Patent ID: 7336607

Claim:
A method of aggregating packets of a first size to packets of a second size for transmission in a communications network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication of a transmission window size for packets to be transmitted from a first location to a second location, said transmission window size being variable and being updated from time to time; utilizing said transmission window size to determine a bundling factor for transmission of packets from said first location to said second location, said bundling factor being a lesser of a maximum bundling factor and said transmission window size and transmitting said packets from said first location to said second location utilizing said bundling factor; wherein a transmission window size threshold represents a boundary for a size of a transmission window and a bundling factor threshold represents a floor boundary for said bundling factor, wherein if said transmission window size is less than said transmission window size threshold, and if said bundling factor is greater than said bundling factor threshold, packets are aggregated according to said bundling factor for at least a next step in the transmission.