US 12,034,985 B2
Method and apparatus for ATSC transmission station with satellite fronthaul
Marcel Guajardo, Englewood, CO (US); and Jeffery Romaniuk, Castle Rock, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,375.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291939 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/234309 (2013.01) [H04N 21/6143 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for execution by an Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) transmitter comprising:
directly receiving, by the ATSC transmitter, a request to retransmit a currently broadcasting audio video program, wherein the request is from an ATSC broadcaster and is in response to a signal level of a primary ATSC broadcast of the audio video program in a location proximate to the ATSC transmitter, wherein the ATSC transmitter is a micro ATSC transmitter;
transcoding, responsively to the request and by the ATSC transmitter, a satellite broadcast signal to generate an ATSC broadcast signal including the audio video program; and
transmitting, by the ATSC transmitter, the generated ATSC broadcast signal through an ATSC transmission tower.