[Battlemesh] 802.11ac improvements [was: What hardware still works?]

Bastian Bittorf bittorf at bluebottle.com
Thu Feb 25 15:17:52 UTC 2016


* Juliusz Chroboczek <jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> [25.02.2016 16:13]:
> Interesting.  Perhaps the .11n driver doesn't implement the short guard
> interval?  SGI + 256-QAM as compared to SGI + 64-QAM would be a 48%
> increase, which would fit your figures.

it does use SGI, you can see it in the minstrel-table (but only if used). e.g.:
(see second column: SGI/LGI)

root at box:~ cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy1/netdev:wlan1/stations/f8:1a:67:33:1b:be/rc_stats

              best   ____________rate__________    ________statistics________    ________last_______    ______sum-of________
mode guard #  rate  [name   idx airtime  max_tp]  [avg(tp) avg(prob) sd(prob)]  [prob.|retry|suc|att]  [#success | #attempts]
HT20  LGI  1         MCS0     0    1477     5.6       5.6     100.0      0.0     100.0   3     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  1         MCS1     1     739    10.5       9.6      82.2      1.7     100.0   0     0 0             6   7        
HT20  LGI  1         MCS2     2     493    14.9      14.9     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  1         MCS3     3     369    18.7      18.7     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  1         MCS4     4     246    25.3      23.1      82.2      1.7     100.0   0     0 0             6   7        
HT20  LGI  1         MCS5     5     185    30.6      27.7      81.4      1.0     100.0   5     0 0             6   18       
HT20  LGI  1         MCS6     6     164    32.9      13.4      36.9      1.5       0.0   0     0 0             4   13       
HT20  LGI  1         MCS7     7     148    35.0       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   13       
HT20  LGI  2         MCS8    10     739    10.5      10.5     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  2         MCS9    11     369    18.7      18.7     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  2         MCS10   12     246    25.3      25.3     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  2      P  MCS11   13     185    30.6      30.6      96.0      1.4     100.0   5     0 0            42   53       
HT20  LGI  2         MCS12   14     123    38.9      27.6      64.1      0.8      14.2   6     0 0             7   19       
HT20  LGI  2         MCS13   15      93    44.8       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  LGI  2         MCS14   16      82    47.3       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   13       
HT20  LGI  2         MCS15   17      74    49.4       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  LGI  3         MCS16   20     493    14.9      14.9     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  3         MCS17   21     246    25.3      25.3     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  LGI  3   B     MCS18   22     164    32.9      32.9      94.6      1.2     100.0   5     0 0          3805   4328     
HT20  LGI  3     D   MCS19   23     123    38.9      30.9      71.9      1.9      50.0   6     0 0            55   69       
HT20  LGI  3         MCS20   24      82    47.3       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  LGI  3         MCS21   25      62    52.9       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  LGI  3         MCS22   26      55    55.2       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   13       
HT20  LGI  3         MCS23   27      49    57.2       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  1         MCS0    30    1329     6.2       6.2     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  1         MCS1    31     665    11.5       7.3      57.5      1.5     100.0   0     0 0             4   6        
HT20  SGI  1         MCS2    32     443    16.1      16.1     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  1         MCS3    33     332    20.2      20.2     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  1         MCS4    34     222    27.1      27.1     100.0      0.0     100.0   5     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  1         MCS5    35     166    32.8      25.9      71.3      1.7       0.0   5     0 0            32   62       
HT20  SGI  1         MCS6    36     148    35.0      25.4      65.3      0.9     100.0   0     0 0             6   12       
HT20  SGI  1         MCS7    37     133    37.2       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  2         MCS8    40     665    11.5      11.5     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  2         MCS9    41     332    20.2      20.2     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  2         MCS10   42     222    27.1      24.8      82.2      1.7     100.0   0     0 0             6   7        
HT20  SGI  2         MCS11   43     166    32.8      28.8      79.2      1.6      33.3   5     0 0           218   278      
HT20  SGI  2         MCS12   44     111    41.0      30.5      67.0      0.6      33.3   6     0 0           152   173      
HT20  SGI  2         MCS13   45      83    46.9       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  2         MCS14   46      74    49.2       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   13       
HT20  SGI  2         MCS15   47      67    51.4       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  3         MCS16   50     443    16.1      16.1     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  3         MCS17   51     222    27.1      27.1     100.0      0.0     100.0   0     0 0             1   1        
HT20  SGI  3  A      MCS18   52     148    35.0      35.0      99.9      0.0     100.0   5     1 1          1576   1613     
HT20  SGI  3    C    MCS19   53     111    41.0      31.1      68.4      1.2       0.0   6     0 0          1377   1492     
HT20  SGI  3         MCS20   54      74    49.2       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  3         MCS21   55      56    54.9       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       
HT20  SGI  3         MCS22   56      49    57.0       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   13       
HT20  SGI  3         MCS23   57      44    59.0       0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0   0     0 0             0   12       

Total packet count::    ideal 6973      lookaround 347
Average # of aggregated frames per A-MPDU: 1.0

bye, bastian


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