Multiplexing and demultiplexing data

Abstract

A method of demultiplexing data, the method comprising: during each of a series of time-units, receiving multiplexed data, wherein the multiplexed data comprises, for each of a plurality of channels, a corresponding quantity of channel data of a corresponding data size; and during each of the series of time-units, for each of the plurality of channels, storing the corresponding quantity of channel data received during that time-unit in a contiguous region of a memory associated with that channel; wherein each of the plurality of channels has a corresponding time-unit-number such that, for each of the plurality of channels, the channel data stored in the corresponding region of the memory for that channel is to be processed after a number of time units equal to the time-unit-number for that channel has passed since channel data for that channel was last processed; characterized in that the method comprises: determining the locations of the regions of the memory based on the data sizes and the time-unit-numbers corresponding to one or more channels from the plurality of channels such that the step of storing will not store channel data at a location in the memory that is currently storing channel data that has not yet been processed.