ved data and decoding the data at an adequate rate without resorting to a data buffer or a plurality of decoding circuits.In U.S. Pat. No. 5,504,773, issued Apr. 2, 1996, entitled ???Method and Apparatus for the Formatting of Data for Transmission,??? Padovani et al. describe a data format which facilitates the communication of various types of data, and data of various rates, to be communicated i