[ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n

[ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n

[Stan Mullen]

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)?



Regards

Stan

[ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n

[Benoit PAPILLAULT]

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

[ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n

[Rakesh Kumar]

Hey Benoit,

Did you get the patch to work?

--
Rakesh


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Benoit PAPILLAULT <
benoit.papillault@free.fr> wrote:

> 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
>
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[ath9k-devel] Ad-Hoc Mode under 802.11n

[Benoit PAPILLAULT]

Rakesh Kumar a ?crit :
> Hey Benoit,
>
> Did you get the patch to work?

Yup, I work on it. However, i still miss some stuff to have an 
interesting throughput. Moreover, ath5k/ath9k beaconing code needs to be 
rewritten from scratch IMHO (I will probably use the madwifi code I did 
to propose some new code).

The work I've done so far is in my git tree (ath9k branch) : 
http://git.popipo.fr/?p=rt2x00.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ath9k

Regards,
Benoit