Patent ID: 8270366

Claim:
A method for outputting a data stream, comprising: changing over between a first transmission path and a second transmission path; wherein a break in reception occurs for the data stream at a receiver during the changeover between an end of reception of a first partial data stream having first data packets of the first transmission path and a start of reception of a second partial data stream having second data packets of the second transmission path; outputting the data stream at the receiver end; filling the break in reception with additional data during the output of the data stream; generating the additional data by chronologically stretching at least part of the first partial data stream; outputting a mixed signal formed by combining the additional data with data from the second partial data stream; and wherein during the combining of the additional data with data from the second partial data stream to form the mixed signal the additional data is weighted with a first variable factor and the data from the second partial data stream is weighted with a second variable factor.