Patent ID: 6377645
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
A method of controlling a communications channel comprising:monitoring a communications exchange across the communications channel, the communications channel providing a connection between a transmitter and a receiver, the communications exchange including a plurality of bits; storing the plurality of bits in a buffer; constructing a plurality of data pipelines from a portion of the plurality of bits; detecting a current match between a frame code and a particular one data pipeline of the plurality of data pipelines; and comparing the currently matching pipeline with a prior matching data pipeline, and (a) if a match occurs, outputting the portion of the plurality of bits, otherwise (b) if no match occurs, then (i) generating a slip signal as a function of the currently matching pipeline, (ii) providing the slip signal to the transmitter, (iii) centering the plurality of data pipelines around the currently matching pipeline, and (iv) adjusting a rate of the communications exchange as a function of the slip signal.