Patent ID: 9048965
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamically multiplexing data onto a repeating sequence of multiplexed channels on data output, the method comprising, for each of a series of repeating timeslots, a set of steps including: receiving a set of input signals on a set of data inputs; forming a selector to identify one of the data inputs; and connecting to the data output the data input that is identified for the timeslot, wherein forming the selector is done dynamically based at least in part on a status indicator of at least one of the data inputs, with said indicator expressing whether the given data input associated with said indicator is to be selected for the current timeslot, wherein the method involves a control process by which, for any single timeslot, at most one indicator expresses that its associated data input is to be selected, wherein the selector furthermore is formed by choosing a selector from two or more alternative selectors, said alternative selectors identifying their respective alternative inputs from the set of data inputs, and wherein a selection logic is configured to, based at least in part on a comparison between a status of the alternative inputs and a predefined input selection criteria, choose an alternative selector that identifies for selection one of the alternative inputs whose status matches or best matches the predefined selection criteria.