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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2000
Peter H. Lawrence, Smyrna, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Alanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for combining a plurality of 8B/10B encoded DVB-ASI input streams into an aggregate output data stream allows a receiving device to synchronize to the aggregate output data stream by mapping a synchronization character to a unique character if the synchronization character occurs in a first timeslot of the aggregate output data stream. This unique character allows a receiving device to synchronize to the aggregate output data stream. If the synchronization character occurs in a timeslot other than the first timeslot, the synchronization character is mapped to another special character that denotes that no data is present in the timeslot. In addition, if the synchronization character occurs in a timeslot after the last timeslot in which data may be placed in the aggregate output data stream, the synchronization character can be mapped to yet another special character denoting that no data is available in the timeslot.
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