Patent ID: 7225354
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of aligning transmitted data by adjusting transmission timing for a plurality of lanes, the lanes being respectively connected to a plurality of elastic buffers, the method comprising: determining if an elastic buffer corresponding to the lane adjusts the number of SKP symbols within an ordered set having the COM symbol when a COM symbol is detected on a lane; resetting a count value corresponding to the lane to a first initial value if said elastic buffer corresponding to the lane adds an SKP symbol to the ordered set having said COM symbol; resetting said count value corresponding to the lane to a second initial value if said elastic buffer corresponding to the lane deletes said SKP symbol from the ordered set having said COM symbol; resetting said count value corresponding to the lane to a third initial value if said elastic buffer corresponding to the lane does not adjust the number of SKP symbols within the ordered set having said COM symbol; increasing said count value corresponding to the lane by an increment value when a COM symbol is not detected on the lane; and aligning the transmitted data by adjusting transmission timing for the plurality of lanes according to a plurality of count values receptively corresponding to the lanes if a COM symbol is not detected on the lanes within a predetermined period of time.