GAP FILLER APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CYCLIC DELAY DIVERSITY IN A DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND BROADCASTING RELAY NETWORK USING THE SAME

摘要

A gap filler apparatus providing cyclic delay diversity in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) system. In the gap filler apparatus, a receiver receives an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal transmitted as a broadcasting signal. A symbol synchronization unit acquires symbol synchronization of the OFDM signal, detects a guard interval of an OFDM symbol using the symbol synchronization, determines a sample length, by which the OFDM symbol is cyclic-delayed within the guard interval, and cyclic-delays the OFDM signal by the determined sample length. An amplifier amplifies the cyclic-delayed OFDM signal. A transmitter transmits the amplified OFDM signal to a wireless network.