Wide elastic buffer

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a network, a skip request that indicates a number of data entries in a data buffer to skip, the data buffer comprising a number of columns comprising a first column and a second column, the number of data entries to skip not being an integer multiple of the number of columns, a single write pointer being used for the data buffer, the single write pointer configurable to point to any of the columns of the data buffer, the number of columns being greater than a number of simultaneously received symbols;
• and
• in response to the receiving of the skip request:
• modifying a first read pointer for reading from the first column by a first amount;
• and
• modifying a second read pointer for reading from the second column by a second amount, the second amount being different from the first amount.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, via a network, a skip request that indicates a number of data entries in a data buffer to skip, the data buffer comprising a number of columns comprising a first column and a second column, the number of data entries to skip not being an integer multiple of the number of columns, a single write pointer being used for the data buffer, the single write pointer configurable to point to any of the columns of the data buffer, the number of columns being greater than a number of simultaneously received symbols;
• and
• in response to the receiving of the skip request:
• modifying a first read pointer for reading from the first column by a first amount;
• and
• modifying a second read pointer for reading from the second column by a second amount, the second amount being different from the first amount.