Patent ID: 7706417
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a plurality of output data streams using a data protocol, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of data streams comprising frames of data to be processed by a data transceiver at a plurality of channels, each frame of a data stream of said plurality of data streams having a plurality of words; transforming said plurality of data streams to generate a single input data stream comprising a periodic sequence of data words, wherein said periodic sequence of data words comprises a predetermined sequence of consecutive data words having a data word of each data stream of said plurality of data streams; coupling said single input data stream to an input of a data control circuit of said data transceiver using a queuing element for storing words of said single input data stream, wherein said data control circuit comprises a combinatorial resource for implementing said data protocol; sequentially processing said data words of said single input data stream by said data control circuit, wherein said data control circuit implements said data protocol for each word of said single input data stream generated at an output of said queuing element and stores data processed by said data control circuit in a plurality of registers coupled in series and corresponding to said plurality of data streams; generating an output data stream at an output of said data control circuit; and demultiplexing data of said output data stream generated by said data control circuit to generate said plurality of output data streams at an output of said data transceiver according to said data protocol.