Patent ID: 7296085

Claim:
A method for performing handshaking between a first host system and a second host system, the method comprising the followings steps: (a) performing first handshaking between a host module within the first host system and a first transceiver within the first host system, including the following substeps: (a.1) passing from the first transceiver to the host module dummy handshaking information about the second host system, wherein the host module expects to receive true handshaking information about the second host system, but the first transceiver not having the true handshaking information about the first host system sends the dummy handshaking information instead, the dummy handshaking information being information that is not the true handshaking information about the first host system; (a.2) suspending the first handshaking after the first transceiver obtains from the host module true handshaking information about the first host system; (b) performing second handshaking between a second transceiver within the second host system and the first transceiver, including the following substep: (b.1) obtaining, by the first transceiver from the second transceiver, the true handshaking information about the second host system; and, (c) restarting handshaking between the host module and the first transceiver, including the following substep: (c.1) passing from the first transceiver to the host module the true handshaking information about the second host system, the true handshaking information replacing the dummy handshaking information passed from the first transceiver to the host module during the first handshaking.