Subject: Re: rate adaptation for BSD
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org, bsd-wireless@lists.bawug.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/27/2003 12:50:52
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Hi,

On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:18:18PM -0500, David Young wrote:

>     Sometimes an AP will behave differently than I expect, sending long
>     packets at higher rates than it sends short ones to the same client.

Sounds similar to the "microwave compatibility" function some
hardware has...  basically, if you expect semi-regular errors, you
want to limit individual packet lenghtes in-air, to minimize the
data you have to resend if an error occurs.

microwave compat does this by doing link-level fragmentation and reassembly,
I think.

	-is
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