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Method and apparatus for decoding non-sequential data packets

  • US 5,541,995 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1994
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for decoding sequentially encoded data packets, said packets being received in an unspecified order, the apparatus comprising:

  • a decoder having a first input for receiving the encoded data packets arriving in an unspecified order, and a second input for receiving sequentially generated decoding data, said decoder defining a correspondence between the sequentially encoded data packets and the sequentially generated decoding data, and combining each received encoded data packet with corresponding decoding data to produce a decoded data packet; and

    at least one memory coupled to the decoder, the memory containing the decoded data packets corresponding to encoded data packets which have been received and combined by the decoder, and the memory further containing decoding data received by the decoder and waiting to be combined with corresponding as-yet-unreceived encoded data packets.

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