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Patent US4339816 - Conferencing apparatus and methods for a frequency division multiplex ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA conferencing apparatus for an FDM communications system employs a first available sideband for communication and a second sideband for signaling. Each subscriber in the system has dual receiving and transmitting equipment which enables a subscriber to communicate with any other subscriber. During such...http://www.google.com/patents/US4339816?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4339816 - Conferencing apparatus and methods for a frequency division multiplex communications systemPublication numberUS4339816 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 06/154,243Publication dateJul 13, 1982Filing dateMay 29, 1980Priority dateMay 29, 1980Publication number06154243, 154243, US 4339816 A, US 4339816A, US-A-4339816, US4339816 A, US4339816AInventorsJoseph ReedOriginal AssigneeInternational Telephone And Telegraph CorporationPatent Citations (5), Referenced by (71), Classifications (13), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetConferencing apparatus and methods for a frequency division multiplex communications systemUS 4339816 AAbstract A conferencing apparatus for an FDM communications system employs a first available sideband for communication and a second sideband for signaling. Each subscriber in the system has dual receiving and transmitting equipment which enables a subscriber to communicate with any other subscriber. During such communication, a memory at each subscriber location may receive the frequency pair of one subscriber in a connection. Another subscriber desiring to be conferenced will receive the stored frequency pair from the subscriber who is not on proper frequency. This is implemented by a standby receiver and transmitter associated with each subscriber. Upon receipt of this information, the new subscriber can then tune his equipment to store the frequencies as received to enable the new subscriber to be incorporated in a conference mode. The received frequencies are also stored in the new subscriber memory and hence, any additional subscribers contacting parties to the conference will receive information regarding the elected subscriber who is communicating on his properly assigned frequencies to thereby enable a plurality of new subscribers to join in the conference.
I claim: 1. A conferencing apparatus for use in a frequency division multiplex communication system, comprising:a plurality of subscriber stations coupled to a transmission path, each of said stations including a first transmitter and a first receiver having an assigned transmitting and receiving frequency and a second transmitter having selectable transmitting frequencies associated with a second receiver with said second transmitter and receiver in parallel with said first transmitter and receiver, said assigned frequencies having a fixed frequency difference therebetween corresponding to the difference in the transmitter and receiver intermediate frequencies, mixer means at each station operative to mix a predetermined frequency with said intermediate frequencies to derive an independent sideband signal comprising an upper and lower sideband outputs such that one sideband thereof contains communication information and one sideband thereof contains signaling data, each station including bandpass filter means at said transmitters and said receivers for rejecting undesired mixing products, said transmission path for receiving said filtered independent sideband signal with said path containing a common reference frequency to permit simultaneous communications and signaling between subscriber stations, each station further containing a memory adapted to store therein data indicative of a subscriber station to which a selected subscriber station is communicating with, and logic means operative to transmit said stored data to any other subscriber station to enable said any other station to select said transmitting frequency according to said data as stored, whereby any selected number of said subscriber stations can communicate with each other in a conference mode with said selected subscriber being the nexus of said conference mode. 2. The conferencing apparatus according to claim 1wherein each station further includes a frequency synthesizer for generating said predetermined frequency and said selectable transmitting frequency. 3. The conferencing apparatus according to claim 1wherein communications between subscribers is provided on the upper sideband output of said mixer means and signaling on the lower sideband output of said mixing means. 4. The conferencing apparatus according to claim 1wherein each subscriber station further includes busy indicating means for transmitting a busy signal to said any other subscriber station indicative of the status of said station as to whether the same is engaged in communication. 5. The conferencing apparatus according to claim 1wherein said first transmitter and receiver is adapted to respond to said lower sideband for reception and transmission of only signaling data. 6. The conferencing apparatus according to claim 1wherein said transmission path comprises a coaxial cable. 7. In a frequency division multiplex communication system of the type having a plurality of subscriber stations each including a first transmitter and a first receiver coupled to a transmission path, with said transmitter and receiver having respectively an assigned frequency for transmitting and receiving, with said frequencies being related by a fixed frequency separation corresponding to the differenced in transmitter and receiver intermediate frequencies, mixer means for mixing a predetermined frequency with said intermediate frequencies to derive an independent sideband signal comprising an upper and a lower sidebands such that one sideband thereof contains communication information and the other sideband contains signaling data, filter means at said transmitter and said receiver having a bandpass of approximately twice the difference in frequency between said transmitter intermediate frequency and said receiver intermediate frequency, for rejecting undesired mixing products such that the desired sideband signal is selected, means for coupling said independent signal onto said transmission path, with said path coupled to a common reference frequency means to permit simultaneous signaling and communications between said subscriber stations, the combination therewith of conferencing apparatus at each subscriber station to enable a first plurality of subscribers to communicate in a conference mode without feedback oscillations, each of said stations further comprising:a second transmitter and a second receiver coupled to said transmission path and adapted to transmit and receive respectively a first transmitting frequency assigned to another subscriber and a first receiving frequency assigned to said other subscriber, memory means at said each subscriber station to store therein data indicative of transmit and receive frequencies at which said each subscriber station is operating with, apart from those respectively assigned thereto, means associated with one of said stations for transmitting said stored frequencies to any other subscriber station, to enable that another station to select said frequencies associated with said another subscriber, whereby any number of subscribers can communicate in a conference mode with said another subscriber being the nexus of said conference as having all subscribers transmitting and receiving on said frequencies assigned to said nexus subscriber. 8. In the frequency division multiplex communication system according to claim 7 further comprising:first mixer means at each one station for generating a virtual carrier at the transmitter assigned frequency, second mixer means at each another station for mixing any said transmitter assigned frequency and said predetermined frequency and for generating said upper and lower sidebands, and filter means for deriving an audio signal from at least one of the outputs of said second mixer means. 9. In the frequency division multiplex communication system according to claim 7wherein communications between subscribers are provided on said upper sidebands of the output of said mixer means and signaling on said lower sidebands of the output of said mixer means. 10. In a frequency division multiplex communication system according to claim 7wherein each subscriber station includes synthesizer means for generating said predetermined frequency and means coupled to said synthesizer for generating said transmitted frequency of said nexus subscriber. 11. A method for conferencing a plurality of subscribers in a frequency division multiplex system, comprising the steps of:coupling a plurality of subscribers to a transmission path, each subscriber having paired assigned transmitting and receiving frequencies, with each pair related by a fixed frequency separation being the difference in intermediate frequencies used in generating of the transmitting and receiving frequencies, mixing a synthesized frequency with said intermediate frequencies to derive an independent sideband signal such that one sideband thereof contains communication information and the other signaling information, filtering undesired mixing products to propagate any desired upper and lower sideband signals, coupling a common reference frequency to said transmission path, together with said independent sideband signals to allow any subscriber to communicate with another, storing at one subscriber location any selected, transmitted and received frequencies different from those assigned to said subscriber, and transmitting said stored frequencies to any requesting subscriber to enable said requesting subscriber to tune to said selected different frequencies as stored. 12. The method according to claim 11 further including:signaling a desired subscriber for determining whether said subscriber is communicating with another subscriber, returning a busy status signal from said desired subscriber indicative of communications with said another subscriber. 13. The method according to claim 12wherein the steps of signaling and returning of status signals are accomodated on said lower sideband signals. 14. The method according to claim 13 further including the step ofoverriding said status signal when indicative of a communication with said another subscriber by transmitting an override signal to enable conferencing. 15. A method for conferencing a plurality of subscribers in a multiplex communication system comprising the steps of:coupling a plurality of subscribers to a common transmission path, connecting at least two of said subscribers via said path to enable communication therebetween, storing in a memory at one of said subscriber locations the assigned transmitting and receiving frequencies indicative of the location of said other subscriber, transmitting said frequencies as stored to any other subscriber calling said one subscriber, to enable said calling subscriber to call said other subscriber, connecting said calling subscriber to said other subscriber. 16. The method according to claim 15wherein said communication system is a frequency division multiplex system, with each subscriber having predetermined assigned transmitting and receiving frequencies. 17. The method according to claim 15 further including the step ofstoring in a memory at said calling subscriber location said assigned frequencies of the location of said other subscriber, to thereby enable each calling subscriber to have said assigned frequencies stored in memory whereby said other subscriber is the nexus of said conference. 18. The method according to claim 15wherein said common transmission path is a coaxial cable. 19. The method according to claim 17wherein the step of connecting said subscribers for communication therebetween is accommodated by generating upper sideband signals, while the step of transmitting said stored data is accommodated by generating lower sideband signals. Description
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Patent US5327227 - De-interleaving method and apparatus for D2 MAC audio - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA de-interleaving system includes a generator for generating a write address for storing input audio data of a D2 MAC signal in units of packets, a generator for generating a read address for de-interleaving the stored audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets so that the audio data is arranged...http://www.google.com/patents/US5327227?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5327227 - De-interleaving method and apparatus for D2 MAC audioAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5327227 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/008,465Publication dateJul 5, 1994Filing dateJan 25, 1993Priority dateJan 23, 1992Fee statusLapsedAlso published asDE69330473D1, EP0552979A2, EP0552979A3, EP0552979B1Publication number008465, 08008465, US 5327227 A, US 5327227A, US-A-5327227, US5327227 A, US5327227AInventorsHong S. HanOriginal AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (6), Referenced by (89), Classifications (14), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDe-interleaving method and apparatus for D2 MAC audio
US 5327227 AAbstract
A de-interleaving system includes a generator for generating a write address for storing input audio data of a D2 MAC signal in units of packets, a generator for generating a read address for de-interleaving the stored audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets so that the audio data is arranged in the sequence of pre-interleaving, a plurality of RAMs for storing the audio data of the D2 MAC signal according to the write address applied from the write address generator and for reading the stored audio data according to the read address applied from the read address generator, and several selectors for receiving the write address and read address from the write address generator and read address generator so as to apply the addresses to corresponding RAMs in units of packets of audio data. The system can enhance the error correction capability by receiving D2 MAC signals interleaved in units of packets and de-interleaving audio data in a normal sequence.
1. A de-interleaving apparatus for de-interleaving audio data of a D2 MAC signal which is interleaved in units of packets and transmitted, comprising:means for generating a write address for storing said audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets; means for generating a read address for de-interleaving said stored audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets so that the audio data is arranged in the original sequence before the interleaving; a plurality of RAMs for storing said audio data of the D2 MAC signal according to the write address generated from said write address generating means and for reading out the stored audio data according to the read address generated from said read address generating means; and a plurality of selectors for receiving the write address and read address generated from said write address generating means and read address generating means, respectively, and for applying the received write and read addresses to corresponding RAMs in units of packets of audio data. 2. The de-interleaving apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said write address generating means comprises:a first counter for counting audio data contained in each line of the D2 MAC signal; and a second counter for generating RAM write address for storing one packet of audio data only during the counting operation of said first counter. 3. The de-interleaving apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said write address generating means comprises a third counter for when one packet of write address for one of said plurality of RAMs is completely generated, generating read address for another one of said plurality of RAMs.
4. The de-interleaving apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said read address generating means applies the generated read address to said RAMs for reading out interleaved audio data stored in said RAMs by said write address generating means by predetermined intervals.
5. A method for de-interleaving audio data of a D2 MAC mode which is interleaved in units of packets and transmitted, comprising the steps of:generating a write address for storing said interleaved audio data in units of packets; storing said interleaved audio data according to the generated write address in units of packets; generating a read address for reading out said audio data stored in units of packets in a de-interleaving order; and reading out said stored audio data according to the generated read address. Description
The present invention relates to a de-interleaving method and apparatus therefor, and particularly to a method for receiving interleaved digital audio data of a D2 MAC mode so as to de-interleave the data into pre-interleaved data. The present application is based on the disclosure of Korean Patent Application No. 92-886 filed Jan. 23, 1992, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
The D2 MAC system developed for television broadcast using a satellite in Europe converts an audio signal into a digital signal and time-division-multiplexes the converted digital signal with a luminance signal and a color difference signal. However, an error is created in a digital audio signal during transmission. Particularly, burst error produced in continuous bit trains of audio signal seriously decreases the error correction capability on the receiving side, compared with a random error independently produced in individual bits. In order to solve such a problem, there has been proposed a method for interleaving and transmitting the digital audio signal of the D2 MAC on the receiving side. Generally, the D2 MAC signal is composed as follows.
One frame consists of 625 lines each of which has 648 bits. Each line is comprised of a 6-bit line sync signal, a 99-bit digital audio signal and a 543-bit analog video signal. The 99-bit digital audio signal substantially contains an audio signal and auxiliary data for processing the audio signal. Since, 751 bits constitute one packet in a digital audio signal to be interleaved, approximately, 8 lines of digital audio signal forms one packet so as to be interleaved. The following TABLE 1 illustrates the interleaving sequence in one packet provided that an audio signal occupies one bit.
TABLE 1______________________________________1    95      189     283   377   471   565   6592    96      190     284   378   472   566   6603    97      191     285   379   473   567   6614    98      192     286   380   474   568   .5    99      193     287   381   475   .     .6    100     194     288   382   .     .7    101     195     289   .     .     .     7458    102     196     .     .     .     652   7469    103     .       .     .     559   653   74710   .       .       .     466   560   654   748.    .       .       373   467   561   655   749.    .       280     374   468   562   656   750.    187     281     375   469   563   657   75194   188     282     376   470   564   658______________________________________
One packet of audio data is arranged in the order of 1, 2, 3, . . . , 93, 94, 95, . . . , 750, 751. The interleaving is carried out by re-arranging the data in the horizontal sequence of TABLE 1. That is, the data is re-arranged in the sequence of 1, 95, 189, . . . , 659, 2, 96, . . . , 564, 658 by 94-bit-interval interleaving.
Though errors occur in audio data which is interleaved so as to be transmitted, if de-interleaving is carried out on the receiving side, corresponding to the transmitting-side interleaving, since the burst error is converted into random error, the error correction capability would be improved. However, until now, there has not been proposed a de-interleaving system in which audio data interleaved basically in units of packets is converted into pre-interleaved audio data, and therefore an improvement of error correction capability cannot be expected.
To overcome the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a de-interleaving method for an audio signal of a D2 MAC mode in which audio data interleaved and transmitted in units of packets is input to de-interleave the interleaved audio data into normal audio data.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a de-interleaving apparatus for the de-interleaving method.
To accomplish the first object of the present invention, there is provided a method for de-interleaving audio data of the D2 MAC mode which is interleaved in units of packets and transmitted, comprising the steps of: generating a write address for storing the interleaved audio data in units of packets; storing the interleaved audio data according to the write address in units of packets; generating a read address for reading out the audio data stored in units of packet in a de-interleaving order; and reading out the stored audio data according to the read address.
To accomplish the second object of the present invention, there is provided a de-interleaving apparatus for de-interleaving audio data of a D2 MAC signal which is interleaved in units of packets and transmitted, comprising: means for generating a write address for storing the input audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets; means for generating a read address for de-interleaving the stored audio data of the D2 MAC signal in units of packets so that the audio data is arranged in the sequence of pre-interleaving a plurality of RAMs for storing the audio data of the D2 MAC signal according to the write address applied from the write address generating means and for reading out the stored audio data according to the read address applied from the read address generating means; and
a plurality of selectors for receiving the write address and read address from the write address generating means and read address generating means so as to apply the wr ite and read addresses to corresponding RAMs in units of packets of audio data.
FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of a de-interleaving apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a detailed circuit diagram of a write address generator shown in FIG. 1; and
FIGS. 3A and 3B are signal timing diagrams of the de-interleaving apparatus.
In one embodiment of the present invention, de-interleaving is performed in such a manner that audio data in synchronization with a line sync signal and a frame sync signal is input to be stored in a memory in units of packets and the stored data is read out by intervals of 8 bits.
Referring to FIG. 1, the de-interleaving apparatus of the present invention comprises a write address generator 1 for receiving a frame sync signal F-SYNC, a line sync signal L-SYNC and clocks CK1 and CK2 and for outputting write-address-related signal WE-- CLK, A1˜A10 and WEN for storing one packet of audio data in a memory and a 751-bit count signal BIT751, a read address generator 6 for receiving frame sync signal F-SYNC, first clock CK1 and the 751-bit count signal BIT751 of write address generator 1 so as to generate a memory read address, first and second RAMs 4 and 5 for storing one packet of audio data, and a selector 8 for receiving the output signals of write address generator 1 and read address generator 6, and for switching the memory read/write addresses in units of packets to apply them to first and second RAMs 4 and 5.
Read address generator 6 comprises a first AND gate AND1 for receiving frame sync signal F-SYNC and count signal BIT751, a first inverter INV1 for receiving the first clock CK1 and inverting and outputting the received first clock, a second 751-bit counter 7 for receiving the output signal of the inverter INV1 as a clock signal so as to output count signal RD751 and pulse signals B1-B10, a first D-flipflop DFF1 for connecting power voltage VCC to its data input port D, a second D-flipflop DFF2 for connecting its data input port D to the data output port Q of first D-flipflop DFF1, and a second AND gate AND2 for logically operating upon the output signal of first AND gate AND1 and the output signal of second D-flipflop DFF2. D-flipflop DFF1 and DFF2 connect power VCC to the respective preset ports PRE. The output signal of the first AND gate AND1 is input to clear ports CLR of the D-flipflops. The clock input ports of the D-flipflops receive count signal RD751 of the second 751-bit counter 7.
Selector 8 comprises a first multiplexer 9 having input ports A11-A20 connected to output ports A1-A10 of write address generator 1, input ports B11-B20 connected to output ports B1-B10 of read address generator 6 and a selection port SEL for receiving write enable signal WEN of write address generator 1, a second multiplexer 10 having input ports A11-A20 connected to output ports A1-A10 of write address generator 1, input ports B11-B20 connected to output ports B1-B10 of read address generator 6 and a selection port SEL for receiving inverted write enable signal WEN of write address generator 1, a second inverter INV 2 for inverting and outputting write enable signal WEN of write address generator 1, a first OR gate OR1 for receiving write enable signal WEN and clock WE-- CLK of write address generator 1, and a second OR gate OR2 for logically operating clock WE-- CLK of write address generator 1 and the output signal of second inverter INV2.
In addition to the input ports of the first multiplexer 9, second multiplexer 10 further comprises two input ports M1 and M2 which receive the respective outputs of RAMs 4 and 5, and outputs the received signals through an output port T3 according to selection signal SEL. Second multiplexer 10 selects signal input port M2 connected to second RAM if selection signal SEL is at a high level signal, and it selects signal input port M1 connected to first RAM 4 if selection signal SEL is at a low level signal. Enable ports EN of first and second multiplexers 9 and 10 are grounded so that the multiplexers are operated in a low level. Multiplexers 9 and 10 connect read address output ports B1-B10 of read address generator 6, offsetting 8 bits with respect to write address output ports A1-A10 of write address generator 1. That is, output ports B1-B10 of second 751-bit counter 7 of read address generator 6 are connected to input ports B11-B20 of multiplexers 9 and 10 so that the interleaved audio data stored in RAMs 4 and 5 is read out by intervals of 8 bits.
The first RAM4 connects its input ports A0-A9 to an output port T1 of first multiplexer 9. The output signal of first OR gate OR1 of selector 8 is input to write enable signal port WE of the first RAM 4. The second RAM 5 connects its input ports A0-A9 to an output port T2 of second multiplexer 10. The output signal of second OR gate OR2 of selector 8 is input to write enable signal port WE of the second RAM 5. The two RAMs 4 and 5 include data input ports DIN and data output ports DOUT. The output signal of first RAM 4 is input to input port M1 of second multiplexer 10 and the output signal of second RAM 5 is input to input port M2 of second multiplexer 10.
Referring to FIG. 2, the write address generator comprises a third inverter INV3 for receiving and inverting first clock CK1, a 99-bit counter 2 for receiving line sync signal L-SYNC through reset port SR so as to count the pulse of the output signal of third inverter INV3, a fourth inverter INV4 for receiving and inverting line sync signal L-SYNC, a third OR gate OR3 for receiving the output signal of fourth inverter INV4 and a count signal BIT99 of 99-bit counter 2, a third AND gate AND3 for logically operating the output signal of third OR gate OR3 and the output signal of third inverter INV3, a fourth AND gate AND4 for receiving the output signals of third inverter INV3 and fifth inverter INV5 so as to generate a write enable clock WE-- CLK, a first 751-bit counter 3 for receiving frame sync signal F-SYNC through reset port SR, for counting the pulse of the output signal of third AND gate AND3 and for outputting a counting end signal BIT751 and pulse signals A1-A10, a fourth OR gate OR4 for receiving frame sync signal F-SYNC and the output signal of the third inverter INV3, a fifth OR gate OR5 for receiving count signal BIT751 of first 751-bit counter 3 and the output signal of third inverter IN3, and a third D-flipflop DFF3 in which power VCC is input through preset port PRE, the output signal of fourth OR gate OR4 is input through clear port CLR, and the output signal of data output port Q' is feedback to data input port D. The output signal of fifth OR gate OR5 is input to clock port of the third D-flipflop.
FIGS. 3A and 3B show the relations of signals of the circuits using, as basic clocks, first clock CL1 having the period corresponding to one bit of a D2 MAC signal and second clock CK2 having half the period of the first clock. Read enable clock WE-- CLK has the same period as that of first clock CK1 but has half the high-level pulse width of first clock CK1.
When frame sync signal, F-SYNC and line sync signal L-SYNC are input to the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, write address generator 1 receiving clocks CK1 and CK2 outputs write-address-related signals using built-in 99-bit counter 2 and first 751-bit counter 3. That is, the write address generator produces the write-address-related signals for storing audio data contained in the 99-bit area of each line into first and second RAMs 4 and 5 in units of 751 bits. The operation of write address generator 1 will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 2, 3A and 3B.
First and second clocks CK1 and CK2 shown in FIG. 3B are inverted by third and fifth inverters INV3 and INV5 to be input to write address generator 1. Write address generator 1 produces new write addresses according to the input of frame sync signal F-SYNC and line sync signal L-SYNC of low level pulse. 99-bit counter 2 counts first clock CK1 inverted by third inverter INV3, and outputs high-level pulse signal BIT99 during counting. 99-bit counter 2 is reset by the low pulse of line sync signal L-SYNC. The output signal BIT99 of 99-bit counter 2 is logically summed with the inverted line sync signal and logically multiplied by the inverted first clock. Thus, first 751-bit counter 3 counts by receiving the inverted first clock as a clock signal. During the counting of the input clocks, first 751-bit counter 3 generates and outputs memory write addresses through output ports A1-A10. When the 751-bit counting is finished or frame sync signal F-SYNC is input, 751-bit counter 3 is reset and outputs a low-level pulse corresponding to one period of the first clock CK1. When the 751-bit counting is being carried out or the frame sync signal is not input, a high-level signal is continuously output.
Fourth AND gate AND4 receives the inverted signals of first and second signals CK1 and CK2 so as to generate write enable clock signal WE-- CLK shown in FIG. 3B. Third D-flipflop DFF3 receives, as a clock, the resultant signal in which the inverted signal of first clock CK2 and count signal BIT751 of first 751-bit counter 3 are logically summed. Thus, third D-flipflop DFF3 alternately outputs a low-level pulse signal and high-level pulse signal by intervals of 751-bit counting.
First AND gate AND1 of read address generator 6 receives the frame sync signal and count signal BIT751 of write address generator 1 which are low-level pulses, so as to clear first and second D-flipflops DFF1 and DFF2. Thus, second 751-bit counter 7 is reset by the output signal of second AND gate AND2 and counts first clock CK1 received via first inverter INV1. Since second 751-bit counter 7 is reset only by the low-level pulse of frame sync signal F-SYNC and count signal BIT751 of write address generator 1, read address generator 6 generates continuous memory read addresses, contrary to write address generator 1.
Selector 8 receives write enable signal WEN from write address generator 1 and selects the output signals of multiplexers 9 and 10. Specifically, the selector selectively outputs the address signals of write address generator 1 and read address generator 6 using write enable signal WEN and the inverted write enable signal inverted by inverter INV2.
Since first RAM 4 uses the output signal of first OR gate OR1 as its write enable signal WEN, the first RAM stores input data during the low level of write enable signal shown in FIG. 3A. Meanwhile, since second RAM 5 uses the output signal of second OR gate OR2 as write enable signal WEN, the second RAM stores input data during the high level of write enable signal WEN output from write address generator 1.
When audio data is input via data input port 11, first RAM stores the input audio according to the address signals of write address generator 1 and first multiplexer 9. That is, when the output signal BIT99 of 99-bit counter 2 and count signal BIT751 of first 751-bit counter 3 are both in a high level and write enable signal WEN is in a low level, the first RAM stores the audio data input via data input port 11. Therefore, first RAM 4 stores one packet of 751 bits by storing 99 bits of audio data for every line. While first RAM 4 stores data, first RAM 5 outputs one packet of stored data according to the address signals of read address generator 6 and second multiplexer 10. Read address signal input ports B11-B20 of first and second RAMS 4 and 5 are arranged offsetting 8 address value with respect to write address signal input ports A11-A20.
For instance, write address signal input port A14 is arranged to correspond to read address signal input port B11. The read addresses output from multiplexers 9 and 10 are applied to RAM 4 or 5 by intervals of 8 bits of interleaved audio data. Accordingly, the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 de-interleaves the interleaved audio data using only a method for reading stored data.
When one packet of audio data is completely stored, first RAM 4 outputs stored audio data through output port T3 of second multiplexer 10. At the same time, second RAM 5 begins to store audio data input via input port 11 according to the address signal input via address output port 12 of second multiplexer 10. When one packet of audio. data. is stored, second RAM 5 outputs stored audio data through output port T3 of second multiplexer 10 according to the control signal of selector 8. First RAM 4 stores audio data input via input port 11 during the data output time of second RAM 5. The data write/read operation of first and second RAMs 4 and 5 allows for continuous de-interleaving of input audio data.
As described above, the de-interleaving method and apparatus of the present invention receives audio data of the D2 MAC mode interleaved in units of packets to be transmitted, and de-interleaves the audio data using only a simple memory input output control, to thereby enhance the error correction capability of data.
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Sims, Book 3: Meerm
ISBN 10: 158767050X ISBN 13: 9781587670503
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002
Patrick didn’t actually hate golf, but he suffered from a condition he’d come to call GADD—Golf Attention Deficit Disorder. Nine holes and he’d had it. Maybe that was because during his first nine holes he racked up more strokes than most golfers did in eighteen. But today he was playing with Ben Armstrong, CFO of the Jarman department store chain and a valued client, who, although even less skillful than Patrick on the links, seemed immune to GADD.
Maybe it was the clothes. Armstrong, a florid-faced fellow in his sixties, sporting a neat goatee the same steel-gray shade as his hair, had decked himself out in a blue-and-raspberry-striped shirt, raspberry pants, and white golf shoes. Patrick wasn’t into sherbet shades; he wore a white shirt, navy slacks, and tan shoes.
Golf or not, he was having a good walk on a bright September day among the luxuriously verdant rolling hills of upper Westchester where the Beacon Ridge club nestled its links. The air was redolent of fresh-mown grass and money.
Christ, he wanted into this place. Not so much for the golf, but because golf was such a great way to do business.
Like today. Armstrong, a club member, had asked Patrick out for a twosome. Wanted to get caught up on the upcoming negotiations with the salesclerk union. Patrick’s specialty was labor law, and though he worked both sides, lately he’d found himself billing more and more hours to the management end.
Beacon Ridge was packed with heavies like Armstrong. A goldmine of potential clients and billable hours. Patrick’s firm loved billable hours—little else mattered at Payes & Hecht—and if he could tap into this mother lode...
A sudden screech from ahead and to his left drew his attention. His caddie was pointing at the ground. “Here, sir, here! I find! Here!”
“Good eye, Nabb,” Patrick said as he walked over.
“Yessir,” Nabb said, his head bobbing as he grinned broadly at the praise. “Good eye, good eye.”
Typical of the Beacon Ridge caddies, Nabb was an average size sim, about five-three, maybe 130 pounds; he sported a little more facial hair than most sims. Armstrong’s caddie, Deek, was a bit different—beefier, and seemed taller, although that might be due to better posture. They looked like hominids yanked from the Stone Age and wrestled into the Beacon Ridge caddie uniform of lime green shirt and white pants, but they moved with a certain grace despite their slightly bowed legs.
Beacon Ridge had introduced sim caddies a couple of years ago, the first golf club in the country to do so. Caused quite a stir at the time, but the club members seemed to enjoy the status of being pioneers in the transgenic revolution. Other clubs soon followed suit, but Beacon Ridge remained famous for being the first. By now sims were practically part of the scenery around the links.
“Come on, movie star!” Armstrong called from the green. “You can do it!”
Movie star...on their first meeting he’d said Patrick reminded him of Axel Sommers, the latest digital heartthrob. Patrick figured Armstrong needed glasses. Sure, they both had blue eyes and slightly wavy blond hair, but Sommers looked just a little too pretty for comfort.
Patrick waved and turned to Nabb. “Let me have the five wood.”
The sim’s dark brown eyes shifted between the ball nestled in the rough against a broad-leafed weed, and the green a hundred yards away atop a slope. “Seven better, sir.”
“That five’s especially made for rough”—Christ knows I’m in it enough—“and this is as rough as it gets.”
Nabb pulled out the seven and handed it to him. “Five too far, sir.”
“What makes you think you know my game?” Patrick said, trying to keep his annoyance out of his tone. He’d take golf advice from just about anyone, even a sim, but he knew his own limitations. “This is the first time you’ve caddied for me.”
Nabb watch Mist Sulliman before.”
“Really?” He didn’t get to play here all that often. How could this creature know his game?
The sim thrust the iron forward. “Seven.”
Patrick snatched the club. “Okay. We’ll do it your way. But if—I should say, when—it falls short and rolls back down that hill, I’m gonna have your hide.”
Nabb said nothing, simply stepped back to give Patrick room.
Patrick took two practice swings, stepped up to the ball, and whacked it. The ball sailed high, sailed straight, and plopped out of sight somewhere atop the slope.
Armstrong started clapping. “Nice shot! Less than a dozen feet from the |hole!”
Patrick turned to Nabb and had to laugh when he saw the huge grin on the sim’s apelike face. “Don’t say you told me so!”
“Nev say, sir. Just want Mist Sulliman win.”
Wants the nonmember to win? Odd. But who could figure what went on in an animal’s head.
Patrick one-putted and birdied the hole—an event rare enough to warrant a victory jig, but he resisted. Armstrong’s caddie seemed as pleased as Nabb.
As they strolled toward the next tee, Patrick noticed swelling and bruising around Deek’s right eye.
“Bump door, sir.”
“Deek ver clums,” Nabb said. “Always bump self. Not watch where go.”
“Quit jawing with the help, Patty,” Armstrong said. He laughed. “Next thing you know you’ll be trying to unionize them.”
Nabb dropped Patrick’s golf bag.
“Sorry, sir,” he said as he knelt to gather up the clubs. “Sometime Nabb too ver clums.”
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• Six-time VON veteran – fifth appearance in the prelunch “comic relief” slot. • European Telecom Analyst/Global Telecom Strategist (whatever that is). • Author of EuroTelcoblog and Chaotica blogs. • My avatar is considerably thinner than me…
My own industry is being disrupted from the edge
Last month I caused some trouble
1. Telcos have lost control of their core product
2. Voice is becoming a feature, not a service
3. Telcos can’t grasp that consumers may not want what they’re being sold
4. Telcos thrive on scarcity - future value will be built around abundance
5. Command and control culture is dead, open APIs rule
6. Telco DNA is fundamentally unsuited to the current dynamics of content
7. Telcos expand their footprints physically, not virtually
8. Telcos can't innovate
9. Telcos shouldn’t try to innovate
10. Maybe the entire foundation is wrong
Detailed analysis reveals…
Source: UK Department of Trade and Industry - 20 -
R&D Top 20 1992
General Motors Daimler-Benz Siemens IBM Hitachi Ford T oyota AT &T Matsushita Electric Fujitsu T oshiba NT T NEC Philips Bayer Nissan Motor Hoechst ABB Fiat Digital Equipment £0.0 £0.5 £1.0 £1.5 £2.0 £2.5
Ford Pfizer DaimlerChrysler General Motors Microsoft Johnson & Johnson T oyota Siemens Samsung Electronics IBM GlaxoSmithKline Intel Sanofi-Aventis Matsushita Electric Volkswagen Novartis Nokia Sony Roche Honda £3.0 £3.5 £0.0 £0.5 £1.0
R&D Top 20 2006
Source: UK Department of Trade and Industry
Video? – are you sure?
Video? – are you really sure?
Video – know your limits
Contributions to positive free cash flow – BT Group (left), and KPN fixed line (right)
21.5% 36.1% BT Retail BT Wholesale BT Global Services Openreach 8.6% 33.9% 76.7% 0.5% 6.6% 16.2% Consumer Business Wholesale & Operations Other
Source: Daiwa, from company data
Voice – as a feature
Technology adoption of internet users
40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Blogging Satellite radio Web radio
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Vilification – to be avoided
Value – for the end user
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