Patent ID: 8635358

Claim:
A method for a host to receive packets from a client in a mobile display digital interface (MDDI) communication system, the method comprising: setting one or more flags in a reverse link encapsulation packet to request the client to send a client capability packet to the host; providing a reverse data packets field within the reverse link encapsulation packet, the reverse data packets field having a duration; sending the reverse link encapsulation packet from the host to the client over a communication link, the reverse link encapsulation packet allowing the client to take control of the communication link and send one or more packets to the host over the communication link during the duration of the reverse data packets field; receiving the client capability packet sent from the client to the host during the duration of the reverse data packets field; and receiving an error report packet sent from the client to the host during the duration of the reverse data packets field, the error report packet comprising an indicator that the client does not support a sample data rate.