diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/frames/PingFrame.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/frames/PingFrame.java
index 3a99653abc2..b779e2c40b3 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/frames/PingFrame.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/frames/PingFrame.java
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.OpCode;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.WebSocketException;
 
 /**
  * Representation of a <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-5.5.2">Ping Frame (0x09)</a>.
  */
 public class PingFrame extends ControlFrame
-{
-    private final int pingId;
-
-    public PingFrame(int pingId)
+{    
+    private ByteBuffer payload;
+    
+    public PingFrame(ByteBuffer payload)
     {
         super(OpCode.PING);
-        this.pingId = pingId;
+        setPayload(payload);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -21,14 +24,27 @@ public class PingFrame extends ControlFrame
         return OpCode.PING;
     }
 
-    public int getPingId()
+    public void setPayload(ByteBuffer payload)
     {
-        return pingId;
+        if ( payload.array().length >= 126 )
+        {
+            this.payload = payload;
+            setPayloadLength(payload.array().length);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new WebSocketException("too long, catch this better");
+        }
     }
-
+    
+    public ByteBuffer getPayload()
+    {
+        return payload;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public String toString()
     {
-        return String.format("%s ping=%d", super.toString(), getPingId());
+        return String.format("%s ping", super.toString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/CloseFrameGenerator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/CloseFrameGenerator.java
index 208abd30e51..92bd15ff608 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/CloseFrameGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/CloseFrameGenerator.java
@@ -2,16 +2,30 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.generator;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.OpCode;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.CloseFrame;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.ControlFrame;
 
 public class CloseFrameGenerator extends ControlFrameGenerator
 {
-
+    public CloseFrameGenerator(ByteBufferPool bufferPool)
+    {
+        super(bufferPool);
+    }
     @Override
     public ByteBuffer generate(ControlFrame frame)
     {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
+        CloseFrame close = (CloseFrame)frame;
+
+        ByteBuffer buffer = super.generate(frame);
+
+        buffer.putInt(OpCode.CLOSE.getCode());
+        buffer.put(frame.getMask());
+        buffer.putLong(frame.getPayloadLength());
+        buffer.put(close.getReason().getBytes());
+
+        return buffer;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/ControlFrameGenerator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/ControlFrameGenerator.java
index 614cc0977df..e755e6ec936 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/ControlFrameGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/ControlFrameGenerator.java
@@ -2,10 +2,39 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.generator;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.BaseFrame;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.ControlFrame;
 
 public abstract class ControlFrameGenerator 
 {
+    private final ByteBufferPool bufferPool;
+
+    protected ControlFrameGenerator(ByteBufferPool bufferPool)
+    {
+        this.bufferPool = bufferPool;
+    }
+
+    protected ByteBufferPool getByteBufferPool()
+    {
+        return bufferPool;
+    }
     
-    public abstract ByteBuffer generate(ControlFrame frame);
+    public ByteBuffer generate(ControlFrame frame)
+    {
+        // how to calculate the size since control frames may hold 
+        // application data
+        // grabing 125 now since that is _max_ possible
+        ByteBuffer buffer = getByteBufferPool().acquire(125,true);
+
+        // all control frames are FIN as they can not be fragmented
+        buffer.putInt(BaseFrame.FLAG_FIN);
+        
+        // revisit this on extensions since they can negotiate this
+        buffer.putInt(0);
+        buffer.putInt(0);
+        buffer.putInt(0);
+        
+        return buffer;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/Generator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/Generator.java
index 6ff63e19af5..c779b908862 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/Generator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/Generator.java
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public class Generator {
     public Generator(ByteBufferPool bufferPool) //, CompressionFactory.Compressor compressor)
     {
         HeadersBlockGenerator headerBlockGenerator = new HeadersBlockGenerator();
-        generators.put(OpCode.PING,new PingFrameGenerator());
-        generators.put(OpCode.PONG,new PongFrameGenerator());
-        generators.put(OpCode.CLOSE,new CloseFrameGenerator());
+        generators.put(OpCode.PING,new PingFrameGenerator(bufferPool));
+        generators.put(OpCode.PONG,new PongFrameGenerator(bufferPool));
+        generators.put(OpCode.CLOSE,new CloseFrameGenerator(bufferPool));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PingFrameGenerator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PingFrameGenerator.java
index 8163cef126a..669a0b404a2 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PingFrameGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PingFrameGenerator.java
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.generator;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.OpCode;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.ControlFrame;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.PingFrame;
 
 public class PingFrameGenerator extends ControlFrameGenerator
 {
+    public PingFrameGenerator(ByteBufferPool bufferPool)
+    {
+        super(bufferPool);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public ByteBuffer generate(ControlFrame frame)
     {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
+        PingFrame ping = (PingFrame)frame;
+
+        ByteBuffer buffer = super.generate(frame);
+
+        buffer.putInt(OpCode.PING.getCode());
+        buffer.put(frame.getMask());
+        buffer.putLong(frame.getPayloadLength());
+
+        buffer.put(ping.getPayload().array());
+        return buffer;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PongFrameGenerator.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PongFrameGenerator.java
index a2bff039d03..c38a91902c8 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PongFrameGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/generator/PongFrameGenerator.java
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.generator;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.frames.ControlFrame;
 
 public class PongFrameGenerator extends ControlFrameGenerator
 {
-
+    public PongFrameGenerator(ByteBufferPool bufferPool)
+    {
+        super(bufferPool);
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public ByteBuffer generate(ControlFrame frame)
     {