Patent ID: 8041844

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a microprocessor; a controller coupled to the microprocessor; the controller being adapted to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device that is adapted to transmit data at a wireless frequency; the controller having a root port including a transmitter to transmit to the wireless device and a receiver to receive from the wireless device, the receiver adapted to attempt to train the wireless device at a default frequency and in response to the receiver failing to train the wireless device at the default frequency after N attempts where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the root port is adapted to steer the receiver to attempt to train the wireless device at the wireless frequency, wherein the transmitter is adapted to transmit information at the default frequency during the receiver attempting to train the wireless device at the wireless frequency, and wherein the root port is adapted to steer the transmitter to transmit information at the wireless frequency in response to the receiver successfully training the wireless device at the wireless frequency.