Apparatus and method for adaptive multimedia reception and transmission in communication environments

An apparatus for performing adaptive multimedia functions, the apparatus comprising:

• a first plurality of hardware resources for performing basic functions;
• a second plurality of hardware resources for performing complex functions;
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• an interconnection network configurably coupling the first and second plurality of hardware resources together, the interconnection network being operative to configure interconnections between at least some of the first and some of the second plurality of hardware resources in response to first configuration information to perform a first media functional mode;
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• wherein the interconnection network is further operative to reconfigure the interconnections between at least some of the first or second plurality of hardware resources in response to second configuration information to perform a second media functional mode depending upon the availability of the at least some of the first or second plurality of hardware resources from performing the first media functional mode, the second media functional mode being different than the first media functional mode.

An apparatus for performing adaptive multimedia functions, the apparatus comprising:

• a configurable basic computational unit having a configurable basic architecture including a first plurality of hardware resources for performing basic functions;
• a configurable complex computational unit having a configurable complex processing architecture including a second plurality of hardware resources for performing complex functions;
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• an interconnection network configurably coupling the first and second plurality of hardware resources together, the interconnection network being operative to configure interconnections between at least some of the respective first and second plurality of hardware resources in response to first configuration information to perform a first media functional mode;
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• wherein the interconnection network is further operative to reconfigure the interconnections between at least some of the respective first or second plurality of hardware resources in response to second configuration information to perform a second media functional mode depending upon the availability of the at least some of the first or second plurality of hardware resources from performing the first media functional mode, the second media functional mode being different than the first media functional mode.