Patent ID: 8699523
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: multiplexing, by a first device, a plurality of serial streams of information in a predetermined regularly repeating order, with each of the plurality of serial streams of information encoded via a particular protocol, with said multiplexing including inducing at one or more predetermined intervals one or more protocol violations into one or more of the plurality of serial streams of information to mark one or more reference positions within the predetermined regularly repeating order of said multiplexed plurality of serial streams of information; receiving, by a second device, said multiplexed plurality of serial streams of information; detecting, by the second device, at least one of said induced protocol violations to identify at least one of said one or more references positions within the predetermined regularly repeating order of said multiplexed plurality of serial streams of information; and demultiplexing, by the second device, said multiplexed plurality of serial streams of information communicated to the second device using said identified at least one of said one or more references positions within the predetermined regularly repeating order of said multiplexed plurality of serial streams of information to identify which of said multiplexed plurality of serial streams corresponds to which of the plurality of serial streams of information.