CA1276326C - Digital signal transmitting system - Google Patents
Digital signal transmitting systemInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A digital signal transmitting system includes a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital data signal to be time-division multiplexed; a digital signal multiplexer supplied with a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output digital signals from the reproducers and for producing a block data signal including the frame synchronizing signal, the service bit signal and a plurality of slot data bits arranged with the digital data signals, each one bit within a multiple-frame, in which the service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data associated with each of the plurality of digital data signals being transmitted.
A digital signal transmitting system includes a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital data signal to be time-division multiplexed; a digital signal multiplexer supplied with a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output digital signals from the reproducers and for producing a block data signal including the frame synchronizing signal, the service bit signal and a plurality of slot data bits arranged with the digital data signals, each one bit within a multiple-frame, in which the service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data associated with each of the plurality of digital data signals being transmitted.
Description
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A DIGITAL SIGNAL TRAN'SMITTING SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Inventlon The present invention relates generally to a digital signal transmitting system, and more particularly to a transmitting system of this kind which is capable of arbitrarily changing the service speed of one block data ,-n~ sLmu:L~ancously transmitting digital data and a service bit indicative of the time slots in which the digital data is delivered Description of the Prior Art .
In the past, a digital data transmitting system for multiplexing digital data in a plurality of channels and :`~
transmitting the multiplexed data in one CATV channel band width has been proposed by the applicant of th prasent invention described in U.S. Patent No. 4,684,981, issued August 4, 1987, entitled ~Digital Terminal Address Transmitting System For CATV".
,~ccording to the above-men~ioned digital signal transmitting system, it is possible to time-division multiplex digital data (or stereo digital audio signals) o~ a plurality of channels in a predetermined format and ~.
to transmit the same to each terminal. x However, this system cannot time-division multiplex ;,~ I,~` ``
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OBJECTS AND S~UMMARY OF THE INVENTION .
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new digital signal transmitting ~
system which overcomes the above disadvantages. .
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It is another obj~e ~ of the present invention to provide a digital signal transmitting system which can arbitrarily change the service speed of digital data.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a digital signal transmitting system which transmits a service bit signal indicative of data slot informatlon associated with digital data.
In accordance with one example of the invention, a digital signal transmitting system is provided, which includes:
- (a) a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital data signal to be time-division multiplexed;
(b) a digital data multiplexer supplied with a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output signals of the plurality of digital signal reproducers, for producing block data signals including the frame synchronizing signal, the service bit siynal and a plurality of slot data signals arranged with the digital data signals within a multiple-frame, in which the service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data to be transmitted with each of the plurality of digital data signal~; and (c) means for modulating the output of the digital signal mul tiple~er so as to transmit the same through a transmission line.
These and other ob;ects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, throughout which like reference numerals designate like elements and parts.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an illustrative embodiment of a digital signal transmitting system according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a front view showing an example of a receiving terminal according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a frame format used in the digital signal transmitting system according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a service bit used in the digital data transmit-ting system of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a circuit block diagram showing a main portion of digital signal modulator and demodulator sections of the present invention; and Figs~ 6 and 7 are data tables for explaining time-division multiplexing of one block of data and demultiple~ing of the same according to the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Now, an embodiment of a digital data transmitting system according to the present invention will hereinafter be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following, it will be explained that the digital data transmitting sys-tem of the present embodiment is used in a digital multi-media service system (hereinafter slmply called "the DMS system") as shown in Fig. 1.
This DMS system is provided in its CATV center A with a transmltter 1 in which a variety of data signals for computer, digital audio data, and so on delivered thereto are time-division multipl~xed by a method, described hereinafter, and then the multiple~ed digital si~nal is modulated to ~orm a signal in a 76~r~
ba~d width corresponding to one channel portion of a television broadcasting signal to be supplied to a mixer 5. The mixer 5 mixes television broadcasting signals in a plurality of channels with the digital multiplexed signals, by changing a carrier of the digital multiplexed signals, and supplies the mixed signal to a plurality of tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... provided in the CATV center A. A separate one of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... is provided for each, e.g. user who contracts to use the CATV system. Each of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... is informed of a channel to be selected by a selection signal supplied thereto from a receiving terminal B, described hereinafter. In each of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ....
a signal of the selected channel is demodulated to a demodulated signal of a base band and then, the demodulated signal is supplied to each of a plurality of opto-electric converters (0/E
converters) 7a, 7b~ 7c ... corresponding to the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... There, the demodulated signal is converted into an optical signal which in turn is supplied to each of a plurality of opto-electric converters 9a, 9b, 9c ... provided in the receiving terminal, of e.g. each family, through each of a plurality of bi-directionally communicable optical fiber cables 8a, 8b, 8c ...
Assuming tha-t the opto-electric converter 9c is provided e.g. in a receiving terminal B in a home, the 0/E converter 9c is connected with a main receiver 10 in the receiving terminal B so that the main receiver 10 is supplied with the electric demodulated signal converted from the optical signal by the O~E
converter 9c. The main receiver 10 has a front panel constructed as shown e.g. in Fig. 2. The main receiver 10 delivers the demodulated signal supplied thereto either directly to a TV
adap-tor lOa or to output terminals lOb ~ lOf respectively connected to a variety of reproducers, described hereinafter.
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A received channel selection can be made by the main receiver lO or a remote controller lOR which transmits a control signal to the main rPceiver 10. A receiving channel selection signal is supplied from the main receiver 10 to the tuner 6c in the CATV
center A through a reverse path, that is, through the opto-electric converter 9c, the optical fiber cable 8c and the opto-electric converter 7c. The tuner 6c demodulates, in response to t~e selection signal, only the signal of a desired channel from signals of a plurality of channels supplied from the mixer 5 and supplies the same to the main receiver 10 in the receiver terminal B.
When the signal supplied is a demodulated signal of a television broadcasting channel, the main receiver 10 supplies the demodulated signal without modi~ication to the T~ adaptor lOa. The TV adaptor lOa in turn adjusts the supplied signal and then supplies the adjusted signal to a TV receiver 13, whereby a television program is displayed on the screen thereof.
On the other hand, when the signal supplied is a demodulated signal of a channel of digital multiplexed signals, the main receiver 10 effects a predetermined signal processing, described hereina~ter, and thereafter supplies the processed signal, that is, a digital audio signal or data signal to one of the terminals lOb - 10~.
The digital multiplexed signal is delivered from the CATV
cent0r A under the control o~ a system controller 3 provided in the transmitter 1. Data delivered to a data exchanger 2, that is, a signal representative o~ a digitized still video image supplied to a terminal 2a, a computer data si~nal sup~lied to a terminal 2b, a data si~nal such as that produ~ed by a computa~
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game software or the like supplied to a terminal 2c, a facsimile data signal supplied to a terminal 2d, or the like, is converted into a signal suitable to be arranged in a format, later referred to, under control of the system controller 3. The converted data signal is supplied to a data transmitter 4. Also supplied to the data transmitter 4 are data reproduced from a CD ROM by a CD ROM
player 4b, a two-channel stereo digital audio signal (a 16-bit signal adapted to a CD standard or the like) from a terminal 4c, and a monaural digital audio signal (a non-linear modulated 8-bit signal) from a terminal ~d. Each of the respective supplied signals is multiplexed by the data transmitter ~, in a ~ormat described hereinafter, in response to an instruction from the system controller 3, as a digital multiple~ed signal and is then modulated by a modulator 4a to a signal in a band width corresponding to one channel portion of television broadcasting signals. In this multiplexing process, mode-associated data and special information are multiplexed. The modulated digital multiplexed signal is supplied to the mixer 5 to generate a CATV
signal by modulating the digital multiplexed signal in a predetermined channel, the CATV signal being transmitted to the tuners 6a, ... in the CATV center A.
When a channel corresponding to the digital multiplexed signal transmitted in the above described manner is selected e.g.
by the tuner 6c in response to the selection signal doliverad from the receiving terminal B, the demodulated signal of this digital multiplexed signal is ~upplied to the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B. When the digital multiplexed signal is supplied to the main receiver 10, e.g. in response to signa].s indicative of tha signal mode and identification information contalned in the di~ital multiplaxed signal, signals indicativa of the mode of the supplied signal and identification information are sup~lied to the terminal 10a so as to displaY, the mode of 7Çi~
-th~ supplied signal and identification information e.g., on the screen of a monitoring aFparatus connected to the terminal 10e.
Then, the operator, following the display on the screen of the monitor, operates the front pane] of the main receiver 10 or the remote controller 10R to select desired data from the digital multiplexed signals and to supply the same to one of the output terminals lOb - lOf, corresponding to the selected data.
To be specific, if e.g. a digital audio signal or digital ~oice signal is selected, the terminal lOb connected to a stereo reproducer is supplied with a digital audio signal or a digital voice signal. If data reproduced from the CD ROM is selected, the terminal lOc connected to a CD ROM data decoder is supplied with -the reproduced data of the CD ROM. If a facsimile data signal is selected, the terminal 10d connected to a fascimile apparatus is supplied with the fascimile data signal. If a signal representative of a still video image is selec-ted, the terminal 10e connected to the monitoring apparatus is supplied with the still video image signal. If a computer data signal is selected, the terminal lOf connected to a personal comp~ter is supplied with the computer data signal.
The DMS system is thus consti-tuted, wherein each apparatus provided in the receiving terminal B is supplied with a television broadcasting signal or a digital data signal from the CATV center A through the optical transmission line.
Reference is next made as to a format of digital data signals supplied ~rom the CATV center A to the receiving terminal B
thro~lgh the above described DMS system.
Fig. 3 roughly shows a format of a digital data signal according to the present embodiment. The format is formed of mul-tiple frames, each of which has a capacity o~ 168 bits of binary coded signals, tha-t is, H (High) or L ~Low). The cyclic period o~ one frame is determine~ as 1/4~.4 kH7, which is 3~16 e~pressed as approximately 22.7,ysec in transmitting sDeed. As shown in Fig. 3, one multi-frame is formed of 4 frames, and one super-frame is ~ormed of 6A multi-frames. Furtner, one multi-super-frame is formed of 5 super-frames. ~herefore, it takes 29 msec to transmit one multi-super-frame. It is assumed that one multi-super-frame is a transmission unit and no mode change is allowed within each multi-super-frame. The mode selection with be explained later in detail.
In each frame, there ara arranged from its head an 8-bit frame synchronizing signal (FS), a 4-bit service bit (SB) and a 156-bit data word. The 156-bit data word is arranged in a manner that 4 different data programs #1 - #4 are time-division multiplexed and transmitted one bit at a time in turn. To be specific, in the 156-bit data word there are allocated from its head the first bit oE the program ~1, the first bit of the program #2, the first bit of the program #3, the first bit of the program #~, the second bit of the program #1, and so on in this order. One frame accomodates 39 bits of each of the respective programs #l - #4. The first frame arranged at the head of one super-frame has a super-frame synchronizing signal (SFS) in place of the frame synchornizing signal.
lt is assumed hereinaf-ter that data to be transmitted in the present embodiment is data for a computer or the like, and 16-bit digital stereo audio signals as an audio signal and 8-bit digital monaural voice signals as a voice signal. Therefore, one channel portion oE the audio signal, which is formed oE 32 bits, i.e. 16 bits for each o~ the right and left channels, can be accomodated in one program of 39 bits, so that one channel portion of the audio signal can be transmitted in one frame. One channel portion o~ -the voice signal is Eormed of 8 bits, so that ~
channel portions thereoE can be accomodated in the 39-blt program and t~ansmitted at one time. ~ da~a signal Eor a computer or the l~k~, that is, a signal processed by the data exchanger 2 in -i~.
1, has a quantity of data transmitted at one time which varies according to the service speed. If fO represents the service speed (11.025 kHz) at which one bit is transmitted per one multi-frame, the service speed can be selected from fO, 2fo~ 4fO, 8~oJ
16fo, 32fo~ 64fo~ 128fo, 256fo, and so on. If fO is selected, 156 channels (kinds) of data can be transmi-tted in one program.
If 156fo is selected, one channel (kind) of data can bc transmitted in one program. In the data transmission, each o the data bits in the multi-frame is designated by a slot number from 1 to 156. A classification of data contained in each slot-numbered data bit is shown as data information of the service bit, described hereinafter.
The content of data thus transmitted is shown by the 4-bit service bit of each frame. The service bit is constructed at every multi-super-frame as a block unit, as shown in Fig. 4. To be specific, Fig. 4 shows the service bi-ts extracted from transmitted signals contained in one multi-super-frame~ One multi-super-frame has a total of 5120 bits of service bits, and therefore one super-frame has 1024 bits of service bits.
Specifically, the service bit shown in Fig. 4 i~ constructed as follows: From the head of each super-rame there are placed a 4-bit multi-super-frame synchronizing signal MSFS, a 12-bit program (PGM) mode signal and 1008-bit data information signal in this order. The super-frame located at the head of each multi-super-frame has the MFS signal, the 4 bits of which are all set at H
level. The 4 bits of the MSFS signal of other super-frames are all set at L level. The 12-bit PRG mode signal is divided by 3 bits into 4 portions which respectively correspond to the channels #l - #4. Each 3-bit portion is used to desi~na-te information corresponding to a program data mode as shown in TcDla 1.
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~ode Bit Pattern _ Program No. _ Mode Information 1 L L L 1 - 4 16-bit Stereo Audio Signal of CD (EmDhasis Off) 2 L ~ H 1 - 4 16 bit Stereo Audio Signal of CD (Em~hasis On) L H L 1 - 4 16-bit digital Audio Sianal (Em~hasis Off) 156 bits/l multi-frame 4 H L L 1 , 2 data signal 3 , 4 8-bit digital monaural Voice Sianal 5 _ H L H 1 - 4 Data Signal of CD ROM
6 H H L 1 - 4 Non Data There are 6 transmission modes Mode 1 - Mode 6 available in the present embodiment. Mode 1 shows that a program is a 16-bit stereo digital audio signal reproduced from a compact disk (CD) without emphasis (emphasis off). Mode 2 shows that a program is a 16-bit stereo digital audio signal reproduced from a CD wi-th emphasis (emphsis on). Mode 3 shows that a program is a digital audio signal converted from an analog signal, equivalent to a digital audio signal reproduced from a CD. Made 5 shows that a program is a data signal read :Erom a CD ROM. Mode 6 shows that there is no data in the concerned program. Moda 4 shows different information according to the program number. When the program #1 or #2 is concerned, it shows that the data transmitted is a data signal of 39 bits per frame (156 slots as a block unit of on~ multi-frame) processed by the data exchanger 2 appearing in Fig. 2. When the program #3 or #4 is concerned, it shows that the data transmitted are 4 channel portions of the 8-bit monaural voice signal.
A slot information portion of 1008 bits is divided into 63 slots (1 slot = 16 bits) at every multi-super-frame. Thus, one multi-super-frame can show 315 slots. However, the last 3 slots (48 bits) are left unused, so that ac-tually 312 slots are shown by one multi-super-rame. ~he former hal of the 312 slots, i.e.
lSô slots correspond to ~;ne slot numbers 1 - 106 o~ da~a bi~s contalned in the program ~l, and the latter 156 slots correspond to the slot numbers l - 156 of data bits contained in the program ~2. The first 8 bits of each slot constitutes address data (slot data) 0 - 255 which indicates to which service the data bit corresponding to each slot belongs. When the address data has a value "0", it means that the corresponding data bit has no signal. The last 8 bits of each slot constitute password data Q - 255 indicative of a password of the data bit corresponding to each slot. Each of the receiving terminals has a password previously de-termined at the time of contrac-t and can exclusively receive data transmitted wi-th its associated password. When the password has a value "0", it means that the data can be received by all of the receiving terminals without restriction.
The format of the signals transmitted from the transmitter 1 is constituted as described above.
Reference is next made as to how the receiving terminal B of the DMS system as shown in Fig. 1 receives transmitted data arranged in the above described format.
First, a digital data signal to be received is selected from those transmitted from the transmitter 1 by the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B (or the remote controller lOR). To be specific, a transmission channel of a desired digital data signal is selec-ted from CATV broadcasting channels by operating channel selection switches lO1 arranged in a ten-key pad on the front panel of the main receiver 10, as shown in Fig. 2. Then, the selected digital da-ta signal is demodulated by the tuner 6c and the demodulated digital data signal is supplied to the main receiver 10.
The digital signal has 4 programs #1 - #4 from which the operator selects a desired one by operating program selection switches 102a - 102d. The main receiver 10 determines the mode in~ormatioQ of th~ s~rvice bit contained in the selected digital ~.2'~i3~
data signal and indicates the mode of the selected program by lighting one of the indicator lamps 103a - 103c. I~ the program is of the audio signal mode (coming under modes 1, ~, 3 in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103a is lit. If the program is of the monaural voice signal mode (coming under mode 4 for programs #3 and #~ in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103b is lit. Further, if the program-is of the data signal mode (coming under mode 4 for programs #1 and #2 or mode 5 for all the programs in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103c is lit.
When the selected program is an audio signal, the audio signal only is extracted from the program and supplied from the main receiver 10 to the terminal lOb connected to a stereo reproducer.
When the selected program is a voice signal, since one program has 4 channels of signals, the operator selects a desired channel by operating ~ voice channel selection switches 104a -104d, whereby only the voice signal of the selected channel is e~tracted and supplied from the main receiver 10 to the terminal lOb.
When the selected channel :Ls a data signal (except for signals reproduced from a CD ROM), since one program possibly has maximum o~ 156 channels dependent on the data transmission speed, the operator selects a desired one by operating the channel selection keys 101. it should be noted in -this case that e.g. a data channel selection switch lOla is also used so as to distinguish the data channel selection from the transmission channel selection. A~ter the above operation, it is determined whether or not the particular selected data channel e~sts, by checking the service bit of the selected data channel as well as whether or not the concerned data channel has a contract password a~d there~or~ can be received by the receiving terminal B by detec-ting the password of the data channel. If the results or ~Z~6~
the t~o determinations are both affirma-tive, a service indicator lamp 10~ is lit to inform the operator that the selected data channel is receivable. Then, onl~ the data signal of the selected channel is extracted and supplied to one of -the terminals 10d - 10f respectively connected to an apparatus such as a computer or the like which needs data.
When the selected program is a signal reproduced from a CD
ROM, only the signal reproduced f~om the CD ROM is extracted and supplied to the terminal 10c connected to the CD ROM decoder.
According to the present embodiment, the main receiver 10 can select the program, and the channel of the digital data signal and supply the selected data to the associated appa~atus, as explained above.
Next, reference is made as to how data to be transmitted is arranged in the format shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 shows a transmitting section which arranges a data signal in the format shown in Fig. 3 and transmits the formatted data signal, and a receiving section which receives the transmitted signal. In Fig. 5, reference numberals 41a, 41b, ...
41z respectively designate terminals which are supplied with digital data signals from the aforementioned data exchanger 2, CD
ROM player 4b and so on appearing in Fig. 1. The digital data signals supplied to the terminals gla, 41b, ... 41z are next supplied to a data block time-division multiplexing section 4e arranged in the data transmitter 4 in Fig. 1. When a digital data signal is supplied to the time-division multiplexing section 4e, if the clock frequency of the supplied digital data signal is not adequate to the formatting, the digital data signal is re-sampled so as to have a frequency adaptable to the data block frequnc~ (11.025 kMz).
The data block time-division multiplexing section 4e time-division multiplex~s digital data signal supplied to the .
- . ,, ~L~76~Z!~i ts~minals ~la, 'lb, ... 41z under control tha system controll~r 3 in resoonse to an input operation effectad on a keyboard 3a. The signals which are ~irst multiplexed are the respective programs ~1 ~ rr4 in the data section, in the format shown in Fig. 3. In other words, a 156-bit data block formed of all program data contained in one multi-frame is multiplexed.
Let it be assumed, for facilitating the explanation of the present embodiment, that one data bloc~ has 8 bits. For illustration, let digital data A be supplied to the terminal 41a at service speed 3fO, digital data B be supplied to the terminal 41b at service speed 4fO and digital data C ba supplied to the terminal 41c at service speed lfo~ as shown in Fig. 1. The data block time-division multiplexing section ~e delivers to its data output terminal 4e' an 8~bit signal formed by time-division multiplexing 3 bits of the data A, 4 bits of the data B and 1 bit of the data C a-t every data block. Each da~a block signal thus multiplexed and delivered to the terminal 4e' is supplied to a synchronizing bit and service bit adding section 4f wherein the aforementioned synchronizing b:Lt and service bit are added to the multiplexed data block under control of the system controller 3. Then, the digital data signal formatted as shown in Fig. 3 is supplied to the modulator 4a from which the signal is delivered to a transmission line (the transmission line in the CATV center A).
The transmitted signal, after being demodulated by a demodulator 61 provided in each o~ the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ..., is supplied to a synchronizing bit detector lOg provided in the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B. In the synchronizing bit detector lOg, the service bit is extracted from the transmitted signal and suppliad to a service bit detector lOh wherein the in~ormation aontained in the service bit is analyzed and than supplied to a controller lOi. I- tha sa-~Jice bit -1~
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contain-d in a ~ransmit~e~ signal and having the aforementioned time-division multiplexed data block as shown in Fig. 6 is analy~ed, the service bit slot information as shown in Fig. 7A is obtained by the analysis carried out by the service bit detector lOh. The slot information is supplied to the controller lOi.
Then, the transmitted signal is supplied from the synchronizing bit detector lOg to a data extractor lOj wherein the required slot data is extracted according to a command from the controller lOi. If the chamlel selection switches 101 on the front panel of the main receiver 10 are operated so as to extract the data B
from a data block as shown in Fig. 7C, a data extracting pattern as shown in Fig. 7B for extracting only the data B is generated by the controller lOi in response to the slot information as shown in Fig. 7A. The data extracting pattern is supplied to the data extractor 10; to thereby obtain the extracted data as shown in Fig. 7D which exclusively has the data B. The extracted data is then supplied to a data output sec-tion 101.
The controller lOi supplies a PLL circuit lOk with an oscillation control signal on the basis of the service bit information of the data B, whereby an oscillating signal is generated by the PLL circuit lOk and supplied to the data output seet~on 101, under control of the controller lOi. To be specific, the service speed of the da-ta B (4fO in this case) is ~irst detected on the basis of the service bi-t information, the PLL circuit lOk is commanded to oscillate an oscillating signal having the fre~uency 4~0, and the data B obtained at the data output section 101 is converted into a signal having the service speed ~0, as shown in Fig. 7E, which is delivered to an output terminal lOm. Then, the output signal is supplied to one o~ the terminals lOd - 10~ in the receiving terminal B which is connec-ted to an apparatus which needs the output signal.
6~3%6 Thus, -tha t me-division multiplexing of data in the rormat shown in Fig. 3 and decoding :Erom the ~ormatted data are carried out as described above~
The relationship between the above data block and the service speed ~0 at which on bit is transmitted per one multi-frame is as follows:
If the transmision rate of data is determined as n~0 (n = 1, 2, 3 ... N), the data block is represented by M bits (M > N) and the transmission cyclic period of data block is represented by K/fo (K is an integer). (For example, M = 156 bits, Fo = 11.025 kHz (multi-frame frequency)).
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to multiplex data in a data block which is arranged in a predetermined format and efficiently to use the data block by time-division multiplexing the data to be transmitted in the format shown in Fig. 3, and separating the multiplexed data.
Therefore, i-t is also possible to transmlt a variety of information with a relatively small transmission capacity. If data to be transmitted is re-sampled at a samplying frequency higher (e.g. lO times higher) than the original bit rate clock frequency be~ore multiplexing t;he same, the data can be transmitted a-t an arbitrary bit rate, that is, the bit rate clock frequency is not li~ited.
In the above described embodimen-t, the bit rate clock frequency is simply determined as nfO (n = 1, 2, 3 ... N).
However, by determining the data transmission rate as 2mfo (2m > N) or Nfo~ the time-division multiplexing of data, and the separation of each da-ta signal from the multiplexed data can be easily effected. For example, if it is assumed that a data block has a len~th o~ 8 bi-ts, the bit rate clock frequenc~ is limited to ~0, ~fO ~n~ ~a Wherl the bit rate clock ~requency is ~fO, every slot or the data block is successively used. When ~rO, 63~6 ev~ry other slot is used, and whsn 2fo~ every fourth slot is used. By thus limiting the bit rate clock frequency, the data bits can be arranged at a constant distance, and data multiplexing and separation of the multiplexed data can be easily carried out by a simple arrangement.
As is clearly understood from the explanation given above, the present invention is advantageous in that a plurality of the digital data can be efficiently time-division multiplexed and transmitted so that a variety O r digital data can be transmitted witn a relatively small transmission capacity.
The above description is of the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it will be apparent that many modifications and variations could be effected by one s~illed in the art, without departing from the spirit or scope of the novel concepts of the invention so that the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims only.
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A DIGITAL SIGNAL TRAN'SMITTING SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Inventlon The present invention relates generally to a digital signal transmitting system, and more particularly to a transmitting system of this kind which is capable of arbitrarily changing the service speed of one block data ,-n~ sLmu:L~ancously transmitting digital data and a service bit indicative of the time slots in which the digital data is delivered Description of the Prior Art .
In the past, a digital data transmitting system for multiplexing digital data in a plurality of channels and :`~
transmitting the multiplexed data in one CATV channel band width has been proposed by the applicant of th prasent invention described in U.S. Patent No. 4,684,981, issued August 4, 1987, entitled ~Digital Terminal Address Transmitting System For CATV".
,~ccording to the above-men~ioned digital signal transmitting system, it is possible to time-division multiplex digital data (or stereo digital audio signals) o~ a plurality of channels in a predetermined format and ~.
to transmit the same to each terminal. x However, this system cannot time-division multiplex ;,~ I,~` ``
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Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new digital signal transmitting ~
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It is another obj~e ~ of the present invention to provide a digital signal transmitting system which can arbitrarily change the service speed of digital data.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a digital signal transmitting system which transmits a service bit signal indicative of data slot informatlon associated with digital data.
In accordance with one example of the invention, a digital signal transmitting system is provided, which includes:
- (a) a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital data signal to be time-division multiplexed;
(b) a digital data multiplexer supplied with a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output signals of the plurality of digital signal reproducers, for producing block data signals including the frame synchronizing signal, the service bit siynal and a plurality of slot data signals arranged with the digital data signals within a multiple-frame, in which the service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data to be transmitted with each of the plurality of digital data signal~; and (c) means for modulating the output of the digital signal mul tiple~er so as to transmit the same through a transmission line.
These and other ob;ects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, throughout which like reference numerals designate like elements and parts.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an illustrative embodiment of a digital signal transmitting system according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a front view showing an example of a receiving terminal according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a frame format used in the digital signal transmitting system according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a service bit used in the digital data transmit-ting system of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a circuit block diagram showing a main portion of digital signal modulator and demodulator sections of the present invention; and Figs~ 6 and 7 are data tables for explaining time-division multiplexing of one block of data and demultiple~ing of the same according to the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Now, an embodiment of a digital data transmitting system according to the present invention will hereinafter be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following, it will be explained that the digital data transmitting sys-tem of the present embodiment is used in a digital multi-media service system (hereinafter slmply called "the DMS system") as shown in Fig. 1.
This DMS system is provided in its CATV center A with a transmltter 1 in which a variety of data signals for computer, digital audio data, and so on delivered thereto are time-division multipl~xed by a method, described hereinafter, and then the multiple~ed digital si~nal is modulated to ~orm a signal in a 76~r~
ba~d width corresponding to one channel portion of a television broadcasting signal to be supplied to a mixer 5. The mixer 5 mixes television broadcasting signals in a plurality of channels with the digital multiplexed signals, by changing a carrier of the digital multiplexed signals, and supplies the mixed signal to a plurality of tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... provided in the CATV center A. A separate one of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... is provided for each, e.g. user who contracts to use the CATV system. Each of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... is informed of a channel to be selected by a selection signal supplied thereto from a receiving terminal B, described hereinafter. In each of the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ....
a signal of the selected channel is demodulated to a demodulated signal of a base band and then, the demodulated signal is supplied to each of a plurality of opto-electric converters (0/E
converters) 7a, 7b~ 7c ... corresponding to the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ... There, the demodulated signal is converted into an optical signal which in turn is supplied to each of a plurality of opto-electric converters 9a, 9b, 9c ... provided in the receiving terminal, of e.g. each family, through each of a plurality of bi-directionally communicable optical fiber cables 8a, 8b, 8c ...
Assuming tha-t the opto-electric converter 9c is provided e.g. in a receiving terminal B in a home, the 0/E converter 9c is connected with a main receiver 10 in the receiving terminal B so that the main receiver 10 is supplied with the electric demodulated signal converted from the optical signal by the O~E
converter 9c. The main receiver 10 has a front panel constructed as shown e.g. in Fig. 2. The main receiver 10 delivers the demodulated signal supplied thereto either directly to a TV
adap-tor lOa or to output terminals lOb ~ lOf respectively connected to a variety of reproducers, described hereinafter.
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A received channel selection can be made by the main receiver lO or a remote controller lOR which transmits a control signal to the main rPceiver 10. A receiving channel selection signal is supplied from the main receiver 10 to the tuner 6c in the CATV
center A through a reverse path, that is, through the opto-electric converter 9c, the optical fiber cable 8c and the opto-electric converter 7c. The tuner 6c demodulates, in response to t~e selection signal, only the signal of a desired channel from signals of a plurality of channels supplied from the mixer 5 and supplies the same to the main receiver 10 in the receiver terminal B.
When the signal supplied is a demodulated signal of a television broadcasting channel, the main receiver 10 supplies the demodulated signal without modi~ication to the T~ adaptor lOa. The TV adaptor lOa in turn adjusts the supplied signal and then supplies the adjusted signal to a TV receiver 13, whereby a television program is displayed on the screen thereof.
On the other hand, when the signal supplied is a demodulated signal of a channel of digital multiplexed signals, the main receiver 10 effects a predetermined signal processing, described hereina~ter, and thereafter supplies the processed signal, that is, a digital audio signal or data signal to one of the terminals lOb - 10~.
The digital multiplexed signal is delivered from the CATV
cent0r A under the control o~ a system controller 3 provided in the transmitter 1. Data delivered to a data exchanger 2, that is, a signal representative o~ a digitized still video image supplied to a terminal 2a, a computer data si~nal sup~lied to a terminal 2b, a data si~nal such as that produ~ed by a computa~
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game software or the like supplied to a terminal 2c, a facsimile data signal supplied to a terminal 2d, or the like, is converted into a signal suitable to be arranged in a format, later referred to, under control of the system controller 3. The converted data signal is supplied to a data transmitter 4. Also supplied to the data transmitter 4 are data reproduced from a CD ROM by a CD ROM
player 4b, a two-channel stereo digital audio signal (a 16-bit signal adapted to a CD standard or the like) from a terminal 4c, and a monaural digital audio signal (a non-linear modulated 8-bit signal) from a terminal ~d. Each of the respective supplied signals is multiplexed by the data transmitter ~, in a ~ormat described hereinafter, in response to an instruction from the system controller 3, as a digital multiple~ed signal and is then modulated by a modulator 4a to a signal in a band width corresponding to one channel portion of television broadcasting signals. In this multiplexing process, mode-associated data and special information are multiplexed. The modulated digital multiplexed signal is supplied to the mixer 5 to generate a CATV
signal by modulating the digital multiplexed signal in a predetermined channel, the CATV signal being transmitted to the tuners 6a, ... in the CATV center A.
When a channel corresponding to the digital multiplexed signal transmitted in the above described manner is selected e.g.
by the tuner 6c in response to the selection signal doliverad from the receiving terminal B, the demodulated signal of this digital multiplexed signal is ~upplied to the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B. When the digital multiplexed signal is supplied to the main receiver 10, e.g. in response to signa].s indicative of tha signal mode and identification information contalned in the di~ital multiplaxed signal, signals indicativa of the mode of the supplied signal and identification information are sup~lied to the terminal 10a so as to displaY, the mode of 7Çi~
-th~ supplied signal and identification information e.g., on the screen of a monitoring aFparatus connected to the terminal 10e.
Then, the operator, following the display on the screen of the monitor, operates the front pane] of the main receiver 10 or the remote controller 10R to select desired data from the digital multiplexed signals and to supply the same to one of the output terminals lOb - lOf, corresponding to the selected data.
To be specific, if e.g. a digital audio signal or digital ~oice signal is selected, the terminal lOb connected to a stereo reproducer is supplied with a digital audio signal or a digital voice signal. If data reproduced from the CD ROM is selected, the terminal lOc connected to a CD ROM data decoder is supplied with -the reproduced data of the CD ROM. If a facsimile data signal is selected, the terminal 10d connected to a fascimile apparatus is supplied with the fascimile data signal. If a signal representative of a still video image is selec-ted, the terminal 10e connected to the monitoring apparatus is supplied with the still video image signal. If a computer data signal is selected, the terminal lOf connected to a personal comp~ter is supplied with the computer data signal.
The DMS system is thus consti-tuted, wherein each apparatus provided in the receiving terminal B is supplied with a television broadcasting signal or a digital data signal from the CATV center A through the optical transmission line.
Reference is next made as to a format of digital data signals supplied ~rom the CATV center A to the receiving terminal B
thro~lgh the above described DMS system.
Fig. 3 roughly shows a format of a digital data signal according to the present embodiment. The format is formed of mul-tiple frames, each of which has a capacity o~ 168 bits of binary coded signals, tha-t is, H (High) or L ~Low). The cyclic period o~ one frame is determine~ as 1/4~.4 kH7, which is 3~16 e~pressed as approximately 22.7,ysec in transmitting sDeed. As shown in Fig. 3, one multi-frame is formed of 4 frames, and one super-frame is ~ormed of 6A multi-frames. Furtner, one multi-super-frame is formed of 5 super-frames. ~herefore, it takes 29 msec to transmit one multi-super-frame. It is assumed that one multi-super-frame is a transmission unit and no mode change is allowed within each multi-super-frame. The mode selection with be explained later in detail.
In each frame, there ara arranged from its head an 8-bit frame synchronizing signal (FS), a 4-bit service bit (SB) and a 156-bit data word. The 156-bit data word is arranged in a manner that 4 different data programs #1 - #4 are time-division multiplexed and transmitted one bit at a time in turn. To be specific, in the 156-bit data word there are allocated from its head the first bit oE the program ~1, the first bit of the program #2, the first bit of the program #3, the first bit of the program #~, the second bit of the program #1, and so on in this order. One frame accomodates 39 bits of each of the respective programs #l - #4. The first frame arranged at the head of one super-frame has a super-frame synchronizing signal (SFS) in place of the frame synchornizing signal.
lt is assumed hereinaf-ter that data to be transmitted in the present embodiment is data for a computer or the like, and 16-bit digital stereo audio signals as an audio signal and 8-bit digital monaural voice signals as a voice signal. Therefore, one channel portion oE the audio signal, which is formed oE 32 bits, i.e. 16 bits for each o~ the right and left channels, can be accomodated in one program of 39 bits, so that one channel portion of the audio signal can be transmitted in one frame. One channel portion o~ -the voice signal is Eormed of 8 bits, so that ~
channel portions thereoE can be accomodated in the 39-blt program and t~ansmitted at one time. ~ da~a signal Eor a computer or the l~k~, that is, a signal processed by the data exchanger 2 in -i~.
1, has a quantity of data transmitted at one time which varies according to the service speed. If fO represents the service speed (11.025 kHz) at which one bit is transmitted per one multi-frame, the service speed can be selected from fO, 2fo~ 4fO, 8~oJ
16fo, 32fo~ 64fo~ 128fo, 256fo, and so on. If fO is selected, 156 channels (kinds) of data can be transmi-tted in one program.
If 156fo is selected, one channel (kind) of data can bc transmitted in one program. In the data transmission, each o the data bits in the multi-frame is designated by a slot number from 1 to 156. A classification of data contained in each slot-numbered data bit is shown as data information of the service bit, described hereinafter.
The content of data thus transmitted is shown by the 4-bit service bit of each frame. The service bit is constructed at every multi-super-frame as a block unit, as shown in Fig. 4. To be specific, Fig. 4 shows the service bi-ts extracted from transmitted signals contained in one multi-super-frame~ One multi-super-frame has a total of 5120 bits of service bits, and therefore one super-frame has 1024 bits of service bits.
Specifically, the service bit shown in Fig. 4 i~ constructed as follows: From the head of each super-rame there are placed a 4-bit multi-super-frame synchronizing signal MSFS, a 12-bit program (PGM) mode signal and 1008-bit data information signal in this order. The super-frame located at the head of each multi-super-frame has the MFS signal, the 4 bits of which are all set at H
level. The 4 bits of the MSFS signal of other super-frames are all set at L level. The 12-bit PRG mode signal is divided by 3 bits into 4 portions which respectively correspond to the channels #l - #4. Each 3-bit portion is used to desi~na-te information corresponding to a program data mode as shown in TcDla 1.
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~ode Bit Pattern _ Program No. _ Mode Information 1 L L L 1 - 4 16-bit Stereo Audio Signal of CD (EmDhasis Off) 2 L ~ H 1 - 4 16 bit Stereo Audio Signal of CD (Em~hasis On) L H L 1 - 4 16-bit digital Audio Sianal (Em~hasis Off) 156 bits/l multi-frame 4 H L L 1 , 2 data signal 3 , 4 8-bit digital monaural Voice Sianal 5 _ H L H 1 - 4 Data Signal of CD ROM
6 H H L 1 - 4 Non Data There are 6 transmission modes Mode 1 - Mode 6 available in the present embodiment. Mode 1 shows that a program is a 16-bit stereo digital audio signal reproduced from a compact disk (CD) without emphasis (emphasis off). Mode 2 shows that a program is a 16-bit stereo digital audio signal reproduced from a CD wi-th emphasis (emphsis on). Mode 3 shows that a program is a digital audio signal converted from an analog signal, equivalent to a digital audio signal reproduced from a CD. Made 5 shows that a program is a data signal read :Erom a CD ROM. Mode 6 shows that there is no data in the concerned program. Moda 4 shows different information according to the program number. When the program #1 or #2 is concerned, it shows that the data transmitted is a data signal of 39 bits per frame (156 slots as a block unit of on~ multi-frame) processed by the data exchanger 2 appearing in Fig. 2. When the program #3 or #4 is concerned, it shows that the data transmitted are 4 channel portions of the 8-bit monaural voice signal.
A slot information portion of 1008 bits is divided into 63 slots (1 slot = 16 bits) at every multi-super-frame. Thus, one multi-super-frame can show 315 slots. However, the last 3 slots (48 bits) are left unused, so that ac-tually 312 slots are shown by one multi-super-rame. ~he former hal of the 312 slots, i.e.
lSô slots correspond to ~;ne slot numbers 1 - 106 o~ da~a bi~s contalned in the program ~l, and the latter 156 slots correspond to the slot numbers l - 156 of data bits contained in the program ~2. The first 8 bits of each slot constitutes address data (slot data) 0 - 255 which indicates to which service the data bit corresponding to each slot belongs. When the address data has a value "0", it means that the corresponding data bit has no signal. The last 8 bits of each slot constitute password data Q - 255 indicative of a password of the data bit corresponding to each slot. Each of the receiving terminals has a password previously de-termined at the time of contrac-t and can exclusively receive data transmitted wi-th its associated password. When the password has a value "0", it means that the data can be received by all of the receiving terminals without restriction.
The format of the signals transmitted from the transmitter 1 is constituted as described above.
Reference is next made as to how the receiving terminal B of the DMS system as shown in Fig. 1 receives transmitted data arranged in the above described format.
First, a digital data signal to be received is selected from those transmitted from the transmitter 1 by the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B (or the remote controller lOR). To be specific, a transmission channel of a desired digital data signal is selec-ted from CATV broadcasting channels by operating channel selection switches lO1 arranged in a ten-key pad on the front panel of the main receiver 10, as shown in Fig. 2. Then, the selected digital da-ta signal is demodulated by the tuner 6c and the demodulated digital data signal is supplied to the main receiver 10.
The digital signal has 4 programs #1 - #4 from which the operator selects a desired one by operating program selection switches 102a - 102d. The main receiver 10 determines the mode in~ormatioQ of th~ s~rvice bit contained in the selected digital ~.2'~i3~
data signal and indicates the mode of the selected program by lighting one of the indicator lamps 103a - 103c. I~ the program is of the audio signal mode (coming under modes 1, ~, 3 in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103a is lit. If the program is of the monaural voice signal mode (coming under mode 4 for programs #3 and #~ in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103b is lit. Further, if the program-is of the data signal mode (coming under mode 4 for programs #1 and #2 or mode 5 for all the programs in Table 1), the indicator lamp 103c is lit.
When the selected program is an audio signal, the audio signal only is extracted from the program and supplied from the main receiver 10 to the terminal lOb connected to a stereo reproducer.
When the selected program is a voice signal, since one program has 4 channels of signals, the operator selects a desired channel by operating ~ voice channel selection switches 104a -104d, whereby only the voice signal of the selected channel is e~tracted and supplied from the main receiver 10 to the terminal lOb.
When the selected channel :Ls a data signal (except for signals reproduced from a CD ROM), since one program possibly has maximum o~ 156 channels dependent on the data transmission speed, the operator selects a desired one by operating the channel selection keys 101. it should be noted in -this case that e.g. a data channel selection switch lOla is also used so as to distinguish the data channel selection from the transmission channel selection. A~ter the above operation, it is determined whether or not the particular selected data channel e~sts, by checking the service bit of the selected data channel as well as whether or not the concerned data channel has a contract password a~d there~or~ can be received by the receiving terminal B by detec-ting the password of the data channel. If the results or ~Z~6~
the t~o determinations are both affirma-tive, a service indicator lamp 10~ is lit to inform the operator that the selected data channel is receivable. Then, onl~ the data signal of the selected channel is extracted and supplied to one of -the terminals 10d - 10f respectively connected to an apparatus such as a computer or the like which needs data.
When the selected program is a signal reproduced from a CD
ROM, only the signal reproduced f~om the CD ROM is extracted and supplied to the terminal 10c connected to the CD ROM decoder.
According to the present embodiment, the main receiver 10 can select the program, and the channel of the digital data signal and supply the selected data to the associated appa~atus, as explained above.
Next, reference is made as to how data to be transmitted is arranged in the format shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 shows a transmitting section which arranges a data signal in the format shown in Fig. 3 and transmits the formatted data signal, and a receiving section which receives the transmitted signal. In Fig. 5, reference numberals 41a, 41b, ...
41z respectively designate terminals which are supplied with digital data signals from the aforementioned data exchanger 2, CD
ROM player 4b and so on appearing in Fig. 1. The digital data signals supplied to the terminals gla, 41b, ... 41z are next supplied to a data block time-division multiplexing section 4e arranged in the data transmitter 4 in Fig. 1. When a digital data signal is supplied to the time-division multiplexing section 4e, if the clock frequency of the supplied digital data signal is not adequate to the formatting, the digital data signal is re-sampled so as to have a frequency adaptable to the data block frequnc~ (11.025 kMz).
The data block time-division multiplexing section 4e time-division multiplex~s digital data signal supplied to the .
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Let it be assumed, for facilitating the explanation of the present embodiment, that one data bloc~ has 8 bits. For illustration, let digital data A be supplied to the terminal 41a at service speed 3fO, digital data B be supplied to the terminal 41b at service speed 4fO and digital data C ba supplied to the terminal 41c at service speed lfo~ as shown in Fig. 1. The data block time-division multiplexing section ~e delivers to its data output terminal 4e' an 8~bit signal formed by time-division multiplexing 3 bits of the data A, 4 bits of the data B and 1 bit of the data C a-t every data block. Each da~a block signal thus multiplexed and delivered to the terminal 4e' is supplied to a synchronizing bit and service bit adding section 4f wherein the aforementioned synchronizing b:Lt and service bit are added to the multiplexed data block under control of the system controller 3. Then, the digital data signal formatted as shown in Fig. 3 is supplied to the modulator 4a from which the signal is delivered to a transmission line (the transmission line in the CATV center A).
The transmitted signal, after being demodulated by a demodulator 61 provided in each o~ the tuners 6a, 6b, 6c ..., is supplied to a synchronizing bit detector lOg provided in the main receiver 10 of the receiving terminal B. In the synchronizing bit detector lOg, the service bit is extracted from the transmitted signal and suppliad to a service bit detector lOh wherein the in~ormation aontained in the service bit is analyzed and than supplied to a controller lOi. I- tha sa-~Jice bit -1~
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contain-d in a ~ransmit~e~ signal and having the aforementioned time-division multiplexed data block as shown in Fig. 6 is analy~ed, the service bit slot information as shown in Fig. 7A is obtained by the analysis carried out by the service bit detector lOh. The slot information is supplied to the controller lOi.
Then, the transmitted signal is supplied from the synchronizing bit detector lOg to a data extractor lOj wherein the required slot data is extracted according to a command from the controller lOi. If the chamlel selection switches 101 on the front panel of the main receiver 10 are operated so as to extract the data B
from a data block as shown in Fig. 7C, a data extracting pattern as shown in Fig. 7B for extracting only the data B is generated by the controller lOi in response to the slot information as shown in Fig. 7A. The data extracting pattern is supplied to the data extractor 10; to thereby obtain the extracted data as shown in Fig. 7D which exclusively has the data B. The extracted data is then supplied to a data output sec-tion 101.
The controller lOi supplies a PLL circuit lOk with an oscillation control signal on the basis of the service bit information of the data B, whereby an oscillating signal is generated by the PLL circuit lOk and supplied to the data output seet~on 101, under control of the controller lOi. To be specific, the service speed of the da-ta B (4fO in this case) is ~irst detected on the basis of the service bi-t information, the PLL circuit lOk is commanded to oscillate an oscillating signal having the fre~uency 4~0, and the data B obtained at the data output section 101 is converted into a signal having the service speed ~0, as shown in Fig. 7E, which is delivered to an output terminal lOm. Then, the output signal is supplied to one o~ the terminals lOd - 10~ in the receiving terminal B which is connec-ted to an apparatus which needs the output signal.
6~3%6 Thus, -tha t me-division multiplexing of data in the rormat shown in Fig. 3 and decoding :Erom the ~ormatted data are carried out as described above~
The relationship between the above data block and the service speed ~0 at which on bit is transmitted per one multi-frame is as follows:
If the transmision rate of data is determined as n~0 (n = 1, 2, 3 ... N), the data block is represented by M bits (M > N) and the transmission cyclic period of data block is represented by K/fo (K is an integer). (For example, M = 156 bits, Fo = 11.025 kHz (multi-frame frequency)).
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to multiplex data in a data block which is arranged in a predetermined format and efficiently to use the data block by time-division multiplexing the data to be transmitted in the format shown in Fig. 3, and separating the multiplexed data.
Therefore, i-t is also possible to transmlt a variety of information with a relatively small transmission capacity. If data to be transmitted is re-sampled at a samplying frequency higher (e.g. lO times higher) than the original bit rate clock frequency be~ore multiplexing t;he same, the data can be transmitted a-t an arbitrary bit rate, that is, the bit rate clock frequency is not li~ited.
In the above described embodimen-t, the bit rate clock frequency is simply determined as nfO (n = 1, 2, 3 ... N).
However, by determining the data transmission rate as 2mfo (2m > N) or Nfo~ the time-division multiplexing of data, and the separation of each da-ta signal from the multiplexed data can be easily effected. For example, if it is assumed that a data block has a len~th o~ 8 bi-ts, the bit rate clock frequenc~ is limited to ~0, ~fO ~n~ ~a Wherl the bit rate clock ~requency is ~fO, every slot or the data block is successively used. When ~rO, 63~6 ev~ry other slot is used, and whsn 2fo~ every fourth slot is used. By thus limiting the bit rate clock frequency, the data bits can be arranged at a constant distance, and data multiplexing and separation of the multiplexed data can be easily carried out by a simple arrangement.
As is clearly understood from the explanation given above, the present invention is advantageous in that a plurality of the digital data can be efficiently time-division multiplexed and transmitted so that a variety O r digital data can be transmitted witn a relatively small transmission capacity.
The above description is of the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it will be apparent that many modifications and variations could be effected by one s~illed in the art, without departing from the spirit or scope of the novel concepts of the invention so that the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims only.
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1. A digital signal transmitting system comprising:
a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital signal to be time-division multiplexed;
a digital data signal multiplexer connected to receive a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output signals of said plurality of digital signal reproducers, for producing a block data signal including said frame synchronizing signal, said service bit signal and a plurality of slot data bits arranged with said digital data signals each one bit within a multiple-frame, in which said service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data being transmitted with each of said plurality of digital data signals; and means for modulating the output of said digital data signal multiplexer so as to transmit the same through a transmission line with plural channel signals;
a plurality of tuners, each being supplied with said channel signals, means for demodulating a selected one channel; and means for transmitting the demodulated multiplexed digital signal through an optical fiber cable to a corresponding receiver terminal, said receiver terminal including:
(a) a frame synchronizing signal detector for detecting the frame synchronizing signal from said block data signal;
(b) a service bit detector for detecting the service bit signals from said block data signal;
(c) a controller supplied with the slot data from the output of said service bit detector and for producing a data exacting pattern in response to said slot data;
and (d) a data extractor supplied with the data extracting pattern so as to produce a predetermined digital data signal.
a plurality of digital signal reproducers, each outputting a digital signal to be time-division multiplexed;
a digital data signal multiplexer connected to receive a frame synchronizing signal, a service bit signal and the output signals of said plurality of digital signal reproducers, for producing a block data signal including said frame synchronizing signal, said service bit signal and a plurality of slot data bits arranged with said digital data signals each one bit within a multiple-frame, in which said service bit signal is indicative of the transmission mode and the slot data being transmitted with each of said plurality of digital data signals; and means for modulating the output of said digital data signal multiplexer so as to transmit the same through a transmission line with plural channel signals;
a plurality of tuners, each being supplied with said channel signals, means for demodulating a selected one channel; and means for transmitting the demodulated multiplexed digital signal through an optical fiber cable to a corresponding receiver terminal, said receiver terminal including:
(a) a frame synchronizing signal detector for detecting the frame synchronizing signal from said block data signal;
(b) a service bit detector for detecting the service bit signals from said block data signal;
(c) a controller supplied with the slot data from the output of said service bit detector and for producing a data exacting pattern in response to said slot data;
and (d) a data extractor supplied with the data extracting pattern so as to produce a predetermined digital data signal.
2. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 1, in which said transmission mode is selected to transmit selected signals from the group including stereo digital audio signals, a combination of digital data with monaural digital audio signals, and all digital data signals.
3. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 2, including means for designating selected signals which are stereo digital audio signals to identify a characteristic thereof.
4. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 1, in which the transmission rate of said block data signal is selected to be n.f0; where n=1,2,3...N,N
is equal to the maximum data slot number in said multiple-frame, and f0 is the frequency of said multiple-frame.
is equal to the maximum data slot number in said multiple-frame, and f0 is the frequency of said multiple-frame.
5. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 1, in which the transmission rate of said block data signal is selected to be 2m.f0; wherein 2m ? N,N is equal to the maximum data slot number in said multiple-frame, and f0 is the frequency of said multiple-frame.
6. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 1, in which said service bit signal of a multi-super-frame, which includes a plurality of super-frames consisting of a plurality of said multiple-frames, comprises a block service bit signal.
7. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 6, in which the slot data to be transmitted with a plurality of programs are multiplexed within said block service bit signal.
8. A digital signal transmitting system according to claim 1, wherein said modulator modulates the multiplexed digital signal from said digital signal multiplexer on a carrier of a CATV channel, and means for mixing said modulated carrier with other modulated CATV
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9. In a digital signal transmitting system comprising a plurality of digital signal reproducers, a digital data signal multiplexer supplied with the output of said digital signal reproducers so as to produce a block data signal including a time-division multiplexed signal thereof with a frame synchronizing signal and a service bit signal indicative of the multiplexed signal arrangement and the respective digital signal speed, modulating means for modulating the output of said digital data signal multiplexer for transmitting the same through a transmission line, and receiving terminals for demodulating the multiplexed digital signal received through said transmission line, said receiving terminals comprising;
a frame synchronizing signal detector for detecting the frame synchronizing signal from said block data signal;
a service bit detector for detecting the service bit signal from said block data signal in cooperation with said frame synchronizing signal;
a controller supplied with the output of said service bit detector for producing a data extracting pattern in response to said service bit signal indicative of the multiplexed signal arrangement and for producing a signal indicative of the speed of the signal to be extracted;
a data extractor supplied with said data extracting pattern for extracting a predetermined digital signal from said multiplexed digital signal;
an oscillator supplied with said speed indicating signal for producing an oscillating signal with a frequency corresponding to the speed indicating signal used for adjusting the bit timing to extract said predetermined digital signal; and a data outputting means for producing an original data signal prior to the multiplexing from the signal supplied from said data extractor and the oscillating signal supplied from said oscillator.
a frame synchronizing signal detector for detecting the frame synchronizing signal from said block data signal;
a service bit detector for detecting the service bit signal from said block data signal in cooperation with said frame synchronizing signal;
a controller supplied with the output of said service bit detector for producing a data extracting pattern in response to said service bit signal indicative of the multiplexed signal arrangement and for producing a signal indicative of the speed of the signal to be extracted;
a data extractor supplied with said data extracting pattern for extracting a predetermined digital signal from said multiplexed digital signal;
an oscillator supplied with said speed indicating signal for producing an oscillating signal with a frequency corresponding to the speed indicating signal used for adjusting the bit timing to extract said predetermined digital signal; and a data outputting means for producing an original data signal prior to the multiplexing from the signal supplied from said data extractor and the oscillating signal supplied from said oscillator.
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