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Apparatus and method of on-channel repeater

US7756473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2004
Grant dateJul 13, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/38
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an on-channel repeater and a method thereof. The repeater receives signals on one channel and distributes the signals on the same channel by converting RF signals from a main transmitter into baseband signals; equalizing them in a high-performance equalizer, adding a repeater identifier to them; modulating the baseband signals with the repeater identifier into RF signals. The repeater includes: a receiver for receiving RF signals; a demodulator for demodulating the RF signals into baseband signals; an equalizer for equalizing the baseband signals; an adder for adding a repeater identifier to the baseband signals; a modulator for modulating the baseband signals with the repeater identifier added in the adder into RF signals; and a transmitter for transmitting the RF signals modulated in the modulator. The technology of the present invention is used to form an on-channel repeating network in an arbitrary transmission system including a digital television broadcasting system.

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