Patent ID: 6041345
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
In a computer system operable for connecting to a transport medium, a method of encapsulating multiple streams of data into an aggregated data stream to be transmitted on the transport medium comprising:determining a packet size for the transport medium;storing, on a storage device, at least one packet containing information about the aggregated data stream to form a header section in a logical structure that defines the aggregated data stream;storing, on the storage device, packets containing samples of data from the multiple data streams to form a data section in the logical structure;designating a portion of at least one packet in the data section for holding error correcting data; andstoring, on the storage device, error correcting data in the designated portion of the at least one packet in the data section, wherein the error correcting data identifies a corresponding error correcting method for each of the encapsulated data streams, and further wherein the aggregated data stream is stored on the storage device prior to receiving a request for transmission of the aggregated data stream on the transport medium from a destination computer.