A VSB communication system or transmitter for processing supplemental data packets
with MPEG-II data packets includes a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB
transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor includes a Reed-Solomon
coder for coding the supplemental data to be transmitted, a null sequence inserter
for inserting a null sequence to an interleaved supplemental data for generating
a predefined sequence, a header inserter for inserting an MPEG header to the supplemental
data having the null sequence inserted therein, a multiplexer for multiplexing
an MPEG data coded with the supplemental data having the MPEG header added thereto
in a preset multiplexing ratio and units. The output of the multiplexer is provided
to an 8T-VSB transmission system for modulating a data field from the multiplexer
and transmitting the modulated data field to a VSB reception system.