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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2003
Applicants:

Tim Addy, Winchester, GB;

Markku Vainikka, Kiviniemi, FI;

Timo Viero, Espoo, FI;

William Brockington, Paignton, GB;

Markku Vähätaini, Maksniemi, FI;

Inventors:

Tim Addy, Winchester, GB;

Markku Vainikka, Kiviniemi, FI;

Timo Viero, Espoo, FI;

William Brockington, Paignton, GB;

Markku Vähätaini, Maksniemi, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus of transmitting data at a line rate to a bus operating at a bus rate includes transmitting the data in a packet format having a plurality of frames each having a plurality of time slots. Each time slot has successive message groups, and each message group includes a plurality of data messages containing the data and an idle code containing none of the data. A number of idle codes in each frame is selected such that the bus rate matches the line rate. Various communication buses, and methods of synchronizing data are implemented.


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