Robust digital communication system
CA 2406136 C · Owner: Citta, Richard W. · Inventors: Citta, Richard W.; Fimoff, Mark; Bretl, Wayne E.
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Normally ordered robust VSB data are reordered in accordance with a first interleave to produce reordered robust VSB data. The reordered robust VSB data and ATSC data are reordered in accordance with a second interleave to produce normally ordered robust VSB data and reordered ATSC data. The normally ordered robust VSB data and reordered ATSC data are time multiplexed for transmission to a receiver. The receiver discards the reordered ATSC data or the normally ordered robust VSB data depending upon receiver type or user selection. A robust VSB receiver is able to process the normally ordered robust VSB data upstream of an outer decoder without an interleave thereby avoiding the …
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- Filed March 27, 2001 and granted January 20, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 2021.
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