Patent ID: 8582707
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a serial data stream, the serial data stream including a plurality of data bits; determining that the serial data stream has a first data rate; determining that a reference clock has a first frequency, wherein the reference clock is to be used to sample the serial data stream; accessing a look-up table, wherein the look-up table stores, for each of a plurality of data rates and for each of a plurality of frequencies, a corresponding counter pattern, such that a plurality of counter patterns is stored in the look-up table; identifying a first counter pattern of the plurality of counter patterns in the look-up table such that the first counter pattern of the plurality of counter patterns corresponds to (i) the first data rate of the serial data stream and (ii) the first frequency of the reference clock; and based on the first counter pattern, sampling the serial data stream using the reference clock, to read the plurality of data bits included in the data stream.