DIGITAL MODULATION AND DIGITAL DEMODULATION

摘要

A digital modulator for receiving a data stream and converting the received data stream into a bit stream, wherein: a multiplexed block is generated by multiplexing dummy data at arbitrary positions within blocks that are sequentially segmented from the data stream; a first Reed-Solomon code is generated by Reed-Solomon coding using the multiplexed blocks as information sections; a plurality of second Reed-Solomon codes are generated by adding a plurality of scrambling Reed-Solomon codes each having data which represent a different scramble method at the same position as that of the dummy data and having an information section and a parity section whose code lengths are equal to each other to the first Reed-Solomon code; and second Reed-Solomon codes having desired characteristic out of the second Reed-Solomon codes are outputted.