Patent ID: 6400727
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
A method for transferring variable rate sampled data to a fixed rate communication channel comprising the steps of:a) providing a fixed rate communications channel, wherein said communication channel transfers a serial flow of data packets at a fixed rate, each data packet has a header and a data stream; b) acquiring at a variable rate a sample of said variable rate sampled data; c) determining at least one data packet in which to place said sample of said variable rate sampled data; d) determining a location within the data stream of the determined data packet in which to place said sample of the variable rate sampled data e) communicating said location of said sample of the variable rate sampled data within said data packets; f) placing said sample of the variable rate sampled data within said location within a data stream of said data packets; g) transmitting within the communication channel said data packets; h) receiving within the communication channel said data packets; i) determining the location of said sample of the variable rate sampled data in the received data packets based on said communicated location; j) extracting the sample of the variable rate sampled data from said location within the data stream of the data packets; and k) continuously repeating said aforementioned steps at each sampling of said variable rate sampled data.