DEVICE FOR ROUTING DIGITAL DATA FLOWS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR ROUTING PACKET TRANSMISSION DATA FLOWS

摘要

The invention concerns a device for routing digital data flows. It consists of a box (4) equipped with a tuner (6') connected to a satellite antenna (7') or a data distribution network, a packet demultiplexer for receiving digital data, means for connecting it to a digital decoder (1) and to a computer (3), as well as a routing unit (9) for interconnecting all the digital flow inputs or outputs, from and to the digital decoder (1), from and to the computer (3), and from the tuner (6'). The invention concerns the digital transmission of all types of data, and in particular transmissions using packet coding consisting of a set of data routed in blocks in a network, whether radio, cable or satellite.