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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Hiroshi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Iwamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Tahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
James Hedley Wilkinson, Basingstoke, GB;
Hiroshi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Iwamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Tahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
James Hedley Wilkinson, Basingstoke, GB;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Basingstoke, GB;
Abstract
Data indicative of a transfer mode of a transmission packet may be inserted into a payload portion contained in a serial digital transfer interface (SDTI) transmission packet. Also, data indicative of a timing mode of the transmission packet may be inserted into this payload portion. As the transfer mode, there may be provided a synchronous transfer mode and an isochronous transfer mode in addition to an asynchronous transfer mode. A timing mode may prescribe a timing mode in which a transmission packet may be transferred in synchronism with a field of a transmission frame. There may be provided a normal mode using a first field, an advanced mode using a second field and a dual mode using both fields. Depending upon the manner in which the timing mode is set, a system delay between the transmission and the reception can be minimized.