Multiple Service Configurations Based on Layered Division Multiplexing

In this paper, we present multiple service configurations based on layered division multiplexing (LDM), which is adopted as a baseline technology of the Advanced Television Systems Committee 3.0 standard. Based on a two-layer LDM technology, a variety of multiple-physical layer pipe (PLP) configurations as well as physical layer framing is introduced depending on the choices of service scenario, time interleaving, and cell addressing. A performance analysis is provided when three different broadcasting services—robust audio, indoor/mobile, and high data rate services—are delivered through different PLPs when a number of broadcasting service scenarios is presented.