Various methods and apparatuses are described for a communication system. The communication system may include an initiator core supporting a first burst capability and a target core supporting a second burst capability, wherein the support burst features of the second burst capability differs from the support burst features of the first burst capability. The communication system may also comprise an interconnect coupled to the initiator core and the target core. Furthermore, the communication system may include a target agent coupled to the target core and an initiator agent coupled to the initiator core, wherein the initiator agent includes an end-to-end burst conversion mechanism to allow the initiator and target cores to communicate, by generating burst conversion signals, independent of the initiator and target cores needing to adapt their burst capabilities.