Media flow method for transferring real-time data between asynchronous and synchronous networks

A method for transmitting data between two systems, comprising the steps of:

• receiving data from a first system that includes a plurality of data samples each assigned to a channel value corresponding to a predetermined time slot;
• reading a time indication associated with a first system;
• generating an offset value from the time indication;
• periodically, for each channel
• generating a packet buffer address from at least a buffer size value and the offset value, and
• for a valid data sample, writing the data assigned to the predetermined time slot to the packet buffer address;
• checking the status of a plurality of bins that each include a number of channel values;
• if a bin has a ready status
• organizing the data samples corresponding to the channel values of the bin into a sequential order, and
• reading the data samples for the channels of a bin according to the sequential order.

A method of transmitting multiple channel data between an asynchronous system and a synchronous system, comprising the steps of:

• a) upon receiving a packet of data from the asynchronous system
• determining if the packet of data includes data samples for multiple channels,
• if a packet includes data samples for multiple channels
• determining a channel value for each data sample, and
• if the channel value is valid, storing the data sample for the channel according to at least the channel value and a time indication associated with the packet of data;
• b) periodically checking status values for a sequence of channels, and if a status value for a channel is valid, writing the stored data sample for the channel to at least one buffer according to at least the channel value;
• c) periodically storing out-going channel data samples from the synchronous system according to at least a local time indication;
• d) periodically checking the status of bins that represent collections of channels for out-going channels, and for bins having a ready status, queuing out-going channel data for the bin according to channel status information;
• and
• e) periodically transmitting queued out-going channel data.