Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a frame generator configured to generate a first frame provided for a fixed terminal and a second frame provided for a mobile terminal, the second frame including common service data commonly provided for the fixed terminal and the mobile terminal; an information inserting unit configured to insert access information on the common service data into a signaling area of the first frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first and second frames.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods of controlling these apparatuses are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet generator configured to, based on an input stream including a first type stream and a second type stream, generate a baseband packet including a header and payload data corresponding to the first type stream; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the baseband packet; a signal processor configured to perform signal-processing on the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame, wherein the header includes a type of the payload data in the baseband packet and the number of the first type stream packets in the baseband packet.

Abstract: A method of operating a transmitting apparatus in a multimedia system is provided. The method includes inputting at least one network layer packet, generating a link layer packet based on the at least one network layer packet, and transmitting the link layer packet, wherein the link layer packet includes a header including information indicating whether the link layer packet includes a single network layer packet and information indicating an identifier related to the at least one network layer packet.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet (BBP) generator configured to generate a BBP including a header and payload data; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the BBP; a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame. The header includes information about a type of the payload data, whether an additional header exists, a length of the payload data, and a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the length of the payload data. Therefore, various types of data are mapped on a physical layer based on information included in the header, and data processing efficiency is improved.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet in a broadcasting and communication system are provided. The method includes splitting a source packet block including source packets into a plurality of source packet subblocks, converting the source packet subblocks to source symbol subblocks, respectively, generating a plurality of first repair symbol blocks by encoding the source packet subblocks using a first error correction code, configuring an error correction source packet by adding a source error correction payload IDentifier (ID) to source symbols included in the source symbol subblocks and configuring an error correction repair packet by adding a repair error correction payload ID to repair symbols included in the first repair symbol subblocks, and transmitting the error correction source packet and the error correction repair packet.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a packet in a communication system is provided. The method includes dividing a data stream into data payloads of a predetermined size and adding a common header to each of the data payloads, to generate a source payload, adding a first Forward Error Correction (FEC) payload Identifier (ID) to the source payload and applying an FEC code thereto, to generate an FEC source packet for a source payload, adding a second FEC payload ID to at least one parity payload and applying an FEC code thereto, to generate an FEC parity packet for the at least one parity payload, and transmitting the FEC source packet and the FEC parity packet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signaling information in a digital broadcast system, the method comprising the steps of: adaptively generating a signaling table relating to signaling information transmitted from a data link layer on the basis of at least one structure among a hierarchical structure and a flat structure on the basis of a characteristic of service configuration; and transmitting the generated signaling table.

Abstract: An apparatus to detect coordinates in a pen-based display device is provided. When an electronic pen is placed at a specific position on a display, an image of a pixel group corresponding to a specific position is captured through a camera, a reference point is detected in the pixel group by processing the captured image of the pixel group, values of a plurality of coordinate indications and a plurality of parity indications, it is determined whether an error has been detected by calculating a predetermined error detection formula using the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, and final coordinates of the electronic pen are determined by applying a predetermined coordinates calculation rule to the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, if no error has been detected in the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet block including a plurality of FEC packets in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of first FEC packet blocks by performing a first FEC encoding on a plurality of source symbols, each of the plurality of first FEC packet blocks including at least one source packet and at least one repair packet for repair of each of the at least one source packet, generating a second FEC packet block by performing a second FEC encoding on the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, the second FEC packet block including at least one repair packet for the plurality of first FEC packet blocks, and transmitting the second FEC packet block that includes, in header information of each of the at least one source packet and the at least one repair packet.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a packet in a communication system. A method for transmitting a packet according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: generating at least one source block including source packets for transmitting contents; performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding and generating at least one reconstructed block including reconstructed packets for restoring the source packets; and transmitting signaling information including packet identification information on the at least one source block and a packet stream including the source packets and the reconstructed packets, wherein header information of the reconstructed packets includes the number of source packets included in each source block according to the packet identification information, and information indicating the start numbers of the source packets included in the each source block.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reproducing multimedia data in a broadcasting and communication system. The apparatus for reproducing multimedia data according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a receiver for receiving multimedia data; a data processor for processing the received multimedia data and extracting a data unit and signaling information; a synchronization information processor for extracting synchronization information related to a broadcasting image provided by a current service from the signaling information; a service demultiplexer for extracting audio data or video data from the data unit; and a broadcasting image reproducer for decoding the audio data or video data, and reproducing the decoded audio data or decoded video data on the basis of the synchronization information.

Abstract: A method for receiving signaling information in a digital broadcast system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of receiving a plurality of frames in which signaling information of a second layer is inserted in a signaling area of a first layer or a packet of a first layer; and a step of determining the signaling information of the second layer from the signaling area of the first layer or the packet of the first layer, and receiving service data using at least one of the determined signaling information of the second layer and pre-stored signaling information of a second layer.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods of controlling these apparatuses are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet generator configured to, based on an input stream including a first type stream and a second type stream, generate a baseband packet including a header and payload data corresponding to the first type stream; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the baseband packet; a signal processor configured to perform signal-processing on the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame, wherein the header includes a type of the payload data in the baseband packet and the number of the first type stream packets in the baseband packet.

Abstract: A method for encoding streaming data according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of dividing a forward error correction (FEC) source block into one or more FEC sub-blocks; a first encoding step of FEC encoding said one or more FEC sub-blocks; a second encoding step of encoding said FEC source block; and a step of generating third encoded data including first encoded data encoded in the first encoding step and second encoded data encoded in the second encoding step. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a streaming service is provided to multiple users in various environments or in a communication environment that varies according to movement or changes in a communication state. Further, a plurality of pieces of parity information is transmitted to provide a streaming service which is capable of high reliability data recovery.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a packet by a signal transmission apparatus in a broadcasting and communication system is provided. The method includes generating a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet including an FEC parity packet and an FEC source packet by encoding source payloads using an FEC encoding scheme, and transmitting the FEC packet to a signal reception apparatus, wherein the FEC parity packet is generated using a plurality of Source Sub-Blocks (SSBs) which are generated using specific source payloads selected corresponding to a preset SSB generation scheme from among the source payloads included in a source block, and wherein the FEC source packet is generated using the source payloads.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus includes: a packet classifier configured to receive a transport stream including a content, and classify a plurality of packets constituting the content into a plurality of packet groups according to a predetermined condition; and a transport unit configured to transport the plurality of packet groups through a plurality of signal processing routes to each of which a different signal processing method is applied.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet (BBP) generator configured to generate a BBP including a header and payload data; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the BBP; a signal processor configured to signal-process the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame. The header includes information about a type of the payload data, whether an additional header exists, a length of the payload data, and a Least Significant Bit (LSB) of the length of the payload data. Therefore, various types of data are mapped on a physical layer based on information included in the header, and data processing efficiency is improved.

Abstract: A method for encoding streaming data according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of dividing a forward error correction (FEC) source block into one or more FEC sub-blocks; a first encoding step of FEC encoding said one or more FEC sub-blocks; a second encoding step of encoding said FEC source block; and a step of generating third encoded data including first encoded data encoded in the first encoding step and second encoded data encoded in the second encoding step. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a streaming service is provided to multiple users in various environments or in a communication environment that varies according to movement or changes in a communication state. Further, a plurality of pieces of parity information is transmitted to provide a streaming service which is capable of high reliability data recovery.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a packet for N data streams in a communication system is provided. The method includes dividing each of the data streams into data payloads and adding a header for discriminating between the N data streams to each of the data payloads, determining, from the source packet flow, an FEC source formed by source packets generated from an (N?M) number of data streams, distinguishing at least one source packet block, generating a source symbol block from the at least one distinguished source packet block, generating a repair symbol block formed by at least one repair symbol, determining a repair flow ID for identifying a repair flow formed by the repair symbols generated from the FEC source packet flow, generating an FEC repair packet by adding a header to each of the repair symbols of the repair flow, and transmitting the source packet and the FEC repair packet.