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.