Communication hardware virtualization

A communication system for receiving incoming data streams of samples from one or more channels, the communication system comprising:

• a plurality of input buffers adapted for buffering the incoming data streams,
• a receiver adapted for sequentially processing data from the different input buffers wherein a processing rate of the receiver is higher than or equal to an incoming data rate of the incoming data,
• wherein the receiver is adapted for processing the incoming data in a frame detection phase in which a start point of frames and/or subframes in the incoming data is detected, and in a frame demodulation phase in which the frames and/or subframes are demodulated into bits,
• an that the communication system comprises context memory adapted for saving an internal status of the receiver after processing the data corresponding with an input buffer before switching to a next input buffer and for restoring the internal status of the receiver with a saved internal status related to the next input buffer before switching to the next input buffer wherein the internal status of the receiver related to an input buffer is only saved and restored in the frame detection phase or before and after demodulating subframes.