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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Raymond P Voith, Austin, TX (US);
Sujit Sudhaman, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
In an ADSL transmitter (62), data is flamed and split between a fast path and an interleave path by multiplexer (66). Data is forward error correction encoded in FEC encoder (70). Data on the interleave path is interleaved by interleaver (72) if an interleave depth (D) is >2. During interleaving, at least one additional read operation is performed, after a series of consecutive write and read operations. The additional read operation permits interleaving to continue without waiting for a next frame of data to arrive at the interleaver. An equal number of additional write operations compensates for the additional reads at a later point. Use of an interleaving memory can also be avoided by turning off or disabling the interleaver, while still permitting data to be sent along the interleave path. Transmit path controller (74) senses if D=1, and if so disables the interleaver and avoids the need for interleaver memory (64).