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From: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@free.fr>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:02:41 +0100
Subject: [ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n
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Stan Mullen a ?crit :
> Hi all,
>
> I am interested in the current status of 802.11n support under ad-hoc mode.
>
> Reading the previous posts, I understand that currently only data rates up to
>
> 54M are supported in ad-hoc mode. Some posts also indicate that ad-hoc
>
> operation is not addressed/intented by the 802.11n standard.
>
> Are there any new insights regarding the support of ad-hoc mode operation by
>
> the 802.11n standard?
>
> If ad-hoc mode operation is supported by the standard:
>
> Are there any plans supporting ad-hoc mode under 802.11n (especially MCS rates
>
> and frame aggregation)?
>
> I did some prototype implementations for the madwifi driver. With this
> level of background
>
> knowledge, how would you estimate the implementation effort (ath9k and
> mac80211)?
>
>
>   
I've got some patch for 802.11n + adhoc. It's not working yet I must 
admit....

I think IBSS operations is fully supported within the 802.11n standard, 
as it was with 802.11abg. Both are pretty orthogonal IMHO.

Regards,
Benoit