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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Leon J. Stranger, Farmington, UT (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
James A. Michener, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Robert H. Plummer, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard K. Newman, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Leon J. Stranger, Farmington, UT (US);
Hanno Basse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
James A. Michener, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Robert H. Plummer, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard K. Newman, North Hollywood, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adding auxiliary data Dto an output data stream from a statistical multiplexer is disclosed. An auxiliary multiplexer accepts a statistically multiplexed data stream, and substitutes auxiliary data packets for null data packets. The auxiliary multiplexer controls the number of null packets in the statistically multiplexed data stream by controlling the target bandwidth Bof the statistical multiplexer, or by modifying the statistical multiplexer equation to make the auxiliary data stream a participant in the negotiation process of allocating throughput among the data sources.