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公开(公告)号：US11729039B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-15
申请号：US17459274
申请日：2021-08-27
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon , Mark A. Aitken , Ebenezer K. Kofi , Louis Herbert Libin
CPC classification number: H04L27/2626 , H04W28/06
Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes selecting a length for an advanced television system committee (ATSC) 3.0 frame for transmission by a single frequency network (SFN) transmitter and aligning the SFN transmitter with a global positioning system (GPS) epoch. The method further includes storing geographical coordinates of the SFN transmitter and a corresponding SFN transmitter identification (TX ID) in a database. The method also includes encoding the SFN TX ID in a non-coherent symbol of a plurality of positioning navigation timing (PNT) symbols comprising a plurality of coherent symbols and the non-coherent symbol with orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology to support positioning. The method further includes prepending the plurality of PNT symbols to the ATSC 3.0 frame to generate a modified ATSC 3.0 frame and transmitting the modified ATSC 3.0 using a SFN transmitter antenna of the SFN transmitter.
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公开(公告)号：US10560756B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-11
申请号：US15809852
申请日：2017-11-10
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor： Mark A. Aitken , Michael J. Simon
IPC: H04N7/025 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/2381 , H04N21/61 , H04H20/42
Abstract: A new television broadcast model called a Broadcast Market Exchange (BMX) eliminates the inefficiency in spectrum usage, providing maximum flexibility in delivering content through either VHF (for fixed location receiving devices) or UHF (optimized for mobile receiving devices) transmission/propagation. In conjunction with the BMX, a wireless communications system architecture is provided to enable a broadcast augmentation channel. The augmentation channel provides supplementation of the Quality of Service (QoS) of a one way User Datagram Protocol (UDP) delivery environment. The augmentation channel may be comprised of one or more physical delivery mechanisms (wired or wireless), but can be effectively unified for increasing QoS and or scalable levels of service (additional essence) to improve the user experience.
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公开(公告)号：US20180098132A1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-05
申请号：US15809852
申请日：2017-11-10
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor： Mark A. Aitken , Michael J. Simon
IPC: H04N21/643 , H04H20/42 , H04N21/61 , H04N21/2381
Abstract: A new television broadcast model called a Broadcast Market Exchange (BMX) eliminates the inefficiency in spectrum usage, providing maximum flexibility in delivering content through either VHF (for fixed location receiving devices) or UHF (optimized for mobile receiving devices) transmission/propagation. In conjunction with the BMX, a wireless communications system architecture is provided to enable a broadcast augmentation channel. The augmentation channel provides supplementation of the Quality of Service (QoS) of a one way User Datagram Protocol (UDP) delivery environment. The augmentation channel may be comprised of one or more physical delivery mechanisms (wired or wireless), but can be effectively unified for increasing QoS and or scalable levels of service (additional essence) to improve the user experience.
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4.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10652849B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-12
申请号：US16036570
申请日：2018-07-16
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon
Abstract: Systems and methods for one-way time transfer using physical layer signaling are disclosed herein. According to some examples, a method includes generating timing information based on a clock of a transmitting device, where the timing information comprises a timestamp and metadata. The method further includes generating a preamble of a frame, where the preamble includes the timestamp and the metadata of the timing information. The method also includes forming a frame, where the frame comprises a bootstrap, the preamble, and a payload, and transmitting the frame to a receiver device. The one-way time transfer systems and methods of this disclosure can serve mobile devices that entail quick and reliable establishment of a clock.
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公开(公告)号：US12225555B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-11
申请号：US17670233
申请日：2022-02-11
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon , Mark A. Aitken , Ebenezer K. Kofi , Louis Herbert Libin
Abstract: A method disclosed includes receiving data from a plurality of data sources in a broadcast core network for transmission over a radio access network (RAN). The method includes assigning radio spectrum resources for transmitting the data over the RAN according to a policy guidance set by a plurality of network operators for sharing the radio spectrum resources and generating a baseband packet corresponding to the data at a distributed unit (DU) in the RAN. The method includes collecting transmission data from a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in the RAN for training a machine learning algorithm and scheduling transmission of the generated baseband packet to a remote unit (RU) over a fronthaul in a radio topology of a plurality of radio topologies under control of the machine learning algorithm according to the policy guidance. The generated baseband packet is compatible for transmission in the plurality of radio technologies.
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公开(公告)号：US10439683B1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-08
申请号：US16007265
申请日：2018-06-13
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor： Frederick M. Baumgartner , Michael J. Simon , William Soreth , Thomas Ian Hoots , Marshall Hans Behrmann , Louis Herbert Libin
Abstract: Systems and methods for relaying in broadcast single-frequency networks are disclosed herein. A single-frequency network can be formed in part using transmitters that receive data via a cooperative relay channel instead of a studio-to-transmitter link. In some embodiments, transmitter may use a portion of its transmission time to relay in-band information to the single-frequency network transmitter using time-division multiplexing.
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7.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20140150014A1
公开(公告)日：2014-05-29
申请号：US14092993
申请日：2013-11-28
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Mark A. Aitken , Michael J. Simon
IPC: H04N21/61 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/488
CPC classification number: H04N21/64322 , H04H20/423 , H04N21/2381 , H04N21/6112
Abstract: A new television broadcast model called a Broadcast Market Exchange (BMX) eliminates the inefficiency in spectrum usage, providing maximum flexibility in delivering content through either VHF (for fixed location receiving devices) or UHF (optimized for mobile receiving devices) transmission/propagation. In conjunction with the BMX, a wireless communications system architecture is provided to enable a broadcast augmentation channel. The augmentation channel provides supplementation of the Quality of Service (QoS) of a one way User Datagram Protocol (UDP) delivery environment. The augmentation channel may be comprised of one or more physical delivery mechanisms (wired or wireless), but can be effectively unified for increasing QoS and or scalable levels of service (additional essence) to improve the user experience.
Abstract translation: 称为广播市场交换（BMX）的新电视广播模式消除了频谱使用的低效率，通过VHF（固定位置接收设备）或UHF（针对移动接收设备进行了优化）传输/传播提供了最大的灵活性。 结合BMX，提供无线通信系统架构以实现广播增加信道。 增强信道提供对单向用户数据报协议（UDP）传送环境的服务质量（QoS）的补充。 增强信道可以由一个或多个物理传递机制（有线或无线）组成，但是可以有效地统一以增加服务质量和/或可扩展级别的服务（附加实质），以改善用户体验。
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公开(公告)号：US11388629B2
公开(公告)日：2022-07-12
申请号：US16697976
申请日：2019-11-27
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon , Mark A. Aitken
Abstract: The ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast standard is extended with new OFDM numerology, L1 signaling and frame structure aligned with 5G. This is done to enable improved broadcast mobility and convergence 5G release 16 as a Non-3GPP access network. The 5G core network and Broadcast core network interwork over defined interfaces to enable convergence layer 3. This enables improvements of broadcast physical layer for physics of broadcast. The 5G unicast physical layer is enhanced for physics of unicast, and then both are converged at layer 3. This is novel and has many benefits compared to the legacy LTE broadcast method (e.g., Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS)), which combines both broadcast and unicast into a single shared LTE frame at layer 1. The eMBMS method is then improved for dominate unicast mode in shared L1 frame. The result is the broadcast performance and efficiency in eMBMS are less than optimal.
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公开(公告)号：US11153056B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-19
申请号：US16577958
申请日：2019-09-20
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon
Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for generating and transmitting one or more band segmented bootstrap signals. For example, a transmitter may be configured to generate a plurality of sequence numbers and apply cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence number. The transmitter is further configured to map each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers, and translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence. Each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers may be shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals next to each other in the frequency domain.
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公开(公告)号：US10652624B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-12
申请号：US15480981
申请日：2017-04-06
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor： Michael J. Simon , Mark A. Aitken
IPC: G06F15/16 , H04N21/643 , H04H60/07 , H04N21/414 , H04N21/2383 , H04N21/438 , H04L12/54 , H04L29/06 , H04L12/801 , H04N21/2381 , H04W28/10
Abstract: A Next Generation Broadcast Platform (NGBP) is disclosed that utilizes 5G software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) technologies. The NGBP is designed to enable a new paradigm for broadcasters, wherein the model of fixed wireless spectrum access granted only to the licensees of the spectrum is replaced by a flexible model in which licensed spectrum is pooled together and allocated dynamically to broadcast licensees as well as outside tenants. The NGBP is implemented using SDN/NFV technology, and includes a broadcast market exchange (BMX) entity that allocates the spectrum between tenants based on service level agreements (SLAs) with those users. The NGBP also includes an internet protocol (IP) core and a broadcast centralized radio access network (BC-RAN) which apply the major network functions to broadcaster content in accordance with the determinations of the BMX. The SDN/NFV implementation offers several distinct advantages over NGBP implemented with dedicated network hardware.
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