A VSB communication system comprises a VSB transmission system and a VSB
reception system. The VSB transmission system multiplexes a coded MPEG
data and a coded supplemental data having a null sequence inserted
therein, with required multiplexing information included in a field
synchronization signal or in a supplemental data according to a number of
the supplemental data packets being transmitted. The VSB reception system
detects the required multiplexing information from the field
synchronization signal or the supplemental data and decodes the
multiplexed data by using the null sequence and the detected multiplexing
information, as well as demultiplexes the multiplexed data into the MPEG
data and the supplemental data.