On 03/04/2013 02:42 PM, Thomas Hühn wrote: > Hi Ben, >> >>> Any idea how feasible it is to do per-vif tx-power in ath9k? I think >>> it would come down to putting the desired tx-power into each packet >>> (as the VIF sends it towards the driver) and then changing the power >>> as packets were transmitted in the NIC... >> No need for 'changing the power as packets were transmitted', that would >> be horribly messy and unreliable anyway. The hardware is capable of >> proper per-packet TPC, configurable via the tx descriptor. > I am currently shaping my transmit power control per link codebase for > upstream. My current Minstrel changes are a > prerequisite… so hopefully in the next weeks I can take the necessary clean > up time. > It enables power level settings per packet (in ath5k chips) and per mrr chain > (in several ath9k chips). >> >>> The goal is to have multiple virtual APs, each with different tx-powers >>> in order to roughly affect rx-signal quality for the stations that >>> are scanning for APs… > I think you can easily extend the TPC code to realize your idea of different > tx power levels per VIF.
Awesome! I'll look forward to your patches... Ben > > Greetings Thomas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath9k-devel mailing list >> ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel -- Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
