Patent ID: 8526458
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A framer for a communication system, comprising: a selector configured to receive a data stream comprising data units, one or more channel identifiers, and channel state information, the channel state information including one or more format indicators and one or more sample size indicators, the selector being configured to manage allocation and deallocation of the data stream, each of the data units being associated with one of the one or more channel identifiers and one of the one or more format indicators, the one or more format indicators being based on variable bandwidths of a data stream; a channel state memory block configured to store the channel state information of the data stream; a frame timer configured to provide frame state information; a frame builder communicatively coupled to the channel state memory block and the frame timer, the frame builder configured to receive the one or more format indicators and the one or more sample size indicators, to receive the frame state information, to receive at least some of data units of the data stream, and to build a self-describing superframe based on the one or more format indicators, the one or more sample size indicators, the frame state information, and the at least some of data units, wherein the superframe comprises a plurality of frames, and wherein a channel identifier, a format indicator, and a sample size indicator for a respective channel occupies a plurality of frames rather than one single frame of the superframe; and a data block communicatively coupled to the selector and to the frame builder, the data block being configured to receive and store first one of the data units if the channel identifier associated with the first one of the data units is allocated to the superframe and not to receive second one of the data units if the channel identifier associated with the second one of the data units is deallocated from the superframe.