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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Manickam R Sridhar, Holliston, MA (US);
Neil Sheer, Foxboro, MA (US);
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus (200) and method for load balancing for a processor (103) operable in data terminal equipment (102), such as a personal computer or workstation, for operation of a data communications program for data transmission and reception over a communications channel (105), concurrently with the operation of other applications programs. The apparatus includes a loading selector (205) coupleable to a user interface (100) for selection of a data transfer priority. A priority translator (210) coupled to the load selector (205) maps or translates the data transfer priority to a modulation mode or to a subset of modulation modes. The priority translator (210) may also determine processor availability, which is then also mapped to a modulation mode or to a subset of modulation modes. A modulation mode controller (215) coupled to the priority translator (210) then limits or overrides automode functions or operations during a training period of the data communications devices for data transfer, limiting the modulation mode to one within the subset of modulation modes. Depending upon the data transfer priority selected by the user, the processor (103) has sufficient remaining availability for the concurrent and effective operation of other applications programs.