APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST SERVICE FOR HYBRID SERVICE USING BROADCAST AND COMMUNICATION CONVERGENCE NETWORKS

摘要

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing a broadcast service. The apparatus for providing a broadcast service includes a segment and metadata creation unit for creating a media segment file and profile information for a broadcast streaming service, a transfer processing unit for performing packetization and configuring a transport session in order to transfer audio/video and data objects, which correspond to the media segment file, and a broadcast transmission unit for formatting a media stream, received from the transfer processing unit, according to a broadcast signal format by multiplexing the media stream based on a layer, for creating a broadcast transmission frame that includes signaling information, and for transmitting the broadcast transmission frame via a broadcast network.