From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:45058 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756058AbYBZPzA (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:55:00 -0500 Subject: Re: mesh beaconing questions From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: Luis Carlos Cobo , linux-wireless , Javier Cardona In-Reply-To: <1204040528.30146.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080226_154432_804140_8257168D) References: <1204034825.13162.233.camel@johannes.berg> <1204040528.30146.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080226_154432_804140_8257168D) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-W1CZW3oOJCSjktsoFxtW" Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:54:19 +0100 Message-Id: <1204041259.13162.247.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080226_155637_480160_5066A30B) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-W1CZW3oOJCSjktsoFxtW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > 2. The Draft states to use either procedures 11.1.2.2 (IBSS) or 11.1.2.= 1 > > (infrastructure). It is easy to "port" 11.1.2.1 to mesh, but 11.1.2.2 > > reads like this: >=20 > Next question, more relevant to how this affects the user: >=20 > What's the meaningful difference between these two choices? When would > you use one and when would you use the other? Should the user (ie, a > user of something like NetworkManager) care whether a particular node is > doing IBSS or infrastructure beacons? Good point. I guess the relevance is that the IBSS mode requires less power because you don't have to transmit every beacon? There's a *lot* of text in the Draft about beaconing/synchronization and not having TBTTs at the same time between different STAs and whatever though so maybe there's more to it. johannes --=-W1CZW3oOJCSjktsoFxtW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUAR8Q2KqVg1VMiehFYAQKIkw//ae+uxlcbGo1ZJR7oTHU81RnqoGwqGZ8e ev2SMvLBAkMjfbe3KqnJmi0K1Rlr5+/Hde8ymeB+yERAbdaD3wj/5DHiWoxspnpY b9MbyjBHaBPQjfjaHd+KgOpyyoIwTfNeplBN0yOs/SU2Ku316eu3BRft8cCBDVoe GwgpJCWDeY67Y5lTtY8ws14MUGejFBoPYCS2Ie3Sxui72H4FdEJosJPcvrIadzGB LPLRKExtk8jNiPiJnInS759DBkQ+HONBEPgsSCudW6JDAFyrOjPquhEcZRY/FEtS jxGK5YsE0gFpHcyf++4dvoOtxBSAV2QEnaGSD9CTw1QqsZcChl0nMWiem+QVezUt RayXUbFrIfCLBPIlO7TPTUXnWeXta0nxfSVZNzdj37RE6lHHUAf85SLa/W0RidvG PX2irID/C9eKc6OWXWfzP7eKRn4u/HtPbR6H6T1ouoXU3QAl3LDmSR3VWM2T8UTC HbKyDC2Zd6i7ukQTXkuv50VzocFA8UIMicuWg7pQX/9FLo95u/3MHfhXRLf0MsfL inmlWGjTamgTW+4bERylwE2OF2pW6lOqIfvzPMIBuOl4YKh9N2Ln35KOvMSide5l TAGhrY/JCFgyMNqt5A/Ar2gElDo7SbiJwSxXNzxp8AV89guWlCBKarQl8ZAvpKc9 yXlBoRVBLyE= =2VT/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-W1CZW3oOJCSjktsoFxtW--