JP2009060284A - Gap filler device, and retransmission method of digital broadcast signal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gap filler device without causing SFN viewing difficulty; and a retransmission method of digital broadcast waves. <P>SOLUTION: The gap filler device is characterized by including: a reception means receiving a digital broadcast signal comprising a plurality of hierarchies; a detection means detecting whether a service by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy is carried out for the received digital broadcast signal; and a retransmission means retransmitting the received digital broadcast signal by lowering signal levels of the hierarchies other than the predetermined hierarchy within the plurality of hierarchies of the digital broadcast signal when the service by the signal in the predetermined hierarchy is carried out for the received digital broadcast signal by the detection results of the detection means, without retransmitting the received digital broadcast signal when the service by the signal in the predetermined hierarchy is not carried out for the received digital broadcast signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital broadcast signal gap filler device, a retransmission method, and a program, and in particular, retransmits a partial reception broadcast wave for a mobile terminal in digital broadcast to a specific area (a park, a station, a train, etc.). The present invention relates to a gap filler device, a retransmission method, and a program.

  In recent years, terrestrial digital broadcasting has been started as an alternative to current terrestrial broadcasting waves. In this terrestrial digital broadcasting system, implementation of gap filler countermeasures is being studied for the purpose of expanding broadcasting service areas and eliminating difficult viewing areas. With this gap filler countermeasure, a retransmission device (relay device) called a gap filler is installed for each area where broadcast waves do not reach.

  As one of such gap filler countermeasures, a gap filler countermeasure technique for the purpose of eliminating difficult viewing areas indoors other than the broadcast service area has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 4, the received signal of the terrestrial digital broadcast wave received by the receiving antenna 111 is amplified by a predetermined level by an amplifier 113 to generate a retransmission signal, and this retransmission signal is transmitted to the retransmission antenna 114. Are configured to retransmit to the television receiver 121 located indoors.

  With such a configuration, a terrestrial digital broadcast wave can be received indoors by a broadcast receiver 121 having a known indoor reception antenna 122 without being limited by the reception location, and with a simple configuration. It can be realized at low cost.

  By the way, digital terrestrial broadcasting employs an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system in which a transmission bandwidth allocated as a transmission path encoding system is divided into 13 segments, and 13 segments are divided into a maximum of 3 layers. For each layer, parameters corresponding to necessary transmission characteristics such as carrier modulation (DQPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM) and inner code coding rate are designated. Moreover, it is possible to receive a mobile broadcasting service (so-called partial reception) using a mobile terminal or the like that receives only one central segment of 13 segments. A broadcast service for partial reception using this portable terminal or the like is expected.

  As described above, the retransmission by the gap filler device is performed for the purpose of expanding the broadcasting service area and eliminating the difficult viewing area. On the other hand, by performing the retransmission using the gap filler, There was a possibility that an area would become. In particular, when resending with gap filler for partial reception of mobile terminals existing in specific areas (parks, stations, trains, etc.), fixed services are adversely affected in areas where SFN is difficult to see. There was a fear.

  Therefore, Patent Document 2 describes a technique invented in view of the above problems.

This technique receives an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments, and extracts one segment for partial reception from the received terrestrial digital broadcast wave. Then, the extracted signal of one segment is retransmitted to the portable receiver for partial reception existing in a specific area (park, station, train interior, etc.). In other words, this is a technique in which only one extracted segment signal is retransmitted. This makes it possible to efficiently implement retransmission for mobile reception without affecting the fixed segment.
JP 2004-112542 A JP 2005-341195 A

  However, the technique of Patent Document 2 transmits only one extracted segment signal, and does not retransmit broadcast waves over all layers. Therefore, in the case of re-transmission, the above technique cannot cope with the case where the broadcast signal of all layers must be re-transmitted.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been invented in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gap filler device and a digital broadcast wave retransmission method that do not cause SFN difficulty.

  The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a gap filler device for retransmitting a digital broadcast signal, comprising: a receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast signal composed of a plurality of layers; and the received digital broadcast signal based on a signal of a predetermined layer A detecting means for detecting whether a service is being performed; and when the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy according to a detection result of the detecting means, a plurality of the digital broadcast signals If the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, the received digital broadcast is not received. And a retransmission unit that does not retransmit the signal.

  The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a retransmission method for retransmitting a digital broadcast signal, which receives a digital broadcast signal having a plurality of layers, and the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer. And if the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, a signal of a layer other than the predetermined layer among a plurality of layers of the digital broadcast signal Retransmission is performed at a reduced level, and when the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy, the received digital broadcast signal is not retransmitted.

  The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a program for performing a retransmission process of a digital broadcast signal, the process for detecting whether a service is provided by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy for the received digital broadcast signal, and the received When a service by a signal of a predetermined layer is performed on the digital broadcast signal, a process of lowering a signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer among a plurality of layers of the digital broadcast signal, and retransmitting, When the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy, the information processing apparatus is caused to execute processing that does not retransmit the received digital broadcast signal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to retransmit broadcast waves of all layers in which a service is performed without causing SFN difficulty.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention receives an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments, and among the received terrestrial digital broadcast waves, one segment in the partial reception layer Lower the level of the signal of the segment in the other layer other than the above signal. Then, the signals of all the segments subjected to the level control are retransmitted to a partial reception portable receiver existing in a specific area (park, station, train interior, etc.).

  The level control method is performed by applying the received signal of the received digital terrestrial broadcast wave to the FIR filter and performing coefficient control or the like.

  As another method, an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments is received, demodulated once, subjected to processing such as CN reset, and then modulated. The same processing as described above is performed on the modulated signal.

  In this way, an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments is received, and other segments other than the one-segment signal for partial reception among the received terrestrial digital broadcast waves. By lowering the level of the signal and retransmitting the signals of all segments subjected to level control, the broadcast service for the fixed layer in the area to be retransmitted is affected, for example, without affecting the SFN obstruction, Retransmission can be performed to the portable receiver for partial reception.

  Further, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, it is configured to detect whether or not a service based on a partial reception layer of a received digital broadcast signal is performed, and perform retransmission when the service is performed.

  By configuring in this way, for example, in the case of performing a partial reception service only during a specific time zone in the broadcast time of a day, digital broadcast signals are transmitted from a plurality of layers including the partial reception layer in the specific time zone. However, the partial reception layer is not included in other time zones. Therefore, retransmitting a signal that does not include the layer to be retransmitted can prevent waste and adverse effects on receivers in other layers.

  In the above description, the predetermined layer to be retransmitted has been described as a partial reception layer, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other layers may be used.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the gap filler device of Example 1 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the gap filler apparatus according to the first embodiment includes a receiving antenna 1 that receives an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments, and a receiving antenna 1 that receives the terrestrial digital broadcasting wave. Of the terrestrial digital broadcast wave, the level control unit 2 that performs level control for lowering the signal level of the segment other than the signal corresponding to the segment for partial reception, and the level control unit 2 that outputs the level It has an amplifying unit (amplifier) 3 for amplifying the broadcast signal, a transmission antenna 4 for retransmitting the amplified broadcast signal, and a TMCC information demodulation detecting unit 5.

  The receiving antenna 1 receives a terrestrial digital broadcast wave divided into 13 segments as shown in FIG. This terrestrial digital broadcast wave is for 64QAM carrier modulation, convolutional code r = 3/4 fixed receiver layer, and QPSK carrier modulation, convolutional code r = 1/2 partial reception (portable receiver) 1 layer is assigned to a layer for partial reception (portable receiver), and frequency interleaving is performed only within this 1 segment.

  The level control unit 2 for each level lowers the signal level of a segment other than the signal corresponding to the segment for partial reception in the terrestrial digital broadcast wave received by the receiving antenna 1 as shown in FIG. I do. This level control is performed by inputting the received digital terrestrial broadcast wave to the FIR filter and controlling the coefficient of the FIR filter. The level control for each layer is performed only when a signal with partial reception service is output from the TMCC information demodulation detection unit 5, and a signal without partial reception service is output from the TMCC information demodulation detection unit 5. If not, the operation is stopped and no signal is output to the amplifying unit 3. It should be noted that the signal level of all the segments may be made zero regardless of any hierarchy without stopping the level control operation.

  The amplifying unit 3 amplifies the signal output from the hierarchical level control unit 2 to a predetermined amplitude level, and the amplified signal is retransmitted via the transmission antenna 4.

  The TMCC information demodulation detection unit 5 demodulates a TMCC (Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control) signal from the received terrestrial digital broadcast wave, detects hierarchical information included in this information, and determines whether a partial reception service is performed. To do. The TMCC includes a flag indicating whether the partial reception service is being performed. If the partial reception service is being performed, the partial reception service flag is set to “1”. Is not performed, the partial reception service flag is set to “0” (for details, refer to ARIB STB-B31).

  When the flag is set to “1”, a signal with partial reception service is output to the level control unit 2 for each layer, and when the flag is set to “0”, there is no partial reception service. The signal is output to the level control unit 2 for each hierarchy.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the reception signal of the terrestrial digital broadcast wave received by the receiving antenna 1 is determined by the TMCC information demodulation detection unit 5 as to whether or not there is a partial reception service, and there is a partial reception service. In this case, the level control unit 2 for each layer lowers the signal level of other segments other than the signal corresponding to the segment for partial reception. The level-controlled signal is amplified to a predetermined level by the amplifier 3 and retransmitted from the retransmission antenna 4 toward a specific area (park, station, train interior, etc.).

  This allows partial reception (portable reception) that exists in a specific area (park, station, train, etc.) without affecting services for fixed receivers that exist in a specific area (park, station, train, etc.). ) Can be retransmitted.

  In the gap filler device of the first embodiment described above, the digital broadcast wave is received by the antenna and retransmitted. However, the means for receiving the digital broadcast signal is not limited to this. For example, the digital broadcast signal is transmitted by wire or the like. It is also possible to receive and retransmit.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the received digital broadcast wave signal is retransmitted after the level control is performed for each layer. However, it can be retransmitted after processing such as CN reset. In the second embodiment, an example of such a case will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment.

  The gap filler device according to the second embodiment includes a reception antenna 11, a tuner 12, a demodulation unit 13, an error correction unit 14, a TS decoding unit 15, a TMCC / AC decoding unit 16, a multiplexing processing unit 18, It comprises a modulation unit 19, a level control unit 17 by level, a transmission unit 20, and a transmission antenna 21.

  A reception signal received by the reception antenna 11 is supplied to the tuner 12. Here, a desired channel is selected to obtain an IF band OFDM signal (hereinafter referred to as an OFDM-IF signal). This OFDM-IF signal is supplied to the demodulator 13. The demodulator 13 demodulates the digital broadcast signal by subjecting the OFDM-IF signal to FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) processing.

  The digital broadcast signal obtained by this demodulation processing is subjected to error correction by the error correction unit 14, thereby restoring data damaged by noise or fading during transmission. The error-corrected digital broadcast signal is divided into a TS signal, which is a broadcast content such as a program, and a TMCC (Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control) signal and an AC (Auxiliary Channel) signal, which are broadcast transmission control signals. Are supplied to the TS decoder 15 and the TMCC / AC decoder 16, respectively.

  The TS decoding unit 15 decodes the TS signal (broadcast wave) and supplies it to the multiplexing processing unit 18.

  On the other hand, the TMCC signal and the AC signal are decoded by the TMCC & AC decoding unit 16 and supplied to the multiplexing processing unit 18.

  The multiplexing processing unit 18 time-division multiplexes the reconstructed TS signal, TMCC signal, and AC signal, and supplies them to the modulation unit 19.

  The modulation unit 19 performs OFDM modulation on the multiplexed signal and outputs the result to the level control unit 17 for each layer.

  The hierarchical level control unit 17 performs the same process as the hierarchical level control unit 2 described above based on the presence / absence information of the partial reception service from the TMCC / AC decoding unit 16. Then, the processed signal is supplied to the transmission unit 20.

  The transmission unit 20 amplifies the OFDM modulated signal with a predetermined amplification degree, and retransmits the retransmission signal to a specific area (a park, a station, a train interior, etc.) via the transmission antenna 21.

  Thereby, it is possible to perform retransmission of a layer for partial reception (portable receiver) without affecting services for fixed receivers existing in a specific area (park, station, train, etc.).

  In the above-described embodiment, the error correction unit 14 performs error correction. However, the error correction unit 14 may perform decoding without error correction and supply the decoded data to the multiplexing processing unit 18.

  Further, the error correction unit 14 detects whether a signal of another segment other than the one-segment signal for partial reception can be restored. If the signal cannot be restored, the operation of the hierarchical level control unit 17 is stopped. Thus, a signal may not be output to the transmission unit 20, or a signal in a layer other than the one-segment signal for partial reception may be further lowered from the above-described setting level.

  Further, in the gap filler device of the second embodiment described above, the digital broadcast wave is received by the antenna and retransmitted. However, the means for receiving the digital broadcast signal is not limited to this. For example, the digital broadcast signal is transmitted by wire or the like. It is also possible to receive and retransmit.

  The hierarchical level control unit 2 described above can be configured by hardware, but can also be configured by a program that causes the information processing apparatus to execute the above-described operation.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the prior art.

Explanation of symbols

1 Receiving antenna 2 Hierarchical level control unit 3 Amplifying unit (amplifier)
4 Transmitting Antenna 5 TMCC Information Demodulation Detection Unit 11 Reception Antenna 12 Tuner 13 Demodulation Unit 14 Error Correction Unit 15 TS Decoding Unit 16 TMCC / AC Decoding Unit 17 Hierarchical Level Control Unit 18 TMCC / AC Decoding Unit 19 Multiplexing Processing Unit 19 Modulation Unit 20 transmitting unit 21 transmitting antenna

Claims (13)

A gap filler device for retransmitting a digital broadcast signal,
Receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast signal composed of a plurality of layers;
Detecting means for detecting whether a service is provided by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy for the received digital broadcast signal;
According to the detection result of the detection means, when the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, a plurality of layers of the digital broadcast signal have a layer other than the predetermined layer. Re-transmission at a reduced signal level, and when the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, has a re-transmission means that does not re-transmit the received digital broadcast signal. Feature gap filler device.   The gap filler device according to claim 1, wherein the service based on the signal of the predetermined layer is a broadcast service based on a partial reception layer.   The gap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the retransmission means lowers the signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer to such an extent that SFN obstruction is not caused by the digital broadcast signal after the retransmission process. Filler device.   The gap filler according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the retransmission means includes an FIR filter that lowers a signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer in the received digital broadcast signal. apparatus.   5. The retransmission unit according to claim 1, wherein the retransmission unit demodulates the received digital broadcast signal to perform error correction, and performs a retransmission process on the re-modulated signal. The gap filler device described. A retransmission method for retransmitting a digital broadcast signal,
Receive digital broadcast signals consisting of multiple layers,
Detects whether the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy,
When the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, a signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer among the plurality of layers of the digital broadcast signal is lowered and retransmitted. ,
A resending method characterized by not retransmitting the received digital broadcast signal when the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy.   The retransmission method according to claim 6, wherein the service based on the signal of the predetermined layer is a broadcast service based on a partial reception layer.   8. The retransmission method according to claim 6, wherein a signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer is lowered to such an extent that SFN difficulty is not caused by the digital broadcast signal after the retransmission process.   9. The retransmission method according to claim 6, wherein the received digital broadcast signal is demodulated to perform error correction, and retransmission processing is performed on the remodulated signal. A program for performing retransmission processing of a digital broadcast signal,
A process of detecting whether a service is provided by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy for the received digital broadcast signal;
When the received digital broadcast signal is serviced by a signal of a predetermined layer, a signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer among the plurality of layers of the digital broadcast signal is lowered and retransmitted. Processing,
A program for causing an information processing device to execute a process of not retransmitting the received digital broadcast signal when the received digital broadcast signal is not serviced by a signal of a predetermined hierarchy.   The program according to claim 10, wherein the service based on the signal of the predetermined layer is a broadcast service based on a partial reception layer.   12. The program according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the retransmission process lowers the signal level of a layer other than the predetermined layer to such an extent that SFN difficulty is not caused by the digital broadcast signal after the retransmission process. .   The program according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the received digital broadcast signal is demodulated to perform error correction, and re-transmission processing is performed on the re-modulated signal.

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