[Voyage-linux] 802.11s in kernel

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi all,

I have read the related information yesterday as well.  If you want to 
know more about what 802.11s is doing in 2.6.26 kernel, you can take a 
look to http://www.open80211s.org/trac

The stack is ready, but it requires wifi driver to fully support and 
only driver that based on mac80211 wireless stack will work.  ath5k is 
closer to support it but need more work.

Stay tune to later kernel for more wireless driver to support 802.11s.

Regards,
Punky

David Gascón wrote:
> Hi all!
> with the recently 802.11s module added to the kernel now comes time of
> research and efforts to see how it is going to work with the rest of the
> system.
> The protocol uses layer 2 to create all the radio metrics and the state
> and quality of the nodes in the network. On the layer 3 the HWMP
> protocol (based on RM-AODV) will be the one used to keep the metrics and
> WLAN information updated from the MAC layer.
> I am sure the kernel will make its best on Voyage as usual, the problems
> come when seeing if the wifi drivers are ready for features like  multi
> frequency and high accurate radio metrics. (It is gonna be a hard way,
> however It just a matter of time to get it working).
>
> I will start working on it as soon as I can. If any of you are going to
> start with it too just tell me to join efforts.
>
> regards.
>
> David.
>
>   


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Regards,
Punky

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