Global Patent Index - EP 1072156 A2

EP 1072156 A2 20010131 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTIPLEXING

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTIPLEXING

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN FÜR DYNAMISCHE MULTIPLEXIERUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DESTINES AU MULTIPLEXAGE DYNAMIQUE

Publication

EP 1072156 A2 20010131 (EN)

Application

EP 99919846 A 19990415

Priority

  • US 9908256 W 19990415
  • US 8214698 P 19980417

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9955092A2] A method and apparatus for maximizing channel utilization by minimizing the number of null packets in an output stream such as an MPEG standard Transport Stream is provided by updating the output rate of a multiplexer such that its input buffers are constantly being serviced. The output rate is updated at the boundary of each serviced packet. In an alternative embodiment, the output rate is updated at the boundary of every L packets.

IPC 1-7

H04N 7/24

IPC 8 full level

H04N 7/58 (2006.01); H04N 21/2365 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04N 21/2365 (2013.01); H04N 21/4347 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9955092A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9955092 A2 19991028; WO 9955092 A3 19991202; AU 3747499 A 19991108; CA 2328354 A1 19991028; EP 1072156 A2 20010131

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9908256 W 19990415; AU 3747499 A 19990415; CA 2328354 A 19990415; EP 99919846 A 19990415