Patent ID: 7274755

Claim:
A receiver for receiving data frames which contain information data and signaling data, the signaling data comprising a data frame identifier and a decoding instruction for decoding the information data, having: (a) a signal input for receiving said data frames which are transmitted on a transmission channel, (b) a data frame separator circuit for separating said data frames into the signaling data and the information data, and (c) a controllable switching device which, as a function of a control signal, connects the signaling data present at a first data input of the switching device or the information data present at a second data input of the switching device to a data output of the switching device; (d) a channel decoding circuit, connected to the data output of the switching device, for decoding the data which is present, the channel decoding circuit generating indicator signals which indicate whether the decoding of the data which is present has been carried out without error by the channel decoding circuit; and (e) a control circuit wherein the control circuit comprises a first control unit which is integrated into a digital signal processor, and of a second control unit which is integrated into a baseband control unit, when a first indicator signal which is generated by the channel decoding circuit indicates an error-free decoding of the signaling data of a data frame is received, the control circuit buffers the information data, the decoding instruction for decoding the information data and the data frame identifier, and the first control unit outputs the control signal to the switching device in order to connect the buffered information data to the channel decoding circuit, when a second indicator signal which is generated by the channel decoding circuit indicates an error-free decoding of the information data by the channel decoding circuit is received, the second control unit outputs the decoded information data to a logic link control circuit which is integrated into the baseband control circuit.