Communication system and method for sending and receiving data at a higher or lower sample rate than a network frame rate using a phase locked loop
First Claim
1. A source port of a communication network, comprising a comparator coupled to determine a phase difference between a transfer clock used to transfer data across the network and a sampling clock local to the source port.
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Abstract
A communication system, source and destination ports of the communication system, and methodology is provided for transporting data in one of possibly three different ways. Data is transported across the network at a frame sample rate that can be the same as or different from the sample rate or master clock within the source port or the destination port. If the sample rate of the source port is known, the sample rate of the destination port can be created using a PLL within the destination port and simply employing a phase comparator in the source port. The phase comparator forwards the phase or frequency difference of the network transfer rate and the source sample rate to the destination port, which then generates a local clock equivalent to the source which then compiles audio data being played at the same rate in which it was sampled at the source. Where economically feasible, sample rate conversion can be used at the source. However, sample rate conversion at the destination is preferred if the source sample rate is forwarded across the network relative to the frame transfer rate of the synchronous network. The sample rate converter simply produces a play rate from the transmitted information at the destination. Again, however, sample rate conversion compares relative phase difference changes similar to the phase difference compared in the digital PLL mode. As a further alternative, sample rates within the source and destination ports can be derived from the network frame rate using fractional dividers in the source and destination ports.
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- 1. A source port of a communication network, comprising a comparator coupled to determine a phase difference between a transfer clock used to transfer data across the network and a sampling clock local to the source port.
- 9. A destination port of a communication network, comprising a phase-locked loop coupled to produce a clock local to the destination port that is locked in phase with a sampling clock local to a source port coupled to the destination port via the communication network.
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19. A communication network, comprising:
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a source port;
a destination port coupled to the source port by the network;
a plurality of frames of data, each of which are transferred across the network at a frame transfer rate;
a comparator coupled to produce a compare result of a phase difference between a transfer clock transitioning at the frame transfer rate and a sampling clock used to sample data at the source port; and
a phase-locked loop coupled to subtract the compare result with a phase difference between the transfer clock and a clock used to generate data at the destination port to lock the phases of the clocks at the source and destination ports. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 24, 25)
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23. A method for generating a clock local to a destination port of a communication network, comprising:
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sending at least one bit of information corresponding to a source phase difference between a phase of a sampling clock used to sample data at the source port and a phase of a frame transfer clock used to send data across the network;
receiving the bit of information;
comparing the source phase difference and a phase difference between a phase of a clock local to the destination port and the phase of the frame transfer clock; and
re-creating the clock local to the destination port having a phase offset relative to the sampling clock that is dependent on said comparing.
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