Patent ID: 8155112

Claim:
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having executable instructions to cause a node that has a port that is to be coupled to a serial bus configured in accordance with the IEEE-1394 Serial Bus Standard to perform a method, when coupled to the serial bus, of transmitting data packets comprising: acquiring an ownership of the serial bus by the node; transmitting, on the serial bus by the node, a first speed signal for a first data packet to be transmitted on the serial bus by the node; transmitting the first data packet at the first speed on the serial bus by the node; transmitting, on the serial bus by the node, a second speed signal for a second data packet to be transmitted on the serial bus by the node; and transmitting the second data packet at the second speed on the serial bus by the node, wherein the second data packet is transmitted before the ownership of the serial bus is relinquished.