METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PADDING TIME-SLICE BURSTS WITH USEFUL DATA

摘要

Provided are apparatuses and methods for transmitting real-time service data in a digital broadcast network (e.g., DVB-H network), where gaps in the transmission are filled with non-real-time service data. Two types of service data are received as packets to be formed into time-slice bursts. Real-time service data, which typically varies in bit rate (e.g., streaming video), leaves gaps when capacity is reserved for it. These gaps are filled with non-real-time service data (e.g., file download) when forming time-slice bursts.