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VSB mode selection system

US5987070A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1997
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

VSB data is transmitted in a frame which includes a frame sync, a segment sync, a mode control, and a plurality of data symbols. The mode control indicates the number of modulation levels of the data symbols and includes 2-level symbols forming the following byte: PABCPABC. P is a parity bit, and ABC represents a selected one of a plurality of data constellations defining the modulation levels of the data symbols.

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