Multi-channel decoder architecture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9992124
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14879262

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An example method of receiving a data packet includes receiving a data packet at a channel receiver of at least one channel receiver each associated with a channel, providing the data packet to a data packet identification block that corresponds to the channel receiver, validating the data packet at the data packet identification block, and providing the validated data packet to an available decoder block of at least one decoder block capable of performing one or more decoding functions, where a quantity of the decoder blocks is less than a quantity of the data packet identification blocks and optimized according to one or more goals. If no decoder block is available and the validated data packet is a higher priority data packet, a decoder block processing a lower priority data packet may be forced to stop processing the lower priority data packet and process the higher priority data packet.

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  • ITRON INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McNamee, Michael David Spokane, US 3 19
Seely, Danny Ray Spokane Valley, US 13 110

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