Patent ID: 7295554
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of data communication, comprising: receiving a plurality of encoded data streams at a respective plurality of input ports, wherein said encoded data streams are received at said input ports according to a stream order specifying which encoded data stream is received at which input port, wherein said stream order is used for reordering said encoded data streams from being initially associated with respective ones of a plurality of output ports to being output from different respective ones of the plurality of output ports, wherein the respective ones of the output ports with which the encoded data streams are initially associated are determined using said stream order by identifying only one of the encoded data streams, wherein the respective ones of the output ports from which the encoded data streams are output are associated with corresponding ones of the input ports based on said stream order; multiplexing in parallel, on a word by word basis, respective words of the plurality of encoded data streams to form a new encoded data stream; and multiplexing the new encoded data stream to form a word interleaved serial data stream, such that the properties of the received encoded data streams are substantially preserved in said word interleaved serial data stream.