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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
May. 30, 1998
Gareth P. O'Loughlin, Ottawa, CA;
Michel J. P. Patoine, Ashton, CA;
J. Morgan Smail, Stittsville, CA;
Alcatel Canada Inc., Kanata, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for packetizing data include processing that begins by determining the bit time occurrence for retrieval of at least one bit of a portion of a data word, which is stored in local memory. Next, the processing determines the status of the data word based on the bit time occurrence for retrieval of the bit. Next, the bit is retrieved from local memory based on the status of the data word. Having retrieved the bit, the status of the data word is updated based on the bit time occurrence of the at least one bit and the data word. Next, the processing applies a data packetizing protocol to the at least one retrieved bit based on the status of the data word to construct a data packet corresponding to the data word.