[ath9k-devel] Question about antenna throughput.

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 07/18/2012 09:44 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 16 July 2012 10:19, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'm going to look into this chain configuration.
>>
>> This user is also reporting that our box can only communicate
>> down to about -72dBm, whereas some off-the-shelf USB dongles
>> are providing around 100kbps at -78 to -80dBm.
>>
>> Are there any published rate v/s range results for ath9k available?
>
> That's odd. You should be able to receive low rates at a much lower
> signal than that.
>
> I'll work with Sujith and see if we can pull up the expected
> sensitivity tables for each rate. Maybe the RX gain tables are all
> wrong, or the NICs you're using have poor(ish) RX EVM?

Any luck on this?

Thanks,
Ben

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> Adrian
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