Patent ID: 8189650

Claim:
A startup protocol for use in a communications system having first and second transceivers that are adapted to communicate with each other, the first transceiver acting as a master and the second transceiver acting as a slave during start-up of one of the first and second transceivers, each of the first and second transceivers including a transmitter and a receiver, comprising the steps of: initially operating, in a first phase, the first transceiver only as a transmitter, wherein the second transceiver operates only as a receiver and the timing of the second transceiver adjusts in accordance with the timing of the first transceiver, thereby minimizing a change in the operation of the first transceiver as a transmitter as a result of the operation of the first transceiver as a receiver; and thereafter operating, in a second phase, the first transceiver only as a receiver, wherein the second transceiver operates only as a transmitter, and adjusting the timing of the first transceiver in accordance with the timing of the second transceiver, thereby minimizing a change in the operation of the second transceiver as a transmitter as a result of the operation of the second transceiver as a receiver.