Patent ID: 9026680
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of implementing a source packet bridge on a network of nodes, the source packet bridge having a node with a first port, the first port having a first time base, a second port, the second port having a second time base, and an internal interface between the first port and the second port, where the first port is connected to a first link and the second port is connected to a second link, the first link associated with the first time base, the second link associated with the second time base, where the first time base and second time bases are different; the method comprising: extracting a first set of data blocks received from the first link via the first port according to the first time base; storing the first set of data blocks within an internal FIFO (first in first out); transmitting a second set of data blocks to the second link over the second port according to the second time base, the second set of data blocks comprising one or more data blocks retrieved from the internal FIFO; and compensating for the difference between the first time base and the second time base by inserting one or more empty data blocks; where at least one or more of the first or second set of data blocks are further encapsulated in packets; where each packet exceeds a minimum number of data blocks per isochronous period.