Patent ID: 7152101

Claim:
A communication control apparatus of a remote side, comprising: a communication line controller that establishes a communication link with a center side; a transmitter that transmits a first signal to the center side during a handshake procedure after the communication link is established, the first signal comprising standard information and abbreviation information, the standard information indicating a standard communication sequence which the remote side is capable of performing, the abbreviation information indicating whether the remote side is capable of performing an original abbreviated procedure; a receiver that receives a second signal, transmitted from the center side during the handshake procedure, that indicates that the center side is capable of performing the original abbreviated procedure, the second signal being transmitted in response to the first signal; and a communication controller that performs an initialization sequence according to the original abbreviated procedure prior to initiating a data communication, when the receiver receives the second signal indicating the center side is capable of performing the original abbreviated procedure during the handshake procedure, the initialization sequence determining a transmission speed and capacity to be used.