Patent Publication Number: US-6658026-B1

Title: Method in connection with serial data transfer to recognize a fixed pattern

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a method in connection with serial data transfer to recognize a fixed synchronization bit pattern. 
     Although the present invention has been developed in connection with the V.110 protocol, it is to be understood that the general principle of the invention can also find its application in connection with similar systems. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     For serial data transfer with rate adaption a commonly used protocol is the V.110. When developing equipment for this protocol one will be faced to the problem of how to recognize the V.110 frame synchronization pattern. One can choose to solve it either in hardware, software or by a combination of both hardware and software. Often the hardware solution is preferred because the software alternative is considered to take too much of the CPU-capacity. However, with the present algorithm the sync-detection is quite easy to handle in software. Compared to the rest of the V.110 processing that usually is done in software, this extra load is very small. 
     Before the present method or algorithm is described, reference should be made to FIG. 1 illustrating how the 80 bits V.110 frame appears. Octet zero contains all binary 0, whilst octet  5  consist of binary 1 followed by seven E bits. Octets  1 - 4  and  6 - 9  contain a binary 1 in bit number one, a status bit (S- or X-bit) in bit number  8  and six data bits (D-bits) in bit positions  2 - 7 . The order of bit transmission is from left to right and top to bottom. 
     The 17 frame synchronization bits (*) consist of all eight bits set to binary 0 in octet zero and a binary 1 in bit position  1  in the following nine octets. Through this document special attention should be focused on these synchronization bits (*) 
     At a first glimpse the finding of the synchronization pattern may be considered as quite easy. This would, it is true, obviously be easy if the ten octets always arrive byte-aligned in the computer memory in question. But here is where the problem starts. 
     When the serial bit stream “ticks” into the receive-buffer in the computer memory, one has no guarantee that the octets in the frame fall into corresponding byte-addressable locations. 
     FIG. 2 illustrates how odd the serial bit stream may arrive in a byte-addressable computer memory store. Consequently, the V.110 frame octets included in the bit stream appearing in FIG. 2 will not necessarily be byte-aligned as compared with FIG.  1 . Hence, each octet may be split between or partly cover two consecutive addresses as regards byte-alignment. 
     PRIOR ART 
     From U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,883 (Blanc) there is known a method and an apparatus for recognition of a framing pattern distributed in a serial bit stream. The framing pattern comprises M single bits distributed at intervals of a fixed number, N of bits, as measured from the start of one framing bit to the start of the next, in an incoming serial bit stream. The prior art system makes a computation following each reception of an arbitrary group of N incoming data, and will after a minimum number of computation steps to distinguish between a ‘look alike’ framing pattern and a ‘true’ framing pattern, point out with no ambiguity the very position of the ‘true’ pattern within the bit stream, thus allowing synchronization over that stream. 
     This prior art describes a method for synchronizing in relation to a bit pattern, wherein each individual bit in the pattern is distributed with randomly arranged user data therebetween. 
     However, this prior art technique is silent about finding a bit pattern which is not “bit-distributed”, and would consequently not be able to use for the recognition of such bit patterns. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,738 (Dell&#39;Oro et al.) discloses a process and a monolithically integrated device for speed adaption for integrated services digital networks (ISDN), which process relates to synchronizing and decomposing asynchronous data frames of different lengths of a serial bit stream structured in octet-rows of bits containing frame synchronization bits and data bits, for rate adaption of synchronous and asynchronous terminals of said ISDN during data reception from said network. 
     EP 0 727 886-A2 (Anderson/Wandel &amp; Golterman Technologies Inc.) discloses a method related to digital data sequence pattern filtering, which method is octet/byte oriented. In practice this will involve that the method is operated on a byte stream, and that a byte alignement can be assumed. 
     However, this prior art does not give any instructions about a method related to a bit stream, let alone any solution to the problem enfaced with not being byte aligned in relation to the bit pattern to be recognized. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,412,754 (Newley et al.) relates to a pattern recognizing system, comprising a transmitter and receiver for transmitting and receiving a serial stream of bits that includes data bits and a predetermined bit pattern, the system being adapted for recognizing said bit pattern. The system checks each received bit and compares this with the state value of previous bits until the predetermined bit pattern is recognized. This system is a slow system since it requires a comparison or checking operation for each received bit. In other words, this system is silent about conducting a comparison or checking operation only for each 8th received bit. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,412,610 (Suzuki) relates to a serial data transfer device, wherein serial data are transfered to/from an FIFO buffer. However, there is no information in this publication concerning how a special bit pattern can be recognized in such a buffer, for example data which have been received from a serial communication link. 
     In conclusion, none of the cited references give any instructions regarding how to recognize a synchronization pattern in a frame according to V.110 protocol, let alone that this recognition can be effected by a fast search algorithm for such V.110 synchronization pattern. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main object of the present invention is to provide a fast search algorithm for V.110 synchronization pattern. 
     It is also an object of the invention to provide a fast search algorithm for a FAX application in which the aim is to recognize eleven zeros (0) followed by a single one (1) in a bit stream (known as EOL, i.e. End-Of-Line). 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an appropriate CheckBitMaskTable to be used in connection with such a fast search algorithm. 
     A further object of the present invention is to provide an algorithm in which two arbitrary bit groups or bytes are compared with each other and the result thereof compared with further criteria given by the V.110 frame. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide an algorithm which is easy to handle in software, and which represents only a very small load compared with the related processing in software. 
     Yet another object of the invention is to provide an algorithm for finding a bit pattern which is not bit distributed. 
     A still further object of the invention is to provide an algorithm conducting a comparison or checking operation only for each 8th received bit in a bit stream and thereby increasing the speed at which the algorithm can operate. 
     BRIEF DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     The above objects are achieved in connection with a method as stated in the preamble, which according to the invention is characterized by examining two successive elements, by performing a binary AND operation between the first element and a check element made up from the second element, then examining if the binary AND operation is zero for thereafter establishing whether said first element and second element qualify as candidates for the synchronization pattern, and further verifying said candidates by checking further criteria given by the frame in question. 
     Further features and advantages given by the present invention will appear from the following description taken in conjunction with the enclosed drawings and appendices, as well as from the enclosed patent claims. 
    
    
     BRIEF DISCLOSURE OF THE DRAWINGS AND APPENDICES 
     FIG. 1 shows the layout of a 80 bits CCITT V.110 frame. Note the bit numbering scheme used as compared to FIG.  2 . When referring octets in V.110 frames the bits are normally numbered  1  through  8  from left to right. The bits in a byte are numbered  0  through  7  starting from right to left as in FIG.  2 . The asterisks (*) mark out the frame synchronization bits. 
     FIG. 2 is a table illustrating the arbitrary serial bit stream as it may have been received into a buffer in a computers memory. Note the asterisks (*) and how odd the octets are aligned with respects to the byte addressable buffer. 
     Appendix A illustrates an embodiment of a CheckBitMask table, which can be used to generate the check value used in connection with the method according to the invention. An entry in the table is a CheckBitMask. 
     Appendix B is a print out of a computer program which can be used for realizing the method according to the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION 
     As explained previously in connection with FIG. 1, a V.110 frame synchronization pattern appears as 80 bits, one frame always starting with 8 zero ( 0 ) bits followed by a one ( 1 ) bit. As illustrated in FIG. 2 the serial bit stream may have a sequential but arbitrary position in the byte-addressable locations, and an embodiment of the present method will be explained in connection with such an arbitrary location in a buffer/array. 
     While still referring to FIG. 2 the following assumptions should be observed. 
     The received bit stream is stored in a byte-addressable buffer/array. 
     The bytes in the buffer are filled from left to right when the bits are ticking in from the serial line, it here being assumed that the most significant bits (MSB) are received first. However, the least significant bits (LSB) can be used as well, but the check byte (explained later) would then have to be mirrored. 
     When the above assumptions are fulfilled, an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the following steps for each received byte to be examined: 
     1. Check the byte in question by doing a binary AND operation between the examined byte (in Appendix B program listing “current byte”) and a special check byte. The check byte (retrieved from the CheckBitMask table) is to have the same number of leading zero bits as there are leading zero bits in the byte that follows the byte in question (in Appendix B program listing, “next byte”. The rest of the bits in this check byte has to be set to ones ( 1 ″s). 
     2. If the result of the AND operation is zero and the byte that follows the byte in question is not zero itself, then 8 consecutive zero ( 0 ) bits followed by at least one one ( 1 ) bit have been found. 
     The following example making references to FIG. 2 may better explain how it works. During the example the notation byte0, byte1, byte2 and so on refer to the bytes at respective memory offset  0 ,  1 ,  2  and so on: 
     If byte0 should be a candidate for the start of the eight consecutive zero bits, bit b 0  through b 5  have to be zero since byte1 that follows byte0 contains only 2 leading zero bits (b 7  and b 6 ). 
     A binary AND with byte0 and a byte that has only 2 leading zeros and the rest of the bits set to ones (1&#39;s), will give result zero if byte0 is a candidate:              01010000             AND                 00111111                 =   00010000                                                                                  non        -        zero                 result     →       byte0   _                   is                 not                 a                 candidate                               
     If byte1 should be a candidate for the start of the eight consecutive zero bits, bit b 0  through b 3  have to be zero since byte2 contains four leading zero bits (b 7  through b 4 ). 
     A binary AND with byte1 and a byte that has four leading zeros and the rest of the bits set to ones (1&#39;s), will give result zero if byte1 is a candidate:              00110000             AND                 00001111                 =   00000000                                                                     zero                 result     →       byte1   _                   is                 a                 candidate                             
     Eight consecutive zero ( 0 ) bits have been found. The first four are found in byte1 bit b 3 -b 0  and the rest follow in the byte2 bit b 7 -b 4 . Since byte2 is non-zero the first sync bit that is set (bit  8  in octet  1 FIG. 1) must be contained in byte2 at bit position b 3 . But since b 3  is not set in all eight bytes byte3 . . . byte8, byte1 can not be part of the sync pattern, thus continue checking byte2. 
     The binary AND with byte2 and a byte that has 8 leading zeros (same number of leading zeros as in byte3) will always give zero result, but since byte3 is zero itself the 8 consecutive zero bits followed by a one ( 1 ) bit can not start within byte2, thus byte2 is discarded too. 
     Continuing binary AND&#39;ing byte3 with a byte that has 2 leading zeros (same number of leading zeros as in byte4) give zero result, thus we must check the remaining ones ( 1 ) sync bits. Since first leading one ( 1 ) bit in byte4 is found at bit position b 5 , bit b 5  has to be checked in the remaining bytes byte5 . . . byte12. Since such b 5  positions are all set in these bytes, a valid start has been found. 
     Appendix B shows a C-implementation of the algorithm above. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 APPENDIX A 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 CheckBitMaskTable 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
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                 Binary 
               
               
                   
                 number 
                 contents 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 000 
                 00000000 
               
               
                   
                 001 
                 00000001 
               
               
                   
                 002 
                 00000011 
               
               
                   
                 003 
                 00000011 
               
               
                   
                 004 
                 00000111 
               
               
                   
                 005 
                 00000111 
               
               
                   
                 006 
                 00000111 
               
               
                   
                 007 
                 00000111 
               
               
                   
                 008 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 009 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 010 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 011 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 012 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 013 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 014 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 015 
                 00001111 
               
               
                   
                 016 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 017 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 018 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 019 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
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                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 021 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 022 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 023 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 024 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 025 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 026 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 027 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 028 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 029 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 030 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 031 
                 00011111 
               
               
                   
                 032 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 033 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 034 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 035 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 036 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 037 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 038 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 039 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 040 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 041 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 042 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 043 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 044 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 045 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 046 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 047 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 048 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 049 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 050 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 051 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 052 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 053 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 054 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 055 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 056 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 057 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 058 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 059 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 060 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 061 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 062 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 063 
                 00111111 
               
               
                   
                 064 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 065 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 066 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 067 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 068 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 069 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 070 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 071 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 072 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 073 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 074 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 075 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 076 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 077 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 078 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 079 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 080 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 081 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 082 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 083 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 084 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 085 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 086 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 087 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 088 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 089 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 090 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 091 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 092 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 093 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 094 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 095 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 096 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 097 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 098 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 099 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 100 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 101 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 102 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 103 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 104 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 105 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 106 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 107 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 108 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 109 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 110 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 111 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 112 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 113 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 114 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 115 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 116 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 117 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 118 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 119 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 120 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 121 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 122 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 123 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 124 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 125 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 126 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 127 
                 01111111 
               
               
                   
                 128 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 129 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 130 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 131 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 132 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 133 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 134 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 135 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 136 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 137 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 138 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 139 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 140 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 141 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 142 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 143 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 144 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 145 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 146 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 147 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 148 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 149 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 150 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 151 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 152 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 153 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 154 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 155 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 156 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 157 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 158 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 159 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 160 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 161 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 162 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 163 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 164 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 165 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 166 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 167 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 168 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 169 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 170 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 171 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 172 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 173 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 174 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 175 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 176 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 177 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 178 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 179 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 180 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 181 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 182 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 183 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 184 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 185 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 186 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 187 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 188 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 189 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 190 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 191 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 192 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 193 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 194 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 195 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 196 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 197 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 198 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 199 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 200 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 201 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 202 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 203 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 204 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 205 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 206 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 207 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 208 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 209 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 210 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 211 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 212 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 213 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 214 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 215 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 216 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 217 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 218 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 219 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 220 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 221 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 222 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 223 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 224 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 225 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 226 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 227 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 228 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 229 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 230 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 231 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 232 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 233 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 234 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 235 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 236 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 237 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 238 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 239 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 240 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 241 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 242 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 243 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 244 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 245 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 246 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 247 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 248 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 249 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 250 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 251 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 252 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 253 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 254 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                 255 
                 11111111 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 APPENDIX B 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 /************************************************************************ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                  * 
                   
               
               
                  * Routine: 
                 V110SyncSearch 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * Description: 
                 Search through an array in order to find a correct V.110 
               
               
                  * 
                 frame synchronization pattern. If routine return 
               
               
                  * 
                 an error free frame has been found. Note that RxSynBitPos 
               
               
                  * 
                 return bit positions within 1-8. 1 correspond to bit 0, LSB 
               
               
                  * 
                 and 8 means bit 7 MSB within a byte. 
               
               
                  * 
                 Also note that this routine expects the serial stream to 
               
               
                  * 
                 fill the bytes from MSB towards LSB before moving to next 
               
               
                  * 
                 byte. That means MSB is sent/received first. 
               
               
                  * 
                 Input and output are passed using global variables. 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                  * Input: 
                 unsigned char 
                  RxDataStream[ ] 
                 Array containing received 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 bit stream 
               
               
                  * 
                 unsigned char 
                 *RxSyncByte 
                 Pointer where to start 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 searching 
               
               
                  * 
                 unsigned int 
                  BytesInRxDataStream 
                 Number of received bytes 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * Output: 
                 unsigned char 
                 *RxSyncByte 
                 Points at start of frame 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 if any found 
               
               
                  * 
                 unsigned char 
                 RxSyncBitPos 
                 Bit position within 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 RxSyncByte at where frame 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 begin if any found 
               
               
                  * 
                 unsigned int 
                 BytesInRxDataStream 
                 Number of bytes left in 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                   
                 serial stream 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                  * Return: 
                 = 0 : 
                 Sync error-free frame found, RxSyncByte and 
               
               
                  * 
                   
                 RxSyncBitPos tells where the frame is located 
               
               
                  * 
                 &lt; &gt; 0: 
                 No start of frame found 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                  * Copyright: 
                 Ericsson AS 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * Written: 
                 1996-09-25 Bjoern Birkeland 
               
               
                  * 
               
               
                  * 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                  ***********************************************************************/ 
               
               
                 int V110SyncSearch(void) { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 /* Define look up table for V.110 synchronization search */ 
               
               
                   
                 static const struct SYNCTEST_STR SyncTestTable[256] = { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 {0×00,0×08}, {0×01,0×01}, {0×03,0×02}, {0×03,0×02}, {0×07,0×03}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×07,0×03}, {0×07,0×03}, {0×07,0×03}, {0×0F,0×04}, {0×0F,0×04}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×0F,0×04}, {0×0F,0×04}, {0×0F,0×04}, {0×0F,0×04}, {0×0F,0×04}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×0F,0×04}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×1F,0×05}, {0×1F,0×05}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×0G}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×3F,0×06}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×7F,0×07}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, {0×FF,0×08}, 
               
               
                   
                 {0×FF,0×08} 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 unsigned char 
                 *current_byte; 
               
               
                   
                 unsigned char 
                 *next_byte; 
               
               
                   
                 unsigned char 
                 *tmp_byte; 
               
               
                   
                 unsigned int 
                  sync_errors; 
               
               
                   
                 unsigned char 
                  chk_bit; 
               
               
                   
                 struct SYNCTEST_STR 
                  sync_test; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 current_byte = RxSyncByte; 
               
               
                   
                 do { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 sync_errors = 17; 
               
               
                   
                 next byte = current_byte+1; 
               
               
                   
                 /* Check for buffer-wrap around condition */ 
               
               
                   
                 if (next byte &gt; &amp;RxDataStream[ RX_BUF_SIZE−1]) { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 next_byte = &amp;RxDataStream[ 0 ]; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
               
                   
                 /* Look up check byte and bit position */ 
               
               
                   
                 sync_test = SyncTestTable[ *next_byte]; 
               
               
                   
                 /* Check current byte */ 
               
               
                   
                 if (!(*current_byte &amp; sync_test.check byte)){ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 /* Yes, enough zero bits found, check that */ 
               
               
                   
                 /* next byte contains a one(1) bit:  */ 
               
               
                   
                 if (*next_byte){ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 /* Yes it did, now check that the remaining */ 
               
               
                   
                 /* eight sync bits are set to binary 1:  */ 
               
               
                   
                 tmp_byte = next_byte; 
               
               
                   
                 sync_errors = 9; 
               
               
                   
                 chk_bit = (1&lt;&lt;(sync_test.bit_pos−1)); 
               
               
                   
                 do { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 if (tmp_byte==&amp;RxDataStream[ RX_BUF_SIZE−1]){ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 tmp_byte = &amp;RxDataStream[ 0 ]; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
               
                   
                 else { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 tmp_byte++; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
               
                   
                 /* Leave loop at first sync bit that is not set, or */ 
               
               
                   
                 /* when sync_errors has counted down to zero  */ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } while((*tmp_byte &amp; chk_bit) &amp;&amp; (--sync_errors)); 
               
               
                   
                 /* Did sync_errors reach zero? */ 
               
               
                   
                 if (!sync_errors){ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 /* Yes, error free frame! Update new sync position */ 
               
               
                   
                 /* and return with “no sync errors”    */ 
               
               
                   
                 RxSyncByte = current_byte; 
               
               
                   
                 RxSyncBitPos = sync_test.bit_pos; 
               
               
                   
                 return(sync_errors); 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } 
               
               
                   
                 current_byte = next_byte; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 } while ((--BytesInRxDataStream &gt; V110_FRAME_SIZE) &amp;&amp; sync_errors); 
               
               
                   
                 return(sync_errors); 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 }