Devices and method for processing data packets of a data stream and use of said devices

A device for processing data packets in a data stream, said data stream comprising first data packets that represent received error-free data packets, second data packets, that represent received faulty data packets or non-received data packets, and third data packets that are received error-free as a result of repeat transmission of data packets represented as second data packets, wherein a set of first data packets and a set of third data packets are disjunctive, the device comprising:

• a first unit, said first unit processing first and third data packets into fourth data packets;
• a control unit, said control unit:
• activating a first mode when a second data packet is identified;
• generating a second unit when the first mode is activated, the second unit having variables and conditions copied from the first unit;
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• activating a second mode after the corresponding third data packet is present for each of the second data packets;
• the second unit processing first and second data packets into fifth data packets after activation of the first mode, wherein the first unit routes fourth data packets, until activation of the first mode and after activation of the second mode, and the second unit routes fifth data packets, after activation of the first mode and until activation of the second mode, to a data sink.

A method for processing data packets in a data stream, said data stream comprising first data packets that represent received error-free data packets, second data packets that represent received faulty data packets or non-received data packets, and third data packets that are received error-free as a result of repeat transmission of data packets represented as second data packets, wherein a set of first data packets and a set of third data packets are disjunctive, the method comprising:

• a device processing first and second data packets into fourth data packets through a first unit of the device;
• a control unit of the device activating a first mode when a second data packet is identified;
• the control unit of the device generating a second unit such that the generated second unit has variables and conditions of the first unit when the first mode is activated;
• the control unit of the device activating a second mode after the corresponding third data packet is present for each of the second data packets;
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• the device processing the first and third data packets into fifth data packets through the second unit after activation of the first mode, wherein fourth data packets, until activation of the second mode, and fifth data packets, after activation of the second mode, are routed to a data sink.

A method for processing data packets in a data stream with first data packets that represent received error-free data packets, second data packets that represent received faulty data packets or non-received data packets, and third data packets that are received error-free as a result of repeat transmission of data packets represented as second data packets, wherein a set of first data packets and a set of third data packets are disjunctive, the method comprising:

• a device processing first and third data packets into fourth data packets through a first unit;
• a control unit of the device activating a first mode when a second data packet is identified;
• the control unit generating a second unit when the first mode is activated, the second unit being generated to have defined variables and conditions copied from the first unit;
• the control unit activating a second mode after the corresponding third data packet is present for each of the second data packets;
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• the device processing the first and second data packets into fifth data packets through the second unit after activation of the first mode, wherein fourth data packets, until activation of the first mode and after activation of the second mode, and fifth data packets, after activation of the first mode and until activation of the second mode, are routed to a data sink.