Patent 7327669 was granted and assigned to Sony on February, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A radio relay system (1) comprises a wireless camera (11) and a signal receiving relay station (12). The wireless camera (11) wirelessly transmits signals to the signal receiving relay station (12) by using the OFDM modulation method. The wireless camera (11) and the signal receiving relay station (12) perform energy dispersion at the time of transmission-line-coding/decoding a transport stream. The PRBS seed (initial value) to be used for the energy dispersion can be externally modified and the user can arbitrarily select a value for the seed.