The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Somnath Paul, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gopal K. Garg, Fremont, CA (US);
Somnath Paul, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gopal K. Garg, Fremont, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing byte rate adaptation. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention describe a method for deleting bytes when performing byte rate adaptation. The method begins by receiving data at a first rate. The data comprises valid data and deletable data. The data also comprises a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle comprises a word length of W bytes. The method continues by compressing the plurality of cycles into a compressed cycle by deleting redundant deletable bytes. The compressed cycle comprises at least one valid data byte. Thereafter, the method substitutes remaining deletable bytes in the first compressed cycle with a uniform character, and sends the compressed cycle to a FIFO buffer for further transmission.