Variable bandwidth communication system

A data interleaving apparatus for a communication system, comprising:

• a first module comprising:
• a multiplexing module configured to receive a plurality of data streams, to combine the plurality of data streams, and to provide a single data stream, the single data stream comprising second data units, channel identifiers, and sample size indicators, each of the second data units associated with one of the channel identifiers of the single data stream and one of the sample size indicators of the single data stream;
• and
• a transformation module configured to receive the single data stream and to dynamically perform one or more of the following actions on the single data stream based only on contents of the single data stream:
• rounding, truncating, bit-width conversion, and bandwidth limiting.

A data interleaving method for a communication system, comprising:

• receiving a first plurality of data streams variable in the number of bits of significance and variable in bandwidth;
• providing a second plurality of data streams, each of the second plurality of data streams comprising first data units, channel identifiers, sample size indicators, valid signal indicators, and format indicators, each of the first data units associated with one of the channel identifiers, one of the sample size indicators, and one of the format indicators, the format indicators based on variable bandwidths of data streams;
• and
• providing, based on the second plurality of data streams, a single data stream comprising second data units, channel identifiers, sample size indicators, valid signal indicators, and format indicators, each of the second data units associated with one of the channel identifiers of the single data stream, one of the sample size indicators of the single stream data, and one of the format indicators of the single data stream.