Patent ID: 6377357
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data communication apparatus capable of recalling a destination for retransmission when a transmission operation ends with a transmission error, comprising:memory means for storing a sequential plurality of pages of data; retransmission means for, when a transmission operation of the plurality of pages ends with a transmission error occurring during transmission of one of the plurality of pages, retransmitting in a separate transmission the one page as stored in said memory means; and selection means for selecting one of a first mode and a second mode for said retransmission means, the first mode being one in which said retransmission means retransmits a first page of the plurality of pages, the one page and any of the plurality of pages following the one page, and the second mode being one in which said retransmission means retransmits only the one page and any of the plurality of pages following the one page.