Patent ID: 8031695
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a first field based on a first portion of a packet; scrambling the first portion of the packet; combining the first field with the scrambled first packet portion, wherein the first field is unscrambled; adjusting a rate of providing the first portion of the packet based on a first byte-stuffing prediction, wherein the first byte-stuffing prediction is to be determined based on a number of bytes that are to be added for each frame to be transmitted; removing frame delineation characters from a frame; transforming stuffed characters in the frame; descrambling a second portion of the frame except for at least one unscrambled field; checking the integrity of the frame based on the at least one unscrambled field; and adjusting a rate of providing a second portion of the packet based on a second byte-stuffing prediction, wherein the second byte-stuffing prediction is to be determined based on a number of bytes that are to be added for each frame to be transmitted.