[Voyage-linux] 802.11s in kernel

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi all,

See attached mail for initial 802.11s support for ath5k.

Regard,
Punky


Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
> 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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