Patent ID: 6430201
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H04J,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
A method of transporting a plurality of encoded data signals over a communications link having a data-carrying capacity less than the sum of the respective signaling rates of the encoded data signals, comprising:at a transmitter coupled to the link, (i) decoding the encoded data signals to generate a corresponding plurality of non-encoded data signals, the sum of the respective signaling rates of the non-encoded data signals being no more than the data-carrying capacity of the link, (ii) multiplexing the non-encoded data signals together to form a multiplexed data signal, and (iii) transmitting the multiplexed data signal over the communications link; and at a receiver coupled to the link, (i) receiving the multiplexed data signal transmitted by the transmitter, (ii) de-multiplexing the received signal to obtain the non-encoded data signals, and (iii) re-encoding each de-multiplexed data signal to re-create the encoded data signals.