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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1989
Richard C Allen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Photonics Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is for a method for correcting errors in received data during transmission of infrared radiation from a transmitter to a receiver without retransmitting entire packets. The method includes the steps of detecting an error in received data. A negative acknowledgement signal is transmitted from the receiver to the transmitter. A predetermined acknowledgement is transmitted by the transmitter to indicate to the receiver that the negative acknowledgement signal has been received. The data is then retransmitted. The data is transmitted using pulse position modulation. An error is detected by either sensing two pulses within one cycle or sensing no pulses within one cycle. The negative acknowledgement signal comprises transmitting a pulse several positions in duration. The predetermined acknowledgement by the transmitter includes purposely transmitting a cycle containing a known error.