[ath9k-devel] Do 11n rates available in ad-hoc mode

[Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 03:17:12PM -0700, Rakesh Kumar wrote:
> > No, its not something in the IEEE standard so such support won't likely
> > get merged into mac80211. You might be able to use MCS rates in ad-hoc
> > mode but if that's possible its just becuase we haven't fixed the code
> > paths to not allow for it.
> >
> >  Luis
> >
> 
> Are you referring to Ad-hoc mode when saying it's not in IEEE standard
> or support for using rate adaptation for it?

Yes.

> If that is the case, you
> elaborate on as to why this is the case

I am not sure.

> or point me somewhere to read
> about it?

Unfortunately I have nothing. The 11n draft is only available to
members so if you don't have that with you there aren't really any
other good places to read about it. When I get a chance I tend to try
to add to this wiki:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n

But its more a quick summary for developers.

  Luis