Patent ID: 8483108

Claim:
A method for use by a first device in communication with a second device via a serial bus, said method comprising: transmitting a plurality of symbols to the second device during a first interval; monitoring for an interrupt during the first interval, the interrupt indicating to the first device that at least a portion of the plurality of symbols degraded during transmission to the second device; when the interrupt is received at the first device during the first interval, halting the transmitting of any remainder of the plurality of symbols and attenuating a signal strength associated with data transmissions from the first device to the second device; where said method is executed repeatedly at the first device for the shorter of a maximum number of attempts allowed before a remedial action is taken, and a number of attempts necessary before the first device does not receive an interrupt during the first interval; and wherein the remedial action comprises having the first device lower a transmission speed associated with data transmissions between the first device and the second device.