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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Romulo Pontual, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Sassan Pejhan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph Santoru, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Ernest C. Chen, San Pedro, CA (US);
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting a plurality of elementary data streams to a plurality of receivers is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of generating M data streams comprising K multiplexed elementary data streams in a first entity, transmitting the M data streams to a second entity, generating N transmitter streams from the M data streams in the second entity; and transmitting each of the N transmitter streams to the plurality of receivers using an associated one of N broadcast sub-transmitters.