Patent ID: 7035215

Claim:
A method for synchronization adaptation of asynchronous digital data streams comprising the steps of: providing a first digital data stream at a first sample rate; inputting said first digital data stream to a sample rate conversion means; supplying data output from said sample rate conversion means to a processing element; storing said supplied data into said processing element; and outputting said data stored in said processing element as a second digital data stream at a second sample rate, with said first and said second sample rates being different from each other; detecting a state of said processing element; controlling said sample rate conversion means dependent on the detected state of said processing element; and reducing and/or increasing a number of data samples contained in the data output by said sample rate conversion means and supplied to said processing means is randomized in time within the data stream, such that a position within a group where a sample is to be removed and/or to be added is randomly selected.