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Comma alignment with scrambled data

US8442176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventor

Matthew Todd Lawson · Grass Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2010
Grant date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K5/19
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Computer-readable media, apparatus and other embodiments associated with performing comma alignment with scrambled data are described. One example method includes controlling an apparatus to generate a data stream that facilitates achieving and determining alignment in a device. The data stream includes sequences of N random portions of Y-bit characters followed by a Z-bit alignment character, N, Y and Z being integers. Another example method includes controlling an apparatus to receive and examine the data stream. The method also includes generating an alignment signal upon determining an alignment for recovered data in the device.

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