Patent ID: 7995606
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for administering a serial bus, the bus facilitating communication between node devices connected to the bus and communicating over the bus in the form of packetized communication between said node devices, wherein a first type of packet comprises asynchronous packets characterized by the absence of a requirement that an unarbitrated response or ack packet be sent in response to transmission of a packet of the first type, wherein a second type of packet comprises asynchronous packets, the method comprising: if there is a packet of the second type to be sent, then concatenating the packet of the second type to a plurality of packets of the first type and sending the plurality of packets of the first type followed by the concatenated packet of the second type; and if there is no packet of the second type to be sent, then concatenating a bogus ack packet to the plurality of packets of the first type and sending the plurality of packets of the first type followed by the concatenated bogus ack packet.