Patent ID: 7672414

Claim:
A data communication system, comprising: a transmitting node having: a data transmitter to transmit content data from at least two streamed data signals across respective transmission paths of a communication link; a timing transmitter to transmit timing information for at least two base clock signals across said communication link; and a configuration transmitter to transmit configuration data specifying respective associations between each of said respective transmission paths and a corresponding one of said at least two base clock signals such that a respective transmission path of said respective transmission paths can be associated with any one of said at least two base clock signals; and a receiving node having: a data receiver to receive data from said respective transmission paths of said communication link; a processor to process said timing information for said at least two base clock signals in response to said configuration data to generate a respective sample clock corresponding to each of said respective transmission paths; and logic to associate said sample clock with the content data from said respective transmission paths in dependence upon said configuration data to recover said at least two streamed data signals, wherein said configuration data represents a nominal frequency value for each of said at least two base clock signals, and wherein said configuration data comprises a tolerance value for each of said at least two base clock signals.