System for selectively compressing data transferred in network in response to produced first output when network utilization exceeds first threshold and data length over limit

摘要

A data communications system including a network and a number of data communication stations attached to the network wherein each of the stations includes a processor, a memory, a bus, and a communications adaptor for operatively connecting the processor and memory to the network, the communications adaptor including a means for monitoring network activity on a real time basis and enabling or disabling data compression when network activity exceeds a predetermined threshold.