Managing links between processor-based systems

DETAILED DESCRIPTION As shown in FIG.
1, a host processor-based system 10 may communicate with a remote processor-based system 14 via a link 12.
The link 12 may be hard wired or may form a wireless connection.
For example, the link 12 may be a wireless link which links the remote processor-based system 14 with the host processor-based system 10.
The remote processor-based system 14 may be a wireless device such as a web tablet or a portable device such as a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone or an MP3 player, as examples.
Conversely, the host processor-based system 10 in some examples may be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a processor-based appliance or any other processor-based system.
The host processor-based system 10 may include a storage 40 that stores software for managing the link 12.
The host processor-based system 10 may include an interface 16a to the link 12 and similarly the remote processor-based system 14 may include an interface 16b to the link 12.
A state machine on the system 10 may be dynamically tuned for the characteristics of the network that includes the system 10.
Thus, in one example, where the link 12 is a wireless link, the state machine's timing may be tuned for the timing and throughput characteristics of the wireless network.
Referring to FIG.
2, a state diagram for the software stored on the storage 40 on the host processor-based system 10 includes two distinct states called the disconnected state 18 and the connected state 20.
These states may be implemented through a state machine in one embodiment.
Two or more nodes may be physically connectable, but still may be "disconnected" as far as the software is concerned.
In the disconnected state 18, from the software perspective, the host processor-based system 10 is not connected to a network node 22 that may be, for example, the remote processor-based system 14.
In the connected state, the host processor-based system 10 and remote processor-based system 14 may be connected over the link 12