JP2005039844A - Data transmitting apparatus and data receiving apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that the amount of hardware is enlarged by requiring a PLL circuit for generating a clock synchronized with a broadcasting station for both a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus when a clock (27MHz) synchronized with the broadcasting station is required at a receiving side in the case of using a transmission line of IEEE1394 or the like for data transfer of an MPEG transport stream. <P>SOLUTION: A reference time stamp for reproducing a system clock is extracted from transport packet data of a transport stream, the extracted reference time stamp is added to a transport packet data as header information, and the transport packet data and the header information are converted into transmission packet data and transmitted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission device and a reception device that transmit a digital signal of a transport stream in digital broadcasting.

  Satellite digital broadcasting started in the United States in 1994 spread to Japan and European countries in 1996 and entered a full-scale commercialization stage. On the other hand, the development of a high-speed digital interface for real-time transmission of digital signals of digital broadcasting is progressing. Especially, the serial bus of the IEEE 1394 standard has a high rate and an advantage that real-time transmission and asynchronous transmission can be performed simultaneously. It is expected as an interface suitable for multimedia transmission centering on moving images.

  3 and 4 show the configuration of a conventional data transmission apparatus and data recording apparatus for transmitting digital signals. In this conventional example, an example in which data transmission is performed from the data transmission apparatus in FIG. 3 to the data recording apparatus in FIG. 4 is shown. Here, it is assumed that transport stream data is transmitted via IEEE1394.

  In FIG. 3 showing the configuration of the data transmission apparatus, 1 is a front-end unit that demodulates satellite waves received by an antenna and decodes error correction and outputs a transport stream, and 2 receives from the transport stream with a broadcasting station. A time stamp extraction unit for extracting a reference time stamp for adjusting a time reference (absolute time represented by a 27 MHz counter value) between machines, 3 is a time stamp value extracted by the time stamp extraction unit 2, and 20 is A PLL unit for synchronizing with 27 MHz of the broadcasting station from the extracted time stamp value 3, 21 is a voltage controlled oscillator (VCXO), 22 is a 27 MHz counter unit that oscillates in the VCXO 21, and 23 is a time stamp extracting unit 2 Latches the counter value of the counter unit 22 at the timing when the time stamp is detected. The counter latch unit 4 is an arrival timing acquisition unit that detects the arrival timing of the data packet of the transport stream, and 30 is a counter latch unit that latches the counter value of the counter unit 22 at the timing when the arrival of the packet is detected from the arrival timing acquisition unit. 5 is a buffer unit for controlling transmission timing, 6 is a clock in which time is set between devices connected to the transmission path, and a cycle time register unit having a counter that counts up at 24.576 MHz, 7 is a transmission time stamp generating unit for generating a time stamp for transmission, and 40 is a counter value of the counter latch unit 30 for generating a time stamp for adjusting a time reference to the data packet of the transport stream and the transmission time stamp. The message generated by the time stamp generator 7 Time stamp adding unit for adding the time stamp of the use, and 9 is a transmission packet converter for converting packet data of a transport stream which is added a time stamp to the packet data for transmission.

  The operation of the data transmission apparatus for digital signals of the transport stream in the digital broadcasting configured as described above will be described below.

  The transport stream output from the front end unit 1 is once buffered in the buffer unit 5 and simultaneously transferred to the time stamp extraction unit 2 and the arrival timing acquisition unit 4 for stream analysis. The reference time stamp sent from the broadcasting station at an interval of about 100 ms holds the time stamp detected by the time stamp extraction unit 2 at the time stamp value 3, and at the same time, the detection latch pulse is the counter latch of the PLL unit 20. The counter value at that time is latched. The VCXO 21 feeds back the time stamp value 3 and the difference information of the counter latch unit 23 to the VCXO 21 so that the 27 MHz clock oscillated by the VCXO 21 is reproduced as a system clock and can be synchronized with the broadcast station. In addition, by setting a reference time stamp value as an initial value in the counter unit 22, it becomes possible to share a time reference (absolute time represented by a 27 MHz counter value) with a broadcasting station.

  Each time the arrival timing acquisition unit 4 receives transport stream packet data, it first sends a detection latch pulse to the counter latch unit 30 to latch the counter value of the counter unit 22 representing the time reference. The counter value of the counter latch unit 30 is transferred to the time stamp adding unit 40.

  Further, using the detection latch pulse from the arrival timing acquisition unit 4, the transmission time stamp generation unit 7 outputs 24 clocks from the cycle time register unit 6 in which time adjustment is performed between the devices connected to the transmission path. .Latch counter value counted at 576 MHz. Then, a value obtained by adding the maximum transmission delay time for receiving the packet data at the predetermined data recording device to the counter value is transferred to the time stamp adding unit 40 as a transmission time stamp. The time stamp adding unit 40 reads the transport stream packet data from the buffer unit 5 and adds the counter value from the counter latch unit 30 and the transmission time stamp value from the transmission time stamp generating unit 7.

  By adding the counter value from the counter latch unit 30 representing the time reference to the packet data of the transport stream as a reference time stamp, even in a receiving device (data recording device in the conventional example) via the IEEE1394 interface, It becomes possible to share the time reference with the broadcasting station.

  Further, by adding the transmission time stamp value to the packet data of the transport stream, it becomes possible to keep the transmission interval of the packet data between the data transmitting device side and the data recording device side constant.

  The packet data processed by the time stamp adding unit 40 is as shown in FIG.

  The transmission packet conversion unit 9 converts the transmission packet data to be transmitted on the IEEE1394 interface and transmits the transmission packet data.

  Next, a data recording apparatus for receiving transmission packet data will be described. In FIG. 4 showing the configuration of the data recording apparatus, reference numeral 50 denotes a transmission packet converting unit that extracts packet data of a transport stream to which a time stamp is added from transmission packet data, and 60 denotes a transmission time stamp from the packet data. A transmission time stamp separation unit, 70 is a read timing generation unit that performs read control to the buffer unit 5 at a timing when the transmission time stamp and the count value of the cycle time register 6 match, and 80 is a time read from the buffer unit 5 A time stamp extraction unit 90 extracts a time stamp indicating a time reference from a transport stream (see FIG. 5) to which a stamp is added. 90 is a recording that performs processing such as formatting, error correction encoding, and modulation suitable for the recording medium. Signal processing unit 100 is a recording medium . The time stamp value 3, the arrival timing acquisition unit 4, the PLL unit 20, and the counter latch unit 30 are the same as those in FIG.

The operation of the digital signal data recording apparatus of the transport stream in the digital broadcasting configured as described above will be described below.

The received transmission packet data is converted into the packet data of the transport stream to which the time stamp shown in FIG. 5 is added by the transmission packet conversion unit, and is then buffered in the buffer unit 5 at the same time for transmission. It is transferred to the time stamp separator 60. The transmission time stamp separation unit 60 separates the transmission time stamp value and transfers it to the read timing generation unit 70. The read timing generation unit 70 compares the counter value counted at 24.576 MHz of the cycle time register unit with the transmission time stamp value, and adds a time stamp indicating the time reference from the buffer unit 5 at the same timing. Read packet data.

  The packet data read from the buffer unit 5 is transferred to the recording signal processing unit 90, the arrival timing acquisition unit 4, and the time stamp extraction unit 80. The time stamp extraction unit 80 checks whether or not there is a time stamp (see FIG. 5). If the time stamp exists, the time stamp extraction unit 80 holds the time stamp at the time stamp value 3 and at the same time, the detection latch pulse is the counter latch of the PLL unit 20. The counter value at that time is latched.

The operations of the PLL unit 20 and the arrival timing acquisition unit 4 are the same as the description of FIG. 3 described above. That is, the counter unit 22 has a time reference shared with the broadcasting station. The arrival timing acquisition unit 4 generates a recording time stamp by sending a detection latch pulse to the counter latch unit 30 and latching the counter value of the counter unit 22 representing the time reference each time packet data of the transport stream is received. To do. Then, the recording time stamp value of the counter latch unit 30 is transferred to the recording signal processing unit 90, and processing such as formatting, error correction encoding, and modulation suitable for the recording medium 100 is performed and recorded on the recording medium 100.
Japanese National Patent Publication No. 9-511368 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-32606

  However, when data is transferred from the above data transmission device to the data recording device, the recording time stamp necessary for the data recording device needs to be generated from a clock (27 MHz) synchronized with the broadcasting station. Both the data transmission device and the data recording device require a PLL circuit for generating a clock synchronized with the broadcasting station, which has a disadvantage that the amount of hardware is increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a data transmission apparatus having a small circuit scale by reducing the number of PLL circuits.

  In order to achieve this object, a data transmission apparatus according to the present invention includes transport packet data transmitted using a transport packet of a transport stream, and a reference for reproducing a system clock from the transport packet data. A time stamp extracting means for extracting a time stamp; a time stamp adding means for adding a reference time stamp as header information to the transport packet data when a reference time stamp is extracted by the time stamp extracting means; and the transport It comprises packet data and transmission means for converting the header information into transmission packet data and transmitting it.

  According to the present invention, it is not necessary to have a PLL circuit for adding a time stamp to each packet data of a transport stream by adding a time stamp as a reference from a broadcasting station to the packet data of the transport stream.

  Further, by adding to the packet data, the data receiving side (in the case of the present embodiment, the data recording apparatus) can synchronize with the broadcasting station and share the time reference even when the structure of the packet data is unknown.

(Embodiment 1)
First, a data transfer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, 1 is a front-end unit that demodulates a satellite wave received by an antenna and decodes error correction and outputs a transport stream. 2 is a time reference between a broadcast station and a receiver from the transport stream. A time stamp extraction unit for extracting a reference time stamp for adjusting (absolute time represented by a 27 MHz counter value), 3 is a time stamp value extracted by the time stamp extraction unit 2, and 4 is a data packet of the transport stream. An arrival timing acquisition unit that detects arrival timing, 5 is a buffer unit for controlling transmission timing, and 6 is a clock in which time adjustment is performed between devices connected to the transmission line, counting up at 24.576 MHz. A cycle time register unit having a counter for performing transmission, and 7 is a time stamp for transmission. A transmission time stamp generation unit 8 generates a time stamp value 3 and a transmission time stamp generated by the transmission time stamp unit 7 to generate a time stamp for matching a time reference. A time stamp adding unit 9 is added as packet header information. A transmission packet converting unit 9 converts packet data of the transport stream to which the time stamp is added into packet data for transmission.

  The operation of the data transmission apparatus for digital signals of the transport stream in the digital broadcasting configured as described above will be described below.

  The transport stream output from the front end unit 1 is once buffered in the buffer unit 5 and simultaneously transferred to the time stamp extraction unit 2 and the arrival timing acquisition unit 4 for stream analysis. The reference time stamp sent from the broadcasting station at an interval of about 100 ms is the time stamp value 3 detected by the time stamp extraction unit 2.

  The arrival timing acquisition unit 4 sends a detection latch pulse to the transmission time stamp generation unit 7 every time packet data of the transport stream is received.

  Furthermore, using the detection latch pulse from the arrival timing acquisition unit 4, the transmission time stamp generation unit 7 outputs 24 times from the cycle time register unit 6 in which time adjustment is performed between the devices connected to the transmission path. .Latch counter value counted at 576 MHz. Then, a value obtained by adding the maximum transmission delay time for receiving packet data at a predetermined data recording device to the counter value is transferred to the time stamp adding unit 8 as a transmission time stamp. The time stamp adding unit 8 reads the packet data of the transport stream from the buffer unit 5, and when the time stamp serving as a reference from the broadcasting station is sent to the packet data, the value of the time stamp value 3 and the time stamp for transmission The transmission time stamp value from the generation unit 7 is added as header information. When the time stamp serving as a reference from the broadcasting station is not sent in the packet data read from the buffer unit 5, only the transmission time stamp value from the transmission time stamp generating unit 7 is added.

  The packet data processed by the time stamp adding unit 8 is shown in FIGS. FIG. 2A shows the case where the transport stream packet data from the broadcast station has a reference time stamp, and FIG. 2B shows the case where there is no reference time stamp.

  2A and 2B both include a transmission time stamp and a time stamp presence / absence flag as packet data header information.

  The reference time stamp is classified as follows. That is, when a time stamp serving as a reference from the broadcasting station is present in the packet data of the transport stream, the reference time stamp is added as header information, and when there is not, the reference time stamp is not added as header information.

  The transmission packet converter 9 converts the packet into a transmission packet for transmission on the IEEE1394 interface and transmits the transmission packet to the data recording apparatus.

  2A and 2B can be reproduced by a conventional receiver, and the transmission packet data received by the data recording device is recorded by the same operation as in the conventional example.

  That is, in the data recording apparatus described with reference to FIG. 4 of the conventional example, the time stamp extraction unit 80 checks the presence / absence of a time stamp by the time stamp presence / absence flag in FIG. Simultaneously with holding the stamp value 3, the detection latch pulse is sent to the counter latch unit 23 of the PLL unit 20, and the counter value at that time is latched. At this time, in the VCXO 21 of the PLL unit 20, in the case of the conventional example, the difference value is updated almost every received packet data, and the oscillation frequency of the VCXO 21 is fed back to synchronize. Then, the time stamp information can be controlled only about every 100 ms, but the function as a PLL is sufficient. In addition, by setting a reference time stamp value as an initial value in the counter unit 22, it becomes possible to share a time reference (absolute time represented by a 27 MHz counter value) with a broadcasting station.

  Further, the process of transferring the recording time stamp value of the counter latch unit 30 to the recording signal processing unit 90, performing processing such as formatting, error correction encoding, and modulation suitable for the recording medium 100, and recording on the recording medium 100 is performed. This is the same as the conventional example.

  In order to add a time stamp to each packet data of the transport stream by adding a time stamp serving as a reference from the broadcasting station as header information of the packet data of the transport stream by using the above data transmission apparatus. Without the PLL circuit, the data recording device on the receiver side can be synchronized with the broadcasting station and can generate a time stamp for recording.

  Note that the time stamp adding unit 8 of the data transmitting apparatus does not add the time stamp value 3 as it is, but if the time reference shared by the PLL unit 20 of the data recording apparatus with the broadcasting station can be reproduced, the time stamp value Instead of adding the total bit length of 3 (for example, 42 bits) as header information, a partial bit length (for example, 20 bits) of a part thereof may be added. This shortens the header length and shortens the transfer time.

  Further, when the time stamp value 3 is composed of two or more types of clock frequencies, for example, when the time stamp is such that if the counter of 27 MHz counts up to 300, the 90 KHz counter increases by one, the counter of 27 MHz A corrected time stamp may be added only to the value.

  When there are multiple programs in the transport stream, there are multiple reference time stamps for each program, and the reference time stamp value has a completely different offset value for each program. The slope may be the same. In this case, if the time stamp adding unit 8 adds all the time stamps, the PLL unit 20 of the data recording apparatus cannot reproduce the time reference shared with the broadcasting station due to the variation of the offset value for each program. Therefore, the time stamp adding unit 8 of the data transmitting apparatus selects a reference time stamp corresponding to any one program and adds the time stamp as header information, so that the PLL unit 20 of the data recording apparatus can be shared with the broadcasting station. The time reference to be played can be reproduced. This is because the slope of the reference time stamp counter value is the same.

  When there are a plurality of programs in the transport stream, as another method, even when the time stamp adding unit 8 of the data transmitting apparatus adds all the time stamps as header information, the time stamp extracting unit 80 of the data recording apparatus is used. Extracts the time stamp from the header, extracts the program ID from the packet data of the transport stream, and selects the time stamp of the specific program ID, so that the PLL unit 20 reproduces the time reference shared with the broadcasting station can do.

  Further, when a plurality of programs exist in the transport stream, as another method, the time stamp adding unit 8 of the data transmitting apparatus adds a program ID and a reference time stamp. Then, the time stamp extraction unit 2 of the data recording apparatus extracts the time stamp of the specific program ID, so that the PLL unit 20 can reproduce the time reference shared with the broadcasting station.

  Note that the information added as the header information is not limited to the header portion of the packet data, but may be added to the tail of the packet data.

  In addition, the reference time stamp in the case of DSS may be referred to as a PCR in the case of MPEG-TS.

  The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus for transmitting a digital signal of a transport stream in digital broadcasting, and more particularly to a high-speed digital interface for transmitting a digital signal of digital broadcasting in real time, for example, a serial bus of IEEE1394 standard. Is used in the output of.

  The transport stream is not limited to digital broadcasting, but may be received from the Internet, CATV, or the like, or may be a transmission device that transmits the received transport stream to a data recording device or the like.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the data recording device in embodiment of this invention Configuration diagrams of packet data with and without a reference time stamp from a broadcasting station in the embodiment of the present invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the data transmitter in a prior art example The block diagram which shows the structure of the data recording device in a prior art example Configuration diagram of packet data with a time stamp in the conventional example

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front end part 2 Time stamp extraction part 3 Time stamp value 4 Arrival timing acquisition part 5 Buffer part 6 Cycle time register part 7 Transmission time stamp generation part 8 Time stamp addition part 9 Transmission packet conversion part

Claims (9)

Time stamp extraction means for extracting a reference time stamp for reproducing a system clock from transport packet data sent using transport packets of a transport stream, and a reference time extracted by the time stamp extraction means A data transmission comprising: time stamp adding means for adding a stamp as header information to the transport packet data; and transmission means for converting the transport packet data and the header information into transmission packet data and transmitting the transmission packet data. apparatus. 2. The data transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the time stamp adding means adds the partial bit length of the reference time stamp extracted by the time stamp extracting means as header information to the transport packet data. When the time stamp count value represented by the partial time length or all the bit lengths of the reference time stamp extracted by the time stamp adding means is composed of two or more clock frequencies, it is converted to one clock frequency. 3. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a time stamp correction unit configured to perform time stamp correction. 4. The data transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the time stamp extracting means extracts the program ID corresponding to the reference time stamp simultaneously with extracting the reference time stamp. 5. The data transmitting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the time stamp adding means adds a time stamp as header information to the time stamp corresponding to a specific program ID. 5. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the time stamp adding means adds a program ID at the same time as adding the time stamp as header information. A receiving means for receiving transmission packet data transmitted by the data transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, and a time stamp extracting means for extracting a time stamp from the header information of the received transmission packet data. A data receiving device. Receiving means for receiving transmission packet data transmitted by the data transmitting apparatus according to claim 6, and time stamp extracting means for extracting a time stamp corresponding to a specific program ID from the header information of the received transmission packet data. A data receiving apparatus comprising: Receiving means for receiving transmission packet data transmitted by the data transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, program ID extracting means for extracting a program ID from transport packet data in the received transmission packet data, and receiving Time stamp extracting means for extracting a time stamp extracted from the header information of the transmission packet data from a program ID extracted by the program ID extracting means, corresponding to a specific program ID. Data receiving device.

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