CA2667918C - Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data - Google Patents

Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2667918C
CA2667918C CA2667918A CA2667918A CA2667918C CA 2667918 C CA2667918 C CA 2667918C CA 2667918 A CA2667918 A CA 2667918A CA 2667918 A CA2667918 A CA 2667918A CA 2667918 C CA2667918 C CA 2667918C
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
transmission
data
zapping
zapping data
transmitted
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
CA2667918A
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
CA2667918A1 (en
Inventor
Guenter Zurek-Terhardt
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Rohde and Schwarz GmbH and Co KG
Original Assignee
Rohde and Schwarz GmbH and Co KG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Rohde and Schwarz GmbH and Co KG filed Critical Rohde and Schwarz GmbH and Co KG
Publication of CA2667918A1 publication Critical patent/CA2667918A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA2667918C publication Critical patent/CA2667918C/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/015High-definition television systems
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/236Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/23614Multiplexing of additional data and video streams
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/236Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/2365Multiplexing of several video streams
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/262Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/63Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/643Communication protocols
    • H04N21/64315DVB-H
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/50Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/16Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Time-Division Multiplex Systems (AREA)

Abstract

In a method and in a transmission device for the transmission of zapping data, which are associated in each case with channels transmitted respectively at a first data rate in periodically-repeated burst intervals (.DELTA.t A, .DELTA.t B) of a digital television transmission system and which are transmitted at time intervals (.DELTA.t 1A, .DELTA.t 1B; .DELTA.t 4A, .DELTA.t 4B) between the burst intervals (.DELTA.t A, .DELTA.t B) associated with the respective channel, the zapping data are transmitted at a second data rate different from the first data rate of the individual bursts.

Description

METHOD AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR
TRANSMITTING ZAPPING DATA
The invention relates to a method and a transmission device for the transmission of zapping data, that is to say, channel-switching data for switching the channels, for example, of a television receiver.
Within the European Digital-Video-Broadcast-Handheld transmission standard (DVB-H) and also in the corresponding American transmission standard A-VSB of the American digital-television standards ATSC, the transmission data associated in the mobile receiver device with a channel or service are transmitted in each case only in periodically-arranged burst intervals as shown in Figure 1. The component groups of the mobile communications device associated with reception are switched off, between the burst intervals AtA
and respectively AtB associated with the received channel or service in each case during the time intervals ATA and ATB, thereby minimising the energy consumption of the mobile communications device.
At time tl, as shown in Figure 1, if the user of the mobile communications device switches channel or changes service or implements an initial channel or service selection, the reception of the channel or service during the change or during the initial selection, is delayed by the delay time
2 AtvA and respectively AtvB as a result of the periodicity of the burst interval associated with the respective channel or service. During the delay times AtvA and respectively Atvs, no reception of the respectively-selected channel A or B is possible. The delay times AtvA and respectively AtvB must be bridged.
Especially in the case of a switch of channel or a change of service, the user of the mobile communications device is offered so-called zapping data (channel-switch data) in order to bridge the delay. These zapping data can provide either specific service information or channel data with reduced channel contents. Zapping data are preferably used in audio channels for the transmission of audio content with a reduced bandwidth. In WO 2006/031925 A2, zapping data of this kind are transmitted in advance, buffered in the mobile communications device and displayed to the user of the mobile communications device as required in the event of a channel or service switch, i.e. during zapping. The provision of a buffer memory for zapping data in the mobile communications device represents a disadvantage in a method of this kind for the transmission of zapping data.
The object of the invention is therefore to provide a method and a transmission device for the transmission of zapping data without buffering the zapping data in the mobile communications device.
This object is achieved with reference to the method by the features of claim 1 and with reference to the transmission
3 device by the features of claim 8. The dependent claims specify advantageous further developments.
According to the invention, the zapping data are transmitted at a second data rate different from the first data rate with the channel or service data transmitted in individual burst intervals. Since the zapping data represent channel or service data with reduced channel or service content, the second data rate provides a lower bandwidth than the first data rate.
In a first embodiment of the method according to the invention, the zapping data are transmitted continuously in a first time interval between two successive burst intervals. In this context, the first time interval can begin with a delay by a second time interval by comparison with the end of the preceding burst interval, and can end prematurely by a third time interval by comparison with the beginning of the subsequent burst interval.
In a second embodiment of the method according to the invention, the zapping data are transmitted discontinuously in several fourth time intervals spaced in time between two successive burst intervals.
In a third embodiment of the method according to the invention, the zapping data are transmitted continuously over the entire time, that is to say, also during the individual burst intervals.
The three embodiments of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data are explained
4 in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawings are as follows:
Figure 1 shows a conventional datarate-time diagram with channel data in a DVB-H transmission system;
Figure 2 shows a datarate-time diagram with channel and zapping data in a first embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data; and Figure 3 shows a datarate-time diagram with channel and zapping data in a second embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data;
Figure 4 shows a datarate-time diagram with channel and zapping data in a third embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data.
In the event of an initial channel selection or a channel switch with the first embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data, at time ti according to Figure 2, with an initial selection of channel A or a switch to channel A, channel A with zapping data A, which represent channel data of channel A with a reduced channel content transmitted at a second data rate within a first time interval (AtiA) between two burst intervals AtA are displayed to the user of the mobile communications device. Accordingly, there is no delay time AtVA =
In the case of an initial selection of channel B or a switch
5 to channel B, the user of the mobile communications device is shown channel B with zapping data B, which represent channel data of channel B with a reduced channel content.
The delay time At is reduced by comparison with a channel transmission in a DVB-H or ATSC transmission system according to the prior art, as shown in Figure 1, because zapping data B are transmitted at the second data rate within the first time interval At1B between two burst intervals At13.
As shown in Figure 2, the first time intervals AtIA and respectively Atn, in which respectively zapping data A and B are transmitted, can be delayed by comparison with the end of the respectively-preceding burst interval for the transmission of channel data A and B by a second time interval At2A and respectively At23, and can end prematurely by comparison with the beginning of the respectively-subsequent burst interval by a third time interval At3A and respectively At33.
In the second embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data, the zapping data for channel A or B are transmitted between successive burst intervals of the channels A or B in several fourth time intervals At4A and respectively At43 each spaced in time. As illustrated in Figure 3, the individual fourth time
6 intervals At4A and respectively At4B can be spaced periodically or can also be spaced at irregular time intervals. Moreover, the length of the individual, successive fourth time intervals At4A and respectively At43 need not necessarily be constant.
Dependent upon the position of the timing point t1 of the initial selection of the respective channel A or B, or of the switch to channel A or B relative to the respective fourth time interval At4A or respectively At43, delay times AtvA and respectively AtvB are obtained, which are reduced by comparison with the previously-conventional transmission within a DVB-H or ATSC transmission system as illustrated in Figure 1. By comparison with the first embodiment of the method according to the invention, relatively-longer delay times AtvA and respectively AtvB can occur under some circumstances within two successive burst intervals in the second embodiment of the method according to the invention because of the discontinuous distribution of the individual fourth time intervals At4A and respectively At.
In the third embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data, the zapping data for channel A or B are transmitted continuously over the whole time as shown in Figure 4. Accordingly, the user can also only access the zapping data associated with channel A or B during the burst intervals AtA, or AtB
without selecting the channel or service data associated with channel A or B.

== CA 02667918 2009-04-29
7 The invention is not restricted to the embodiments of the method according to the invention for the transmission of zapping data presented here. In particular, the transmission of zapping data for more than two channels or services and transmission within digital television transmission standards different from the DVB-H or ATSC transmission standard, especially for use in the future, are covered by the invention.

Claims (8)

Claims
1. Method for the transmission of zapping data, which are associated in each case with channels transmitted respectively at a first data rate in periodically-repeated burst intervals of a digital television transmission system and which are transmitted at time intervals between the burst intervals associated with the respective channel, wherein the zapping data are transmitted at a second data rate different from the first data rate of the individual bursts, and wherein the zapping data are transmitted in a second frequency range being different from a first frequency range of the individual bursts within a first time interval, which is scheduled exclusively between the individual burst intervals associated with the respective channel.
2. Method for the transmission of zapping data according to claim 1, wherein the digital television transmission system is a digital television transmission system provided according to the Digital-Video-Broadcast-Handheld transmission standard (DVB-H) or according to the Advanced-Television-Systems-Committee transmission standard (ATSC).
3. Method for the transmission of zapping data according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bandwidth of the second data rate provided for the zapping data is significantly lower than the bandwidth associated with the first data rate.
4. Method for the transmission of zapping data according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first time interval begins delayed by a second time interval by comparison with the end of the respectively-previous burst interval and ends prematurely by a third time interval by comparison with the beginning of the respectively-subsequent burst interval.
5. Transmission device for the transmission of zapping data, which are associated in each case with channels transmitted respectively at a first data rate in periodically-repeated burst intervals of a digital television transmission system and which are transmitted at time intervals between the burst intervals associated with the respective channel, wherein the zapping data are transmitted at a second data rate different from the first data rate of the individual bursts and wherein the zapping data are transmitted in a second frequency range being different from a first frequency range of the individual bursts continuously within a first time interval which is scheduled exclusively between the individual burst intervals associated with the respective channel.
6. Transmission device for the transmission of zapping data according to claim 5, wherein the digital television transmission system is a digital television transmission system provided according to the Digital-Video-Broadcast-Handheld transmission standard (DVB-H) or according to the Advanced-Television-Systems-Committee transmission standard (ATSC).
7. Method for the transmission of zapping data according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the bandwidth of the second data rate provided for the zapping data is significantly lower than the bandwidth associated with the first data rate.
8. Method for the transmission of zapping data according to claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein the first time interval begins delayed by a second time interval by comparison with the end of the respectively-previous burst interval and ends prematurely by a third time interval by comparison with the beginning of the respectively-subsequent burst interval.
CA2667918A 2007-06-14 2007-12-17 Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data Expired - Fee Related CA2667918C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE102007027433 2007-06-14
DE102007027433.7 2007-06-14
DE102007033265A DE102007033265A1 (en) 2007-06-14 2007-07-17 Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data
DE102007033265.5 2007-07-17
PCT/EP2007/011086 WO2008151657A2 (en) 2007-06-14 2007-12-17 Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2667918A1 CA2667918A1 (en) 2008-12-18
CA2667918C true CA2667918C (en) 2016-02-16

Family

ID=39986265

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA2667918A Expired - Fee Related CA2667918C (en) 2007-06-14 2007-12-17 Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data

Country Status (6)

Country Link
EP (1) EP2156660B1 (en)
KR (1) KR101348281B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2667918C (en)
DE (1) DE102007033265A1 (en)
MX (1) MX2009009556A (en)
WO (1) WO2008151657A2 (en)

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7105466B2 (en) * 2003-08-09 2006-09-12 H.C. Spinks Clay Company, Inc. Siliceous clay slurry
WO2005043784A1 (en) * 2003-10-30 2005-05-12 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Device and method for receiving broadcast wave in which a plurality of services are multiplexed
WO2006027846A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Zapping stream generating apparatus and method
EP1790160A4 (en) 2004-09-15 2009-08-26 Nokia Corp Providing zapping streams to broadcast receivers
GB0426911D0 (en) * 2004-12-08 2005-01-12 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Data communication system and method

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2008151657A2 (en) 2008-12-18
EP2156660A2 (en) 2010-02-24
WO2008151657A3 (en) 2009-05-22
EP2156660B1 (en) 2016-04-13
MX2009009556A (en) 2009-09-30
DE102007033265A1 (en) 2008-12-18
CA2667918A1 (en) 2008-12-18
KR101348281B1 (en) 2014-01-08
KR20100019408A (en) 2010-02-18

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
KR101360690B1 (en) System and method for content communication
WO2007081604A3 (en) Fast switching between time division multiplexed (tdm) channels
RU2367112C2 (en) Methods and devices for transmitting data to mobile data processing unit
JP5200022B2 (en) Efficient channel architecture for multi-channel MAC protocol in wireless ad hoc networks
US20130114480A1 (en) Time Domain Duplex Between CMTS and Cable Modems
AU2003213251A1 (en) Systems, methods and apparatuses for minimizing subscriber-perceived digital video channel tuning delay
EP1879376A3 (en) Fast channel switching method and apparatus for digital broadcast receiver
WO2007103889A8 (en) System and method for providing error resilience, random access and rate control in scalable video communications
WO2006058213A3 (en) System for transmission of synchronous video with compression through channels with varying transmission delay
WO2007008695A3 (en) System and method for transferring data
WO2007040978A3 (en) Group call service using broadcast radio bearer
WO2007140429A3 (en) Video rate adaptation to reverse link conditions
AU2005226531B2 (en) Method of signaling reverse channel information with minimal voice/data delay
WO2008024057A3 (en) Arrangement and method for splitted cellular data transmission
US20100268841A1 (en) Using higher layer information to facilitate coexistence in wireless networks
CA2667918C (en) Method and transmitting device for transmitting zapping data
US8660611B2 (en) Base station apparatus and method
KR20050093880A (en) Apparatus and method for receiving of broadcasting service in a digital multimedia broadcasting system
US9356700B2 (en) EPON/EPOC time division duplex (TDD) mode
CA2998079C (en) Transmission device, receiving device, and data processing method
WO2009037602A3 (en) Digital video broadcast receiver and method for receiving digital video broadcast data
GB2447431A (en) Allocating channel bandwidth dependent on predicted variable bit rate
AU2003227815A1 (en) Protocol for controlling access, through specific time ranges, to scrambled data
EP3340498B1 (en) Receive path quality information
KR100742461B1 (en) Broadcasting apparatus, radio terminal and communication system

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
EEER Examination request
MKLA Lapsed

Effective date: 20201217