| CPC H04L 47/32 (2013.01) [H04H 20/18 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04N 21/434 (2013.01); H04W 92/16 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A receiving apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
wirelessly receive a plurality of broadcast packets respectively wirelessly transmitted via a plurality of transmission paths, the received plurality of broadcast packets including a first broadcast packet and a second broadcast packet, the first and second broadcast packets being associated with a same physical layer pipe (PLP), the first broadcast packet containing a first time information indicating a first time at which the first broadcast packet is sent from a first sending point, and the second broadcast packet containing a second time information indicating a second time at which the second broadcast packet is sent from a second sending point, the first broadcast packet being received by the receiving apparatus after the second broadcast packet, wherein the first time information and the second time information are indicative of the same time;
process the first and second packets;
determine a time difference between a time at which the first broadcast packet is processed and a time at which the second broadcast packet is processed; and
compensate the time difference by delaying further processing of the second broadcast packet based on the time difference.
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