Patent ID: 7277439

Claim:
A process for transmitting data between at least one transmitter and at least one receiver removed from the at least one transmitter, in the form of data packets of at least one datum, each of said data packets being associated with an identifier of said data packet, said data packet identifier comprising a sequence number in the transmission of said data, wherein the process implements at least two transmission modes: an explicit mode, wherein each of said data packets, called explicit packets, is transmitted with said identifier of said data packet; an implicit mode, wherein said data packets, called implicit packets, are transmitted without being accompanied by said identifiers; and the process includes at least one first transfer stage from said explicit mode to said implicit mode and/or at least one second transfer stage from said implicit mode to said explicit mode, selection of one of the first and second transfer stages determined as a function of at least one pre-determined transfer criterion associated with the data packet, wherein said receiver maintains an error flag relating to said data transmission, and said error flag includes at least two states: a raised state after said receiver receives an error message; and a lowered state after said receiver correctly receives an explicit packet.