In-band framing method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An in-band framing encoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing decoder through an encrypted communications channel, for continuously operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream, transmitted at a bit rate, includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames or payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, said in-band framing encoder comprising:
- means coupled to said data input for detecting the external-framing data of the bit stream;
means coupled and responsive to said detecting means for removing the external-framing data from the bit stream wherein the data rate of the bit stream is at a second bit rate, with the second bit rate being less than the first bit rate, thereby reducing the bit rate of the bit stream to payload data having a data rate slower than the bit stream;
pattern means for generating a unique-bit-pattern sequence;
multiplexer means coupled to said pattern means, said removing means and said data output, for multiplexing the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; and
wherein said in-band framing decoder reestablishes channel integrity by restoring external-framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data.
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Abstract
An in-band framing encoder, for continuously operating on bit stream having external-framing data and payload data. The bit stream includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data achieving channel integrity with external-framing data. The encoder comprises a framing-bit detector and a framing-bit remover for detecting the external-framing data of the bit stream, and removing the external-framing data from the bit stream. A unique-bit-pattern generator generates a unique-bit-pattern sequence. A multiplexer multiplexes the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data. The in-band framing decoder continuously operates on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein the internally-reframed data includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence. The decoder further comprises a synchronizer for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data. In response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence the synchronizer generates a synchronization signal. A unique-bit-pattern-sequence masker responsive to the synchronization signal for masks the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, thereby generating second-payload data. A channelizer means is responsive to the synchronization signal, inserts external-framing data into the second-payload data.
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35 Claims
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1. An in-band framing encoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing decoder through an encrypted communications channel, for continuously operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream, transmitted at a bit rate, includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames or payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, said in-band framing encoder comprising:
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means coupled to said data input for detecting the external-framing data of the bit stream; means coupled and responsive to said detecting means for removing the external-framing data from the bit stream wherein the data rate of the bit stream is at a second bit rate, with the second bit rate being less than the first bit rate, thereby reducing the bit rate of the bit stream to payload data having a data rate slower than the bit stream; pattern means for generating a unique-bit-pattern sequence; multiplexer means coupled to said pattern means, said removing means and said data output, for multiplexing the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; and wherein said in-band framing decoder reestablishes channel integrity by restoring external-framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An in-band framing encoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing decoder through an encrypted communications channel, for operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, said in-band framing encoder comprising:
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deletion means coupled to said data input for detecting the external-framing data of the bit stream, and removing the external-framing data from the bit stream; pattern means for generating a unique-bit-pattern sequence; multiplexer means coupled to said pattern means, said deletion means and said data output, for multiplexing the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; and wherein said in-band framing decoder reestablishes channel integrity by restoring external-framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, for operating on internally-reframed data having unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder comprising:
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synchronization means coupled to said data input for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, and in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence generating a synchronization signal; masking means coupled to said synchronization means and responsive to the synchronization signal for masking the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, thereby generating second-payload data; and channelization means coupled to said synchronization means and to said data output, for use with an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communication channel, and responsive to the synchronization signal, for inserting external-framing data into the second-payload data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, for continuously operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein the internally-reframed data, transmitted at a internally-reframed-data rate, include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder comprising:
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synchronization means coupled to said data input for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the plurality of frames of payload data in the internally-reframed data, and in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence generating a synchronization signal; masking means coupled to said synchronization means and responsive to the synchorinzation signal for masking the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, thereby generating second-payload data; and channelization means coupled to said synchronization means and to said data output, and responsive to the synchorinzation signal, for generating a reframed-bit stream by inserting external-framing data into the second-payload data and outputting the reframed-bit stream at a bit rate. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method using an in-band framing encoder with an in-band framing decoder through an encrypted communications channel, for operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, comprising the steps, performed by said in-band framing encoder and said in-band framing decoder, of:
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detecting, with said in-band framing encoder, the external-framing data of the bit stream; removing, with said in-band framing encoder, the external-framing data from the bit stream; generating, with said in-band framing encoder, an unique-bit-pattern sequence; and multiplexing, with said in-band framing encoder, the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, and thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; and reestablishing, with said in-band framing decoder, channel integrity by restoring external framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data.
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21. A method using an in-band framing encoder having a data input and a data output, for operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream, transmitted at a bit rate, include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, and using an in-band framing decoder coupled to said in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, comprising the steps, performed by said in-band framing encoder and said in-band framing decoder, of:
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detecting, with said in-band framing encoder, the external-framing data of the bit stream; removing, with said in-band framing encoder, the external-framing data from the bit stream; generating, with said in-band framing encoder, an unique-bit-pattern sequence; multiplexing, with said in-band framing encoder, the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data, and thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; outputting, from said data output, the internally-reframed data at a internally-reframed-data rate; and reestablishing, with said in-band framing decoder, channel integrity by restoring external framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data.
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22. A method using an in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder coupled to an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, comprising the steps, performed by said in-band framing decoder, of:
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detecting a unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data; generating a synchronization signal in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence; masking, in response to the synchronization signal, the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data; and inserting, in response to the synchronization signal, external-framing data into second-payload data.
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23. A method using an in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data, transmitted at a internally-reframed-data rate, include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder coupled to an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, comprising the steps, performed by said in-band framing decoder, of:
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detecting a unique-bit pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data; generating a synchronization signal in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence; masking, in response to the synchronization signal, the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, thereby generating second-payload data; inserting, in response to the synchronization signal, external-framing data into the second-payload data for generating a bit stream; and outputting from said data output the bit stream at a bit rate. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder coupled to an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, said in-band framing decoder comprising:
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synchronization means coupled to said data input for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, and in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence generating a synchronization signal; and restoring means coupled to said synchronization means and responsive to the synchronization signal for masking the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, thereby generating second-payload data, and inserting external-framing data into the second-payload data.
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26. An in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for use with an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder comprising:
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synchronization means coupled to said data input for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, and in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence generating a synchronization signal; and restoring means coupled to said synchronization means and responsive to the synchronization signal for inserting external-framing data into the internally-reframed data for reestablishing channel integrity in the internally-reframed data.
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27. A method using an in-band framing decoder having a data input and a data output, for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data, transmitted at a internally-reframed-data rate, include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder coupled to an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, comprising the steps, performed by said in-band framing decoder, of:
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detecting a unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data; generating a synchronization signal in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence; inserting, in response to the synchronization signal, external-framing data into the internally-reframed data for reestablishing channel integrity in a bit stream; and outputting from said data output the bit stream at a bit rate.
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28. An in-band framing encoder for use with an in-band framing decoder through an encrypted communications channel, for continuously operating on a bit stream having external-framing data and payload data, wherein the bit stream, transmitted at a bit rate, includes a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with external-framing data, said in-band framing encoder comprising:
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means for detecting the external-framing data of the bit stream; means for removing the external-framing data from the bit stream; pattern means for generating a unique-bit-pattern sequence; multiplexer means for multiplexing the unique-bit-pattern sequence with payload data over the plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data, thereby generating internally-reframed data having the unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with the payload data; and wherein said in-band framing decoder reestablishes channel integrity by restoring external-framing data from detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An in-band framing decoder for operating on internally-reframed data having a unique-bit-pattern sequence multiplexed with payload data, wherein said internally-reframed data include a plurality of time-division-multiplexed frames of payload data having channel integrity maintained with the unique-bit-pattern sequence, said in-band framing decoder used with an in-band framing encoder through an encrypted communications channel, said in-band framing decoder comprising:
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synchronization means for detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence in the internally-reframed data, and in response to detecting the unique-bit-pattern sequence, generating a synchronization signal; and channelization means responsive to the synchronization signal, for inserting external-framing data into the internally-reframed data. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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