Patent ID: 6876666

Claim:
A method for sample rate adaptation in a telecommunication system, the method comprising the steps of: supplying a first data stream of data cells via a network operated at a first sample rate; passing said first data stream through a data modifying means; outputting said first data stream as output data out of said data modifying means to a processing element; storing said output data in said processing element; and outputting said output data from said processing element as a second digital data stream at a second sample rate, said first and said second sample rate being different from each other; detecting a state of said processing element, wherein said state of said processing element detected represents an amount of data stored in said processing element, and wherein said detecting step comprises the steps of: comparing a current amount of data stored in said processing element with a lower limit and an upper limit of respective admissible data amounts stored in said processing element, and setting said state of said processing element to a first value in case a detected actual amount of stored data exceeds the upper limit, to a second value in case the detected actual amount of stored data is below the lower limit, and to a third value in case the detected actual amount of stored data is found to be between the lower limit and the upper limit; and controlling said data modifying means dependent on the state of the processing element detected, wherein said controlling step controls said data modifying means to be enabled if said detected state has said first or said second value, and to be disabled if said detected state has said third value.