METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RE-SEQUENCING DATA PACKETS RECEIVEDFROM MULTIPLE DEVICES

摘要

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for re-sequencing data packets received from multiple devices in a packet-based digital communication system. A set of data packets is received by a data packet sequences. Each data packet includes an indicator of the originator of the data packet. The data packet sequences stores the set of data packets, preferably in an input buffer. The data packet sequences reorders the data packets by retrieving a first data packet and determining the originator of the first data packet. The data packet sequences then transmits all data packets that were originated by a first originator of the first data packet prior to transmitting data packets that were not originated by the first originator.