Patent ID: 7552257

Claim:
A data processing apparatus for use in a component of a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having: a plurality of data processing devices comprising UMTS peripheral elements, the plurality of data processing devices including a central data processing device and a set of dedicated data processing devices, the set of dedicated data processing devices including a first dedicated data processing device of a first type the central data processing device configured to provide control signals to at least one of the set of dedicated data processing devices; at least one data transmission channel configured to provide data transmission between the plurality of data processing devices; and a data transmission device configured to cause the transmission of data between the plurality of data processing devices via the at least one data transmission channel in a manner dependent on data transmission parameters, wherein at least some of the data transmission parameters are generated by the first dedicated data processing device; wherein the first dedicated data processing device includes a RAKE receiver; wherein the data transmission device is a direct memory access (DMA) data transmission device and the at least one data transmission channel is a DMA channel; and wherein the data transmission parameters include a quantity of data, a source address and a destination address of the quantity of data moved.