Patent ID: 7987411
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A method of writing data to a multi-protocol encapsulation (MPE) buffer, the method comprising: receiving an MPE section that includes address information and internet protocol (IP) data; reading a flag from a location of an erasure table that references the address, wherein the flag is one of a first value and a second value, the first value indicating an absence of an error in address information of a MPE section and the second value indicating a presence of an error in address information of a MPE section; and writing the IP data of the received MPE section to a location of a MPE buffer referring to the address information of the received MPE section when the read flag is set to the first value and prevent writing the IP data of the received MPE section to the MPE buffer when the read flag is set to the second value.