A method, system, and apparatus are directed towards selectively concatenating data into a packet to modify a number of packets transmitted over a network based on a combination of network and/or send-queue metrics. In one embodiment, Nagle's algorithm is used for concatenating data into a packet. The...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7873065?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7873065 - Selectively enabling network packet concatenation based on metrics