Method of processing data packets received on asynchronous networks, and device for implementing the method
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1. A method of processing digital data packets received, containing description data for successive time segments of a signal stream to be restored, comprising the steps of:
- recording elements obtained from the packets received in a buffer memory;
delivering elements recorded in the buffer memory in first-in first-out mode;
detecting a priori a burst of packets fulfilling a burst size condition on the basis of a reception delay evaluated in response to the reception of a first packet of the burst; and
controlling a content of the buffer memory by accounting for the detection of the burst fulfilling said size condition.
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Abstract
The digital data packets received contain data describing successive time segments of a signal stream to be restored, for example audio. Elements obtained from the packets received are recorded in a buffer memory organized in first-in first-out mode. A burst of packets fulfilling a certain burst size condition is detected a priori, on the basis of a reception delay evaluated in response to the reception of a first packet of the burst. The content of the buffer memory is controlled by accounting for the detection of the burst fulfilling the size condition.
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1. A method of processing digital data packets received, containing description data for successive time segments of a signal stream to be restored, comprising the steps of:
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recording elements obtained from the packets received in a buffer memory; delivering elements recorded in the buffer memory in first-in first-out mode; detecting a priori a burst of packets fulfilling a burst size condition on the basis of a reception delay evaluated in response to the reception of a first packet of the burst; and controlling a content of the buffer memory by accounting for the detection of the burst fulfilling said size condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 23. A device for receiving digital data packets representative of successive time segments of a signal to be restored, comprising a buffer memory organized in first-in first-out mode so as to receive elements obtained from the packets received, means for detecting a priori a burst of packets fulfilling a burst size condition on the basis of a reception delay evaluated in response to the reception of a first packet of the burst, and means for controlling the content of the buffer memory by accounting for the detection of the burst fulfilling said size condition.
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