| 摘要 |
An improved method and a corresponding device for adapting the data rate of a data stream by using a FIFO memory (1) into which data packets of the data stream are written at a first data rate and from which the data packets are output at a second data rate, is proposed. According to the invention a certain pause (TP) is inserted after each output data packet until the next data packet is output. In the event of a no-load of the FIFO memory (1) an additional pause (TFE) is produced, which is detected. In addition, the number of the data packets output between a preceding no-load and the current no-load of the FIFO memory (1) is ascertained. The longest pause between the data packets can be ascertained with the aid of this information, wherein, as a function of a comparison of this longest pause with the product of the output data packets between two successive FIFO no-loads and the pause (TP) to be inserted between the output data packets, it is ascertained whether an increase in the inserted pause (TP) is possible.
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