Telco Systems, Inc.

Samco Investment Company

Jeffrey A Weiss

Jeffrey T Black

Wing Lam

A method and apparatus for reducing the amount of corrupted data in a system for transmitting encoded data across a network, which system requires sychronization between encoding and decoding nodes, the method and apparatus involving (a) providing an indication of the reliability of the channel between the encoding and decoding nodes; (b) performing automatic resets at the nodes at intervals I; and (c) utilizing the indication of channel reliability to control the interval I. The interval I may be determined, for example, by the error rate on the channel for one or more preceding time interval S, and may be determined at either the encoding or decoding node.

Method and apparatus for providing a variable reset interval in a

A single queue or descriptor ring references several context control blocks, each of which corresponds to a different data path in a communications system. An entry in the descriptor ring references an appropriate context control block and a source packet representing a packet locations prior to processing. The descriptor ring may include a destination packet representing the packet locations after processing. The descriptor ring is particularly suitable for communications between a main processor and a coprocessor.

Context control block for computer communications

A system for transmitting compressed data for multiple channels or contexts from a single node which system reduces memory utilization without significant adverse effect on compression ratio by providing a separate history buffer for each channel, with a single hash table being provided for generating potential match addresses in the history buffer for at least selected ones of the channels. A single chain table may also be provided, the chain table having a single offset address for the corresponding offset addresses in the buffers for the selected channels. Collisions in the common hash table may be reduced by including channel address or the like as an additional input to the hash table, thereby biasing the address outputs therefrom.

Multicontext compression system with shared data structures

A synchronization method and corresponding apparatus for transmitting or storing encrypted data breaks the data into blocks and appends to each block an error detection code which is calculated from the encrypted data block plus a unique sequence number. The sequence number is generated by a local counter and may be the number of bits, bauds, or characters transmitted and received since a previous resynchronization. The error correcting code is transmitted or stored with the encrypted data block, but although the sequence number is appended to the data block for error code calculation purposes, it is not actually transmitted or stored with the encrypted data and error correcting code. When the encrypted data is retrieved or received, the receiving apparatus appends to the received data blocks a sequence number derived from a local counter which is synchronized to the counter at the transmitting or storing apparatus and a new error detecting code is calculated for comparison to the error detecting code received or retrieved with the encrypted data. A mismatch between the error detecting codes indicates a transmission or synchronization error for that block. In either case the data block can be retransmitted.

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Jeffrey A Weiss