Re: [Patch] mac80211: SMPS for AP Mode

[Vivekananda Holla <vivekanandah@posedge.com>]

hi Johannes,

thanks for the clarification.
I will update the patch and send it again.

thanks and regards
Vivek
 
On 04/10/2013 03:17 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 11:46 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 15:05 +0530, Vivekananda Holla wrote:
>>> hi Johannes,
>>>
>>> do you mean the IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS flag to set RTS/CTS
>>> protection for the packet?
>>>
>>> I did not use this based on the below understanding
>>>
>>> my understanding for SMPS is that a station system does not need to
>>> send an RTS packet before frame transmission for SMPS however an AP
>>> system needs to send out an RTS frame.
>> No? Where did you get that idea? It's wrong, it doesn't matter whether
>> it's AP or not.
> Of course, APs will rarely use SMPS, so stations almost never have to
> deal with an AP that uses it ...
>
> johannes
>
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