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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith T. Chu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Frank B. Hansen, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
Abstract
A communication system that includes a first modem and a second modem that establishes a communication link between the first modem and the second modem. The communication link has a first set of communication characteristics including a first communication channel or group of communication channels through which at least data is exchanged and a second communication channel through which no data is exchanged. Either the first modem or the second modem is configured to signal for a change, via the second communication channel, in the first set of communication characteristics.