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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Robert E. Mack, Collegeville, PA (US);
Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, PA (US);
Arthur P. Jost, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Robert E. Mack, Collegeville, PA (US);
Lawrence D. Vince, Lansdale, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing seamless failover to a redundant stream at an edge device is disclosed. A plurality of identical streams are received via a plurality of paths at a plurality of synchronization buffers. Each synchronization buffer receives one of the plurality of identical streams from a corresponding path of the plurality of paths. The plurality of streams are synchronized. A composite stream is generated from the plurality of identical streams according to a packet selection process.