Microcom Systems, Inc.

Craig A Richards

Nathan R Melhorn

Michael F Onarato

Gregory Pearson

A multi-mode modem and a method of transmitting data utilizing the multi-mode modem are disclosed in which different modes of operation may be automatically selected by sending multiple link requests to a receiving modem in order to provide either optimized or non-optimized data transmission according to line conditions.

Multi-mode modem and data transmission method

Method and apparatus are disclosed for a data communications system in which data packets are transmitted between two data terminal units wherein idle packets are transmitted whenever there is no data packet to send and such idle packets are utilized for detecting transmission errors in order to optimize data transmission efficiency by continually increasing, decreasing or leaving unchanged the size of data packets as a function of transmission errors.

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Wrentham, MA, United States of America

Craig A Richards