SIGNAL TRANSMITTER, SIGNAL RECEIVER, AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING-RECEIVING METHOD

摘要

The present invention is used for example digital television broadcasting and provides a good television picture and sound where the signal level is large on the reception side and provides a television picture and sound of a certain degree of quality even in a case where the signal level is small. The signal transmitting apparatus (10) divides the series of input information in accordance with the significance of the content of the data to obtain a plurality of input signals, encodes the input signals with respectively different encoding rates, multiplexes the same at the time slots for transmission, modulates the same by multi-value modulation methods different for every time slot corresponding to the coded signals, and transmits the resultant data via the communication transmission line (20) such as a satellite communication channel to the signal receiving apparatus (30). The signal receiving apparatus (30) demodulates the respective coded signals from the modulated signals received from the communication transmission line (20) by demodulation methods different for every time slot corresponding to the coded signals contained in the received signals, demultiplexes the same, decodes the result, and reproduces the respective input signals.