Abstract: A cordless communication system employing an air interface capable of providing both isochronous (e.g., voice) and asynchronous (e.g., data) communication is described. The air interface combines advantages of the HomeRF SWAP and WDCT protocols to provide high quality voice and data service without unnecessarily increasing the complexity of the cordless communication system.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for a failed computer system to send a report of the failure to a remote site without dependency on a service processor or maintenance processor. The computer system is capable of reporting system failure to a remote site independent of whether the system may be successfully rebooted. The system includes a CPU, and, coupled to the CPU, a non-volatile control store, a main memory, a storage device storing a computer operating system, and a data modem. Firmware is resident in the non-volatile control store of the main computer system for reporting system failure to a remote site independent of whether the system may be successfully rebooted by reloading the operating system into main memory. The firmware is invoked upon occurrence of a non-recoverable error and provides for assembling failure-related information, establishing communication with the remote site, and transmitting the failure-related information to the remote site.