A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL BEING TRANSMITTED IN THE TIME SLICING MODE IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF BURSTS

A method and device of transmitting and receiving a signal corresponding to a service from among a plurality of services, said signal being transmitted in the time slicing mode in the form of a plurality of bursts, the transmission method comprising the steps of storing a time table in each given burst to be transmitted among said plurality of bursts, said time table including a set of duration values from the start of said given burst to the start of its following successive bursts corresponding to said plurality of services and a set of packet identifiers (PID) linking said following successive bursts to said set of duration values, and the method of receiving said signal by a receiver, which receiver may be switched off during non-selected services being transmitted in the zapping mode by obtaining the start time of the selected service from the transmitted time table stored in each burst corresponding to each service. By this method, the power consumption of the receiver can be saved in the zapping mode.