Patent Document ID: 7606269
Application ID: 10900813
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for providing a loss of alignment defect indication in a destination device capable of processing virtually concatenated payload members, the method comprising: for a received virtually concatenated payload member: determining whether a difference between a write address for the received virtually concatenated payload member and a read address for all virtually concatenated payload members is greater than a size of an alignment buffer storing the virtually concatenated payload members; and assessing whether a difference between a maximum write address for all virtually concatenated payload members plus a threshold value and the write address for the virtually concatenated payload member is greater than the size of the alignment buffer storing the virtually concatenated payload members; and performing additional evaluations when the destination device provides an ability to add at least one additional member beyond the received virtually concatenated payload member, one additional evaluation including: performing a first evaluation of whether a difference between the write address for the received virtually concatenated payload member and the read address for all virtually concatenated payload members is greater than a size of the alignment buffer storing the virtually concatenated payload members minus a small value.