Patent ID: 7295571
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communication device comprising first and second communication ports, the device to process a first sequence of channel symbols associated with the first communication port and a second sequence of channel symbols associated with the second communication port: a memory to store a first data object comprising a data portion associated with the first sequence of channel symbols and a parameter portion associated with configuring processing circuitry, and to store a second data object comprising a data portion associated with the second sequence of channel symbols and a parameter portion associated with computations performed by the processing circuitry; a first functional unit to process the data portion associated with the first sequence of channel symbols in accordance with the parameter portion of the first data object; and a second functional unit to process the data portion associated with the second sequence of channel symbols in accordance with the parameter portion of the second data object, wherein the first and second functional units form pipeline processing stages.