RETRY DISPARITY FOR CONTROL CHANNEL OF A MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION LINK

摘要

The present invention relates to a multimedia system for data communications. A source device communicates data through a full duplex control channel of a multimedia communication link. The source device has a first link layer that retries unsuccessful data communications through the full duplex control channel until a first maximum retry limit of the first link layer is reached. A sink device communicates data through the full duplex control channel of the multimedia communication link. The sink device has a second link layer that retries unsuccessful data communications through the full duplex control channel until a second maximum retry limit of the second link layer is reached, wherein the second maximum retry limit is different than the first maximum retry limit.