which of a plurality of different states the injection level state is.
  • the example of FIG. 16A and the example of FIG. 16B show an example in which each state of the injection level is defined differently from each other.
  • FIG. 16A When this parameter is "000”, layer division multiplexing transmission is not applied. When this parameter is any of "001" to "111”, the layer division multiplexing transmission is applied, and it indicates which of the first state to the seventh state each of the injection level states is. There is.
  • the unit of the injection level itself is expressed in dB.
  • the injection level identification bit is set and transmitted according to which of the ranges shown in the figure includes the injection level of the target transmission wave.
  • the broadcast receiving device acquires the injection level state identification bit of FIG. 16A, and based on this, can grasp the range of the injection level of the transmission wave to be the target.
  • FIG. 16B When this parameter is "000”, layer division multiplexing transmission is not applied.
  • this parameter is any of "001" to "111”, the layer division multiplexing transmission is applied, and it indicates which of the first state to the seventh state each of the injection level states is.
  • the injection levels indicated by the first to seventh states do not indicate the range indicated by dB, but each indicate a predetermined level of dB.
  • the injection level of the transmission wave that can be set by the broadcasting station side is limited to these plurality of options, but the accuracy of the injection level value indicated by the identification bit in FIG. 16B is high.
  • the broadcast receiver device can acquire the injection level state identification bit and, based on this, can grasp what value the injection level of the target transmission wave is.
  • the meaning of the first state to the seventh state of the injection level state does not necessarily mean that the first state changes one state at a time.
  • the injection level state does not necessarily have to be started from the first state, and may be started from, for example, the second state.
  • the injection level state may be changed one by one, but may be changed from the first state to the third state, the fifth state, or the like. These may be set according to the policy of the broadcasting station. However, changes that increase the injection level, such as changing from the fifth state to the fourth state, should be avoided.
  • the first state to the seventh state which are the injection level states shown in the example of FIG. 16A and the example of FIG. 16B, are irreversible transition states in the digital broadcasting system.
  • the injection level was expressed with a resolution of about 7 states in consideration of bit efficiency.
  • the number of bits of the identification bit may be increased to express the injection level as a value in dB that directly indicates the modulation wave level difference. ..
  • the selection of the injection level of the transmission wave that can be set by the broadcasting station side can be increased, and the accuracy of the injection level value that can be grasped by the broadcasting receiving device side becomes high.
  • a method of calculating the modulated wave level difference may be used by using a predetermined calculation formula in which the value of the transmitted bit is used as a variable.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 of the second embodiment of the present invention has a new rescan function in order to cope with a change in the injection level. This will be described below.
  • FIG. 17 shows an example of the rescan operation sequence of the broadcast receiving device 100 of the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the figure shows an example when MPEG-2 TS is adopted as the media transport method, the same processing is basically performed when the MMT method is adopted.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 acquires AC information in the tuner / demodulation unit (S30001). Next, the injection level (injection level stored at the time of initial scan or the latest rescan) stored in the non-volatile memory of ROM 103 or various information storage areas 1019, and the injection level included in the acquired AC information. Is compared, the presence or absence of change is detected, and the necessity of rescan is determined (S30002). If the injection levels are the same, the process ends because the injection level has not been changed. When it is detected that the injection level is changed slightly, it means that the lower layer reception range is expanded. In this case, since there is a possibility that the broadcast program transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave has transitioned to a receivable state, it is determined that rescanning is necessary and the process proceeds to S30003.
  • the injection level injection level stored at the time of initial scan or the latest rescan
  • the process of S30003 it is confirmed whether or not the service list of 4K broadcasting already exists in the received channel. If it exists, it indicates that the broadcast receiving device 100 can receive the lower layer modulated wave even before the expansion of the lower layer reception range, and the process is terminated because rescanning is unnecessary. If the 4K broadcast service list does not exist, the broadcast receiving device 100 may be newly included in the lower layer reception range, so the process proceeds to S30004.
  • the order of the processing of S30002 and the processing of S30003 may be exchanged.
  • the branch determination process by the process of S30003 has an effect of omitting a new rescan and reducing the frequency of rescan based on the change of the injection level when the 4K broadcast service list already exists.
  • the rescan may be performed every time even if the 4K broadcast service list already exists. In this case, there is an effect that the current reception status of 4K broadcasting can be more accurately reflected in the service list.
  • the processing of S30004 it waits until it becomes possible to rescan. Specifically, the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L is not rescanned when the user is viewing or recording and the tuner / demodulation unit is operating. When the tuner / demodulation unit shifts to a non-operating state, for example, a standby state, the process proceeds to S30005.
  • a non-operating state for example, a standby state
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 has a plurality of third tuners / demodulation units 130L, even if there is a tuner / demodulation unit that is operating because the user is watching or recording, other tuners / demodulation units / If the demodulation unit is not operating and is in the standby state, rescanning may be performed using the tuner / demodulation unit in the standby state.
  • the scan of the 4K broadcasting service transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave is performed using the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L.
  • the time for scanning may be defined in advance by the broadcast receiving device 100, or the scanning time may be set by the user.
  • a new 4K broadcasting service list has been added (whether a new 4K broadcasting service has been added) (S30006). If the service list is not added (when a new 4K broadcasting service is not added), the broadcast receiving device 100 is included in the new reception range even after the lower layer reception range is expanded by changing the injection level. It means that it is not. Therefore, the process ends.
  • the service list is added, the service list added as a result of the rescan is presented to the user (S30007). If a scan is executed and a service list is added during the standby state, the fact that 4K broadcast service reception is possible is displayed first when the user turns it on, and even if the additional service list is displayed. good. If the service list of 4K broadcasting can be created, it is possible to receive 4K broadcasting, so the processing of S30007 is not always necessary.
  • the situation in which the "trigger for starting rescan" occurs means that the broadcast receiving device 100 recognizes or identifies that "rescan” is necessary. It has the same meaning as having done it. Therefore, in any of the explanations of the example of FIG. 17 and the other examples described below, the broadcast receiving device 100 recognizes that "rescanning” is necessary in the situation where the "trigger for starting rescanning” occurs. Or you are identifying.
  • the change in the injection level was detected in the process S30002, and the rescan was started by using this as a trigger.
  • the trigger for starting the rescan may be not the detection of the change in the injection level but the detection of the change in the modulation parameter of the upper layer modulation wave. This is because it is necessary to change the upper layer modulation wave required C / N whenever the injection level is changed. For example, in the examples of FIGS.
  • the upper layer modulation wave required C / N is changed from the upper layer modulation wave required C / N 30111. It has been changed to 30211.
  • the modulation parameter of the upper layer modulated wave is acquired from the TMCC information and / or the AC information at the time of the initial scan and the rescan, and the ROM 103 It is stored in the non-volatile memory or various information storage areas 1019 of the storage unit 110.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can detect a change in the modulation parameter of the upper layer modulated wave and use this as a trigger for starting rescanning. This makes it possible to more preferably start the rescan.
  • ⁇ Rescan by detecting modulation wave level rise> the change in the injection level was detected in the process S30002, and the rescan was started by using this as a trigger.
  • the necessity of rescan may be determined by detecting an increase in the modulated wave level received by the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the modulated wave received by the broadcast receiving device 100 rises when the modulated wave level output transmitted from the radio tower 30300 is increased. Alternatively, it may increase even if the transmission environment between the radio tower 30300 and the broadcast receiving device 100 is improved.
  • the upper layer modulated wave required C / N 30111 and the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 do not change.
  • the injection level 30112 which is a value indicating the difference in signal levels as a relative ratio (dB), does not change.
  • FIG. 18 (3) shows a modulated wave received by the broadcast receiving device 30102, and the modulated wave is the same as that of FIG. 14 (5).
  • the lower layer modulation wave C / N 30522 is smaller than the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30121, and the broadcast receiving device 30102 is the lower layer modulation wave. It is not possible to receive and display the 4K broadcast program transmitted by 30520.
  • the broadcast receiving device 30102 is transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave 30820 from the state where the 4K broadcast program transmitted by the lower layer modulated wave 30520 cannot be received and displayed. It indicates that the 4K broadcast program has been received and has transitioned to a displayable state. In this state, the broadcast receiving device device 30102 can newly display a 4K broadcast program by performing a rescan. Therefore, the state transition may be detected and used as a trigger for starting a rescan.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 needs to grasp both the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822 and the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121.
  • the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822 is calculated using other detectable values.
  • An example of the calculation method of the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822 will be described below.
  • the upper layer modulated wave C / N30832 is detected in the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L. Since the upper layer modulated wave C / N 30832 is the difference between the modulated wave level of the upper layer modulated wave 30810 and the noise floor 30000, it is equal to the sum of the injection level 30112 and the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822. Therefore, the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822 can be calculated by subtracting the injection level 30112 from the detected upper layer modulated wave C / N 30832.
  • the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 cannot be acquired directly. Therefore, for example, if the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 required for transmitting a 4K broadcast program is assumed in advance and stored in the non-volatile memory of the ROM 103 or the various information storage areas 1019 in the broadcast receiving device 100. good.
  • the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 is used by using the TMCC signal, AC signal, free area in the packet stream, or the like of the upper layer modulated wave.
  • the value of may be transmitted and the broadcast receiving device 100 may acquire this.
  • the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30121 is not directly transmitted, but the lower layer modulation wave modulation parameter is transmitted, and the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30121 is transmitted based on the modulation parameter acquired by the broadcast receiving device 100. May be derived.
  • the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30121 may be derived by using the calculation formula and the lookup table provided in advance and the acquired modulation parameters.
  • the lower layer modulated wave required C / N 30121 acquired in this way or stored in advance in the non-volatile memory of the ROM 103 or various information storage areas 1019, and the lower layer modulated wave C / N 30822 calculated by the above calculation process. It may be detected that the lower layer modulation wave C / N 30822 is larger than the lower layer modulation wave required C / N 30121.
  • the lower layer layer modulation is intermittently performed by the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L.
  • the wave reception process may be repeated, and the necessity of rescanning may be determined based on whether or not the lower layer modulated wave can be received.
  • the process proceeds to the process S30004, and the process may be waited until the rescannable state is reached.
  • the intermittently repeated reception processing of the lower layer modulated wave may be performed periodically such as every other day, or may be performed under aperiodic conditions.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 acquires the injection level change date (or the injection level change time including the injection level change date), and the injection level change date (or the injection level change). When the time) is reached, a rescan may be performed. This is another variant of the "trigger to start rescan".
  • the injection level change date is stored in the TMCC information and / or AC information and transmitted.
  • the injection level change date information (or the injection level change time information including the injection level change date information) may be transmitted using the undefined area of the transmission parameter additional information shown in FIG.
  • the transmitted information is acquired by the third tuner / demodulation unit 130L of the broadcast receiving device 100.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may determine that rescanning is necessary.
  • the process S30004 may be started.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 may acquire the current date and the current time from the MH-TOT or the like transmitted by the broadcast wave.
  • the injection level change date or the injection level change time can be used as a trigger for starting the rescan.
  • the broadcast receiving device 100 can grasp the injection level change date or the injection level change time in advance, and can more preferably start the rescan.
  • the user's selection result in response to the rescan start availability inquiry presented to the user can be used as a trigger for rescan start.
  • Example 3 ⁇ Frequency interleaving in the broadcasting station system> Example 3 of the present invention will be described.
  • the third embodiment of the present invention is configured so that the operation settings of the frequency interleaving and the deinterleaving can be changed in the digital broadcasting system according to the first embodiment.
  • the differences from the first embodiment will be described.
  • Other configurations, processes, and operations other than those described below are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted again.
  • the data segments of each layer shall be arranged consecutively in numerical order, and the layers including the smaller numbers of the data segments shall be the A layer, the B layer, and the C layer. Further, in the conventional frequency interleaving configuration, inter-segment interleaving is applied to the data segments belonging to the same type of modulation unit even if the layers are different. Normally, since the B layer and the C layer transmit a broadcast program having a resolution of 2K or more, synchronous modulation having a large transmission capacity is used.
  • FIG. 20 (1) shows an example of hierarchical transmission.
  • the A layer is partially received data
  • the B layer is synchronous modulation data using 5 segments
  • the C layer is synchronous modulation data using 7 segments.
  • the A layer has only intra-segment interleaving in one segment of segment number 0, and the B layer and C layer have transmission spectra with inter-segment and intra-segment interleaving in 12 segments of segment numbers 1 to 12.
  • the signal to have is generated.
  • This transmission spectrum corresponds to the horizontally polarized wave of the 13-segment allocation example in the polarization amphibious transmission method shown in FIG. 7A (2).
  • FIG. 7A (2) an image of hierarchical transmission is shown in FIG. 20 (3).
  • the vertically polarized wave is composed of only the B layer using 5 segments, and the signal has a transmission spectrum in which carriers of the B layer are interleaved in 12 segments of segment numbers 1 to 12. It becomes.
  • the inter-segment interleaving of the B layer and the C layer is not performed, and the interleaving is performed only within the layer. That is, in the frequency interleaving shown in FIG. 19A, when both the B layer and the C layer are synchronous modulation, the B layer performs synchronous modulation using the modulation unit of the segment format 1, and the C layer is the modulation unit of the segment format 1. Synchronous modulation is performed using a modulation unit of the segment type 2 different from the above. Inter-segment interleaving is performed independently by the modulation unit of the segment type 1 and the modulation unit of the modulation unit of the segment type 2. In this way, inter-segment interleaving in which the B layer and the C layer are mixed is not performed.
  • FIG. 20 (2) for the same data as in FIG. 20 (1), the B layer is the modulation in the modulation section of the segment format 1 (synchronous modulation), and the C layer is the modulation in the modulation section of the segment format 2 (synchronous modulation).
  • the image of the hierarchical transmission when the processing is applied is shown. Since the modulation section of the segment format 1 and the modulation section of the segment format 2 are independently interleaved between segments, the B layer is assigned to the segment numbers 1 to 5, and the C layer is assigned to the segment numbers 6 to 12.
  • the assigned transmission spectrum is generated. This transmission spectrum corresponds to the horizontally polarized wave of the 13-segment allocation example in the polarization amphibious transmission method shown in FIG. 7A (2).
  • FIG. 20 (4) shows an image of hierarchical transmission when the same processing is applied to the vertically polarized waves shown in FIG. 7A (2). Vertically polarized waves are signals having a transmission spectrum in which the B layer is assigned to the five segments of segment numbers 1 to 5.
  • the B layer and the C layer are transmitted using completely different frequency bands. Therefore, the C layer transmitted by horizontally polarized waves is not interfered with by vertically polarized waves, and the C layer of the current terrestrial digital broadcasting receiver that receives only the C layer of 2K broadcasting transmitted by horizontally polarized waves. Reception performance does not deteriorate.
  • the B layer is modulated (synchronously modulated) in the modulation unit of the segment type 1 and C.
  • the layer is processed as modulation (synchronous modulation) in the modulation section of segment format 2.
  • the mapping unit the B layer and the C layer are processed as synchronous modulation, respectively.
  • the definition of the segment format identification value of the bit allocation B17-B19 included in the TMCC information shown in FIG. 5A is extended as shown in FIG. 5L. Then, different values are assigned to the B layer and the C layer.
  • segment format identification value of B17-B19 in FIG. 5L "111" means the segment format 1, and the segment format 1 is an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission method.
  • the included broadcast means synchronous modulation, and other broadcasts such as current 2K broadcasts mean differential modulation.
  • "000” means segment format 2, and means synchronous modulation in broadcasting including an advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission system in the polarization amphibious transmission system, and is the current 2K broadcasting. Make it mean synchronous modulation in other broadcasts such as.
  • the segment format identification "000” is the broadcasting including the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting). It means the segment form 2 in the above, and it can be determined that the modulation method is synchronous modulation. Further, in the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting) dedicated receiver and the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting) dedicated receiver, the segment format identification of the bit allocations B17-B19 is determined according to FIG. "000" is determined to be synchronous modulation.
  • FIG. 21A is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the demodulation unit 133C and the layer processing / energy reverse diffusion / error correction decoding / stream reproduction unit 134C shown in FIG. 2B, which is a reception unit dedicated to the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting). It has a function of receiving the current 2K broadcast program transmitted by horizontally polarized waves.
  • the demodulation unit 133C the signal input from the channel selection / detection unit 131C is orthogonally demodulated, and the OFMD symbol synchronization and the FFT sample frequency are reproduced by synchronous reproduction.
  • the FFT is performed for the validity period of the OFDM symbol, and the frame synchronization signal is extracted.
  • the carrier demodulation unit performs differential demodulation or synchronous demodulation. Subsequently, frequency deinterleaving and time deinterleaving are performed according to the TMCC information, and demapping is performed to extract bit information.
  • the layer processing / energy reverse diffusion / error correction decoding / stream reproduction unit 134C in the case of performing layer transmission, it is divided into each layer, and bit deinterleaving and depuncture processing are performed for each divided layer.
  • bit deinterleaving and depuncture processing are performed for each divided layer.
  • Viterbi decoding is performed, the layers are divided again, byte deinterleaving and energy backdiffusion are performed for each layer, and after the transport stream is reproduced, Reed-Solomon decoding is performed to output the packet stream.
  • FIG. 19C shows the detailed configuration of the frequency deinterleaving unit 30030 of the demodulation unit 133C. Since the frequency deinterleaving performs the reverse processing of the frequency interleaving shown in FIG. 19A, the segment after the carrier demodulation is divided into a partial receiving unit, a differential modulation unit, and a synchronous modulation unit for processing.
  • the partial modulation section is subjected to intra-segment carrier derandomization and intra-segment carrier rotation, that is, intra-segment deinterleaving.
  • the differential modulation unit and the synchronous modulation unit are subjected to intra-segment deinterleaving and inter-segment deinterleaving, respectively.
  • segment format identification of the bit allocations B17-B19 is set to "111”, it is determined that the bit allocation is differential modulation, and the process of the differential modulation unit is performed. If the segment format identification of the bit allocations B17-B19 is set to "000”, it is determined that the bit allocation is synchronous modulation, and the synchronous modulation section is processed.
  • the demodulation unit 133C is included in the broadcast wave of the present embodiment including the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission method, and is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) transmitted by horizontal polarization.
  • the demodulation unit 133C is included in the broadcast wave of the present embodiment including the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission method, and is the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) transmitted by horizontal polarization.
  • Even when demodulating (2K broadcast) since frequency deinterleave as synchronous modulation is applied only to the C layer, it is possible to output a stream of a 2K broadcast program transmitted in the C layer.
  • the B layer and the C layer are transmitted using completely different frequency bands, the C layer transmitted by horizontally polarized waves is not interfered with by vertically polarized waves, and the reception performance of the C layer is deteriorated. It can be prevented more preferably.
  • the current broadcast receiver dedicated to the terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting) has the same configuration as in FIGS. 21A and 19C.
  • a broadcast receiver dedicated to the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting) transmits with horizontally polarized waves included in the broadcast wave of this embodiment including the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission method.
  • demodulating unit 133C When demolishing the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting), the same as the above-mentioned example of demodulating unit 133C. That is, since frequency deinterleaving as synchronous modulation is applied only to the C layer, it is possible to output a stream of a 2K broadcast program transmitted in the C layer.
  • the B layer and the C layer are transmitted using completely different frequency bands, the C layer transmitted by horizontally polarized waves is not interfered with by vertically polarized waves, and the reception performance of the C layer is deteriorated. It can be prevented more preferably.
  • the B layer of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting service (4K broadcasting) using the polarization amphibious transmission method is actually synchronously modulated, but the segment format identification is set to "111".
  • the segment format identification "111" is determined to be differential modulation according to FIG. 5A, the B layer cannot be demodulated correctly.
  • the transmission wave of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting subjected to the frequency interleaving according to the embodiment of the present invention suitably prevents deterioration of the reception performance of the broadcasting receiver dedicated to the current terrestrial digital broadcasting service (2K broadcasting). be able to.
  • FIG. 21C is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the demodulation unit 30133V and the layer processing / energy back diffusion / error correction decoding / stream reproduction unit 30134V.
  • the signal input from the channel selection / detection unit 131H is orthogonally demodulated by the horizontal polarization processing unit 31133H, and the OFMD symbol synchronization and the FFT sample frequency are reproduced by synchronous reproduction.
  • the FFT is performed for the validity period of the OFDM symbol, and the frame synchronization signal is extracted.
  • the carrier demodulation unit performs synchronous demodulation according to the TMCC information extracted by the TMCC decoding unit 132H.
  • 5E is set to QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM or 4096QAM for the B layer, the horizontal polarization processing unit 31133H and the vertical polarization processing unit 31133V Synchronous demodulation may be performed for the B layer.
  • the deinterleave unit 30020 performs inter-segment frequency deinterleave only within the same layer. That is, by performing inter-segment deinterleaving only within the B layer, it is possible to output a 4K broadcast stream of the B layer transmitted by horizontally polarized waves and vertically polarized waves.
  • the processing is performed by the route for the segment format 1, and the inter-segment deinterleaving is performed only in the B layer.
  • the segment of the C layer is processed by the route for the segment format 1. In this case, the segment of the C layer is not included in the intersegment deinterleaving process of the B layer.
  • the polarized terrestrial digital broadcast receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention is horizontal from the transmission wave of advanced terrestrial digital broadcast generated so as not to deteriorate the reception performance of the current terrestrial digital broadcast receiver. Broadcast services transmitted in polarized and vertically polarized waves can be received.
  • the advanced BS / CS digital broadcast signal transmitted from the satellite 30300B is received by the satellite receiving antenna 200B, frequency-converted by the conversion unit 201B, and input to the mixing unit 30400 via the coaxial cable 30202B.
  • the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal of the advanced terrestrial digital broadcasting are received by the antenna 200T, frequency-converted by the conversion unit 201T1, and input to the mixing unit 30400 via the coaxial cable 30202T.
  • the mixing unit 30400 mixes a horizontally polarized signal, a vertically polarized signal, and an advanced BS / CS digital broadcasting signal, and is input to the demultiplexing unit 30401 via a coaxial cable 30204. Since all the received signals can be distributed by one coaxial cable 30204, it is suitable for equipment cost and handling at the time of cable wiring.
  • the demultiplexing unit 30203T demultiplexes the horizontally polarized signal and the vertically polarized signal, the horizontally polarized signal is transmitted from the connector 100F1 to the channel selection / detection unit 131H via the coaxial cable 202T1, and the vertically polarized signal is transmitted by the coaxial cable 202T2. It is input to the channel selection / detection unit 131V from the connector unit 100F2 via.
  • power may be supplied to the conversion unit 201T and the conversion unit 201B at the same time only by either the power supply unit 30135T or the power supply unit 30135B.
  • the power supply voltages of the conversion unit 201T and the conversion unit 201B may be the same, and the power supply of the power supply unit 30135T or the power supply unit 30135B may be larger than the total power consumption of the conversion unit 201T and the conversion unit 201B.
  • the conversion process performed by the conversion unit 201T1 may be switched by having the communication unit 30136T connected to the connector unit 100F2 and communicating with the conversion unit 201T1.
  • the frequency conversion process is performed on the vertically polarized wave signal, but when the conversion switching signal is transmitted from the communication unit 30136T and the conversion switching signal is received by the conversion unit 201T1, it is horizontally biased. Performs switching processing so that frequency conversion processing is performed on the wave signal. By this processing, even when the vertically polarized wave is the main polarized wave, the signal of the main polarized wave can be input to the channel selection / detection unit 131H.
  • a function for selecting power supply or stop from the power supply unit 30135T may be prepared in the system menu. Further, even when the power supply from the power supply unit 30135T is selected, if the channel selection / detection unit 131H and the channel selection / detection unit 131V have the same channel selection frequency, it is determined that the conversion unit 201T1 is not used. Then, the power supply from the power supply unit 30135T may be stopped. When this operation is performed, the menu option of the power supply selection function from the power supply unit 30135T may be automatically changed to the power supply stop side.
  • the broadcast receiving system according to the embodiment of the present invention can deliver all broadcast signals using a single coaxial cable that is suitable for equipment cost and handling during cable wiring. it can.
  • the software that controls the broadcast receiving device 100 may be stored in the ROM 103 and / or the storage unit 110 of the broadcast receiving device 100 in advance at the time of product shipment. After the product is shipped, it may be acquired from another application server 500 or the like on the Internet 200 via the LAN communication unit 121. Further, the software stored in a memory card, an optical disk, or the like may be acquired via the expansion interface unit 124 or the like. Similarly, the software that controls the mobile information terminal 700 may be stored in the ROM 703 and / or the storage unit 710 of the mobile information terminal 700 in advance at the time of product shipment. After the product is shipped, it may be acquired from another application server 500 or the like on the Internet 200 via the LAN communication unit 721 or the mobile telephone network communication unit 722 or the like. Further, the software stored in the memory card, the optical disk, or the like may be acquired via the expansion interface unit 724 or the like.
  • control lines and information lines shown in the figure indicate what is considered necessary for explanation, and do not necessarily indicate all the control lines and information lines on the product. In practice, it can be considered that almost all configurations are interconnected.

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La présente invention a pour objet de fournir un service de diffusion numérique sophistiqué d'une manière plus préférable. Les ondes de diffusion comprennent un bit d'identification indiquant le schéma de modulation d'un signal émis dans une première couche, et un bit d'identification indiquant le schéma de modulation d'un signal émis dans une seconde couche. Ledit dispositif de réception de diffusion est pourvu d'une première unité de réception/démodulation destinée à recevoir les ondes de diffusion et à démoduler un service de diffusion 2K, et d'une seconde unité de réception/démodulation destinée à recevoir les ondes de diffusion et à démoduler un service de diffusion 4K. Le dispositif de réception de diffusion est configuré de telle sorte que le processus d'identification de schéma de modulation dans la première unité de réception/démodulation et le processus d'identification de schéma de modulation dans la seconde unité de réception/démodulation présentent un état tel que, même lorsque le bit d'identification indiquant le schéma de modulation du signal émis dans la première couche des ondes de diffusion et le bit d'identification indiquant le schéma de modulation du signal émis dans la seconde couche de ce dernier indiquent la même valeur, le schéma de modulation du signal émis dans la première couche est identifié dans la première unité de réception/démodulation comme étant une modulation synchrone, et le schéma de modulation du signal émis dans la première couche est identifié dans la seconde unité de réception/démodulation comme étant une modulation différentielle.
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