Patent ID: 7609723

Claim:
A method comprising: combining a plurality of packets that are compliant with a local computer-bus interconnect protocol into a single packet that is compliant with the same protocol; preserving identification information for each of the combined packets within the single packet; adding an indication to the single packet to indicate that the combined packets are contained within the single packet, wherein combining is performed during at least one of a time (i) prior to resynchronization of a Peripheral Component Interconnect (“PCI”) Express link, and (ii) during resynchronization of a PCI Express link; increasing efficiency of sending data in the plurality of packets or increasing the port utilization of a port used to send the plurality of packets; and delaying resynchronization by a PCI Express device of a PCI Express link based on at least one of a fixed amount of time and satisfying a minimum combined packet size threshold required for transmission on the link.