Patent ID: 9160604
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a receiver to receive, at a first communications device, a first stream of bytes comprising a first packet, the first packet comprising a plurality of bytes, the plurality of bytes comprising a first byte, the first byte being located in a start of packet position of the first packet; and a transmitter to generate realignment information for the first packet based on an alignment restriction that is associated with a data path that is associated with an interface, the transmitter to transmit, from the first communications device, over the data path, a second stream of bytes, the second stream of bytes comprising the first packet and the realignment information, the transmission of the first byte of the first packet over the data path is in accordance with the alignment restriction that is associated with the interface, wherein the realignment information is a value that identifies a difference between a time that the first byte of the first packet would have been transmitted by the first communications device without the alignment restriction that is associated with the interface and a time of transmission of the first byte of the first packet by the first communications device in accordance with the alignment restriction associated with the interface.