Hi Kris, Thanks!
I was not sure if and how such a parameter can be accommodated in the current scheme of things, although it could be a useful control parameter from the operator's perspective. Anand > seems like a good idea. > > ksjp > > On 6/4/2015 4:15 AM, SVR Anand wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> A slight digression from the ongoing ML discussions. Hope the timing >> is OK! >> >> As we all know, transmit power control is one of the powerful knobs >> that can be >> used to minimize the interference and thereby improve the wireless >> network >> performance and also provide deterministic network. Cell breathing >> technique >> used in WLANs comes to our mind. When it comes to 6tisch, one might >> argue that >> with 16 channels at our disposal, the interference can be avoided >> through smart >> 6top cell management interface without worrying much about transmit >> power >> control. However, there can be scenarios where transmit power control >> might be >> required, for instance, (i) large scale dense deployments with heavy >> traffic >> demands (ii) Co-existing WiFi reducing available non-overlapping >> channels for >> 15.4 (iii) prevent wireless leaks beyond the periphery of the >> deployement >> region and (iv) OTF scheduling where nodes make local decisions for >> managing >> cells, may be more. >> >> One possibility is to leave the power management to the nodes. We are >> then >> leaving this to implementors to device their own algorithms to handle >> interference. Alternatively, a centralised controller (NME) knowing the >> information about conflicting links can adaptively and optimally >> adjust the >> operating transmit power of the nodes to avoid the interference and >> maximize >> the wireless network performance. >> >> If we treat transmit power as one of the controllable parameters along >> with the >> cell management parameters, wondering if 6tisch 6top interface MIB is >> the place >> to define this. Or this parameter is beyond the scope of 6tisch. >> >> Any suggestions ? >> >> Anand >> > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ 6tisch mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6tisch
