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From: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckmann@gmx.de>
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 > So here is my question:
 >
 > Is there any situation where the payload to the Viterbi FEC is less
 > than
 > 256 bits (= 32 bytes) ? (ie. a beacon and such stuff?)
 >

I guess the ACK packet is shorter than that (14 Bytes), if I remember 
correctly. You can have a look in the standard IEEE 802.11.

Regards

Friedrich