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Method of and apparatus for determining co-channel interference in digital television system

US6229560A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1998
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/426
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining co-channel interference in a DTV system is disclosed including a first comb filter filtering the received digital data including a data field signal; a pattern generating unit generating a reference sync signal from the data field signal; a second comb filter filtering the reference sync signal; a selection unit receiving either the digital data that passed or have not passed the first comb filter to output one of the data in response to a selection signal; a determination unit determining the presence of a co-channel interference; a first counting unit counting up/down a counted value in response to an output signal of the determination unit; and a second counting unit counting the reliability of the counted value output from the first counting unit, and providing the selection signal to the selection unit.

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