Method for performing data transport over a serial bus using Internet Protocol and apparatus for use in the method

Abstract

Real time streaming over serial buses busing Internet protocol IP is becoming more and more important. With new bus technologies e.g. 10 Gbit Ethernet even streaming in HD cinematography quality and uncompressed form becomes possible. In this case, however, data access management by software means is critical or simply not possible for performance reasons even if high performance micro-controllers are used where the software runs. The invention proposes for an apparatus in a network to implement hardware means for processing the real-time critical data packets as well as software means for processing the real-time uncritical data packets and a filter algorithm respectively a de-multiplexer for analyzing packet header and passing the real-time critical data packets to the hardware means and the real-time uncritical data packets to the software means.

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