Patent ID: 6021129
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A modem operable to communicate information from a communications link to a host using a universal serial bus, the modem comprising:a modem memory operable to store a plurality of ATM cells;a receive manager operable to receive a plurality of ATM cells from the communications link and to store the ATM cell in the modem memory, the receive manager further operable to format the ATM cells into universal serial bus packets, and to transmit each universal serial bus packet to the host as soon as the packet is full; anda short packet instigator operable to determine whether each ATM cell contain a termination condition associated with the content of the ATM cell, and in response to determining that an ATM cell contains a termination condition, to instigate transmission of a short packet comprising a universal serial bus packet carrying less than its capacity.