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Data communication apparatus for adjusting frame length and method of operating same

US5307351A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 1991
Grant dateApr 26, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data communication apparatus (DCA) receives digital data from data terminal apparatus (DTA) and transmits the digital data assembled in the form of frames over a communication medium. Included in the DCA is apparatus for adjusting the length of the data frames being assembled based on a determined degree of impairment of the communication medium. A corresponding method of adjusting the length of the data frames in the data communication apparatus is also included.

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