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Method and apparatus for reducing waiting time jitter in pulse stuffing synchronized digital communications

US5619506A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1995
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/073
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A jitter/wander reduction mechanism monitors the ratio of pulse stuffing, to detect whenever the pulse stuffing ratio is proximate a prescribed undesirable ratio of stuffs per stuffing opportunity, which causes the wander to be a large number of unit intervals. A stuffing pulse accumulator-controlled frequency shift control circuit monitors the signal produced by a multiplexer (and demultiplexer for full duplex mode) control logic circuit and incrementally adjusts, as necessary, the frequency of a synchronized clock signal input to the multiplexer (and demultiplexer). The magnitude of the incremental frequency shift is sufficient to drive the synchronized clock away from the frequency associated with the undesired stuff ratio to a frequency that is sufficiently separated from the undesired value to produce a stuffing ratio other than the undesired value and reduce the jitter/wander.

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