Patent ID: 8189623

Claim:
A transport system, comprising: a transmitter terminal node, including: a deinterleaver circuit configured to receive a client data stream including client data, the deinterleaver supplying the client data to first and second data streams; a framer circuit configured to generate a first plurality of frames, each of which including a corresponding one of a plurality of first headers and a corresponding one of a plurality of first payloads, each of the plurality of first payloads including a plurality of first marker bits, the framer circuit also being configured to generate a second plurality of frames, each of which including a corresponding one of a plurality of second headers and a corresponding one of a plurality of second payloads, each of the plurality of second payloads including a plurality of second marker bits; and a receiver terminal node including: a controller circuit configured to determine a delay between an arrival at the receiver of the plurality of first marker bits provided in one of the plurality of first payloads and an arrival at the receiver of the plurality of second marker bits provided in one of the plurality of second payloads, the controller generating a control signal based on the delay; and a demapper circuit configured to receive the first and second pluralities of frames and reconstruct the first and second data streams; and an interleaver circuit configured to receive the first and second data streams and reconstruct the client data based on the control signal and the first and second data streams.