METHOD TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MPEG-TS OVER A THUNDERBOLT CABLE

摘要

Example embodiments provide systems and methods for managing the transmission and reception of MPEG-TS data provided over a Thunderbolt cable. A transmitter unit receives a MPEG-TS and an Ethernet signal. The transmitter unit then multiplexes data from the MPEG-TS with data from the Ethernet signal as the data from the MPEG-TS and the Ethernet signal is stored into a buffer memory. When the buffer memory reaches a predetermined threshold size, the transmitter unit, writes the multiplexed data stored in the buffer memory as packet data to a streaming buffer in a PCIe core. The packet data in the streaming buffer is transmitted as a PCIe signal to a receiver unit over a cable.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a transmitter unit, a MPEG-TS and an Ethernet signal; multiplexing, by the transmitter unit, data from the MPEG-TS with data from the Ethernet signal as the data from the MPEG-TS and the Ethernet signal is stored into a buffer memory; detecting that the buffer memory reaches a predetermined threshold size; in response to the detecting that the buffer memory reaches the predetermined threshold size, writing, by a CPU core of the transmitter unit, the multiplexed data stored in the buffer memory as packet data to a streaming buffer in a PCIe core; and transmitting the packet data in the streaming buffer as a PCIe signal to a receiver unit over a cable, the PCIe signal comprising the data from the MPEG-TS.