Abstract: An apparatus includes a synchronization block and a physical coding sublayer block. The synchronization block may be configured to determine a position of a start of frame delimiter. The physical coding sublayer block may be configured to measure a delay through the physical coding sublayer block and provide delay and delay variation compensation based upon the measured delay.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing jitter in a packet transport system. In one embodiment, the system includes (1) a cell status subsystem that determines whether a cell is a data cell or a control cell; and (2) a cell reader, coupled to the cell status subsystem, that reads the cell if the cell is a data cell and skips the cell if the cell is a control cell.

Abstract: A method for reconstructing an aggregate stream of cells transmitted over communication links in an asynchronous transfer mode protocol includes determining a respective link delay for each of the communication links, including determining a fastest communication link. A common starting cell at which the cells from the communication links will correspond in time is determined based upon the fastest communication link. The method further includes filling a respective delay compensation buffer with corresponding cells for each of the communication links beginning with the common starting cell. The cells are read from the delay compensation buffers in a round-robin fashion to reconstruct the aggregate stream of cells.