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US 7,065,103 B1Granted
Hyper-concatenation across multiple parallel channels
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsRonald J. Gagnon, Kim B. Roberts
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AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsRonald J. Gagnon, Kim B. Roberts
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A signal processor is adapted for aligning two or more hyper-concatenated data streams, each data stream being conveyed within a respective parallel channel and having substantially equivalent bit and frame rates. The signal processor comprises a respective channel processor for each channel for processing a respective data stream. Each channel processor includes a framer, a memory, an interface, and an output timer. The framer generates a local strobe signal indicative of a timing of incoming frames of the respective data stream. The memory buffers incoming bits of the respective data stream. The interface selectively sends the local strobe signal to, and receives a master strobe signal from, an adjacent channel processor. The output timer controls a timing of outgoing bits of the respective data stream based on a selected one of the local and master strobe signals.
A channel processor for aligning a respective first data stream with a second data stream, each data stream being conveyed within a respective parallel channel and having substantially equivalent bit and frame rates, the channel processor being connected to a respective channel for processing the respective first data stream, and comprising:
A system for processing a plurality of data streams, each data stream being conveyed within a respective parallel channel of a communications network, the system comprising a plurality of parallel channel processors, each channel processor comprising:
A method of processing two or more data streams being conveyed within respective adjacent parallel channels of a communications network, the method comprising steps of:
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