Patent ID: 6665292
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G06F,H03J,H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
A hub station in a communication system comprising:a MAC to DVB converter having an input port configured to be coupled to an internet interface and an output port configured to produce a standard DVB data frame by accepting a MAC data frame received from the input port and packetizing data within the MAC data frame into at least one DVB data frame, wherein the MAC data is packetized within DVB frames such that fragment headers occur at variable locations within the DVB frames, and wherein a value is stored within the DVB frame which indicates location of the fragment header within the DVB frame; and a DVB transmitter having an input port coupled to the output port of the MAC to DVB converter and configured to accept the at least one standard DVB data frame and having an output port configured to transmit the DVB data frames over a wireless communication link.