Patent ID: 8588245
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A frame generation device for generating frames in a communication system comprising: a MAC control unit operating at a first clock speed for sending a configuration message having at least one header field of data for transmission in a frame to a plurality of queues; a MAC framer unit operating at a second clock speed higher than said first clock speed for receiving said at least one header field of data in a dedicated queue, and for generating frames for transmission, wherein said framer unit selects a header field of data from said dedicated queue and uses said selected header field of data to construct one portion of a frame for transmission with another portion containing a payload; and a communication interface for providing exchange of messages between said MAC control unit and MAC framer unit and permit transmission of said at least one header field of data to said MAC framer unit; wherein said MAC framer unit is further comprised of a plurality of queues, each queue comprising a plurality of entries for holding data fields, said framer unit storing the at least one header field of data in at least one of the plurality of entries of the plurality of queues and wherein at least one queue comprises empty data fields to cause delay in generating said frame.