Patent ID: 6590903
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for the transmission of an asynchronous data stream, containing useful data intended to be transmitted, via a synchronous data bus which is arranged to transmit data frames in time multiplex, characterized in that the asynchronous data stream is converted into a synchronous, continuous data stream by means of a converter circuit, that within the data frames a number of predetermined storage locations is provided for the useful data of the asynchronous data stream, that a variable number of useful data can be assigned to the individual data frames by means of the converter circuit and in dependence on the speed of the asynchronous data stream, and that protocol data is assigned to the individual data frames, via the converter circuit, each time in a predetermined position within the data frames, which protocol data contains information as regards the number of useful data contained in the relevant data frame, and that bypass data of higher priority of the asynchronous data stream can be inserted into the synchronous data stream with temporal priority by way of a bypass register of the converter circuit.