Patent ID: 7254644
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication method that is executed by a transmission unit and a reception unit, comprising: packetizing one or more items of sporadically input data to accompany timing information representing respective input timings of the one or more items of sporadically input data, said timing information being in the form of a plurality of bits, wherein: for each periodically-produced bit, a bit value equal to the first binary value represents a timing at which one of said items of sporadically input data is inputted to the transmission unit, and a bit value equal to the second binary value represents a timing at which no data is inputted to the transmission unit; transmitting the packetized data along with the timing information from the transmission unit; receiving the packetized data along with the timing information by the reception unit; and outputting the packetized data as output data at timings based on the timing information from the reception unit, wherein, for each bit of the received timing information, when the bit value is equal to the first binary value, a corresponding item of the packetized data is outputted by the reception unit, and when the bit value is equal to the second binary value, no data is outputted by the reception unit, such that respective timings of the output data correspond to said respective input timings of the sporadically input data.