Abstract: A digital video broadcast receiver for receiving data of a plurality of services (S1-S3) which are transmitted in bursts of data over a transmission channel is provided. The receiver comprises a rendering unit (HH) for rendering data of a selected first service (S1) from the plurality of services (S1-S3). The receiver furthermore comprises at least one memory unit (FM, SC) for caching at least one received burst of data associated to the selected first service (S1) of the plurality of services (S1-S3). The memory is furthermore used for caching at least a first part of a received burst of data of at least a second service (S2) of the plurality of services (S1-S3). The receiver furthermore comprises an input unit (HH) for inputting a zap command to switch the rendering of the first service (S1) to a second service (S2) of the plurality of services (S1-S3).

Abstract: In a transmission system with a transmitter coupled to a receiver a main signal encoded according to a coding property is transmitted together with an auxiliary signal (AUX). In order to transmit the auxiliary signal without needing additional space in the transmission frame, the auxiliary signal is transmitted by changing the coding property according to a predetermined sequence. This is done by means of the sequencer. In the receiver, the decoding of the predetermined sequence is performed by a decoder.

Abstract: In a transmission system with a transmitter coupled to a receiver a main signal encoded according to a coding property is transmitted together with an auxiliary signal (AUX). In order to transmit the auxiliary signal without needing additional space in the the transmission frame, the auxiliary signal is transmitted by changing the coding property according to a predetermined sequence. This is done by means of the sequencer. In the receiver the decoding of the predetermined sequence is performed by a decoder.

Abstract: In a transmission system with a transmitter (4) coupled to a receiver (6) a main signal (SPEECH INPUT) encoded according to a coding property is transmitted together with an auxiliary signal (AUX).

Abstract: In a transmission system with a transmitter coupled to a receiver a main signal encoded according to a coding property is transmitted together with an auxiliary signal (AUX). In order to transmit the auxiliary signal without needing additional space in the transmission frame, the auxiliary signal is transmitted by changing the coding property according to a predetermined sequence. This is done by means of the sequencer. In the receiver, the decoding of the predetermined sequence is performed by a decoder.

Abstract: In a tailbiting convolutional encoder the encoder (12) is initialized with a sequence of symbols corresponding to the final symbols of a sequence to be encoded, resulting in that the begin state and the final state of the encoder are the same. The problem of the convolutional code obtained by such a coder is that it requires a substantial computational resources to decode it. In the simplified decoder according to the invention, the decoding process is extended by a plurality of trellis sections to a length N+&ngr;. At the final trellis section, the state with the largest path metric is selected as the best state. This best state is used as staring point for a trace back operation to find an earlier state at N trellis section before the final trellis section. The earlier state found there is regarded as correct, having as consequence that the trellis should terminate also in said state. By performing a trace back from said state the source symbols can be found.

Abstract: Receiver for receiving a transmission signal comprising N frequency multiplexed data modulated carriers, having a good compromise between insensitivity to multipath reception and receiver complexity, and which may enable a reduction in transmission bandwidth and transmitter power. In such a receiver, modulation signals of the carriers are supplied by a frequency multiplex demodulator to a symbol detection device via an equalizer device. The equalizer device compensates distortion in the modulation signals supplied thereto, such that the symbol detection device may detect the transmitted data with reduced error probability. When the transmission signal reaches the receiver with different delay times, this distortion is mainly a kind of cross-talk between the modulation of adjacent carriers. Therefore substantial compensation is achieved by combining the modulation signal of a carder with signals representative of the data of the adjacent carriers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of transmitting data by modulating a frequency multiplex of carriers at a relatively low symbol rate, such as in OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplex). According to the inventive method, intersymbol interference is deliberately introduced at the transmitter side to reduce cross-talk between data of different carriers at the receiver side, such as to simplify an equalizing device in a receiver. The intersymbol interference at the transmitter side is introduced after the frequency multiplex modulation has taken place, by repeating groups of output symbols produced by an IFFT transformer and subsequently shaping these repeated groups by means of symbol-by-symbol scaling with coefficients constituting a window function. Subsequent shaped and repeated groups of these output symbols mutually overlap.