Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-29 Thread Joe Ayers
> I've stumbled across problems with the transmission output power of OpenWrt > routers quite often. > E.g. https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1289&pagenum=4 > which I still have to look into in greater detail. > OpenWrt's handling of TX power, antenna and PA gains needs to be re

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-29 Thread Eric Luehrsen
On 4/29/19 8:24 PM, Matthias Schiffer wrote: This is just the factor of 1/2/3/4 (approximated) in dB: 10^0.0 = 1 10^0.3 ≈ 2 10^0.5 ≈ 3 10^0.6 ≈ 4 I've seen these numbers being used in WLAN drivers to account for the antenna array gain, so at least this part of the TX power computation might alr

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-29 Thread Matthias Schiffer
This is just the factor of 1/2/3/4 (approximated) in dB: 10^0.0 = 1 10^0.3 ≈ 2 10^0.5 ≈ 3 10^0.6 ≈ 4 I've seen these numbers being used in WLAN drivers to account for the antenna array gain, so at least this part of the TX power computation might already be working as expected. Kind Regards, Mat

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-29 Thread Vincent Wiemann
Hi Matthias, thank you for the hint. That's funny, because someone from the German Federal Network Agency said that when radios have multiple antennas, the aggregated EIRP of the antenna array must not exceed the EIRP limits of a single antenna, but I've assumed this is done in hardware and not

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-28 Thread Matthias May
On 25/04/2019 17:54, Vincent Wiemann wrote: > First EIRP is by definition ERP + antenna gain - cable loss. Hi Small detail: Don't forget the antenna array gain. So EIRP as: Antenna Port Power + Antenna Gain + Antenna Array Gain - Cable Loss The Array Gain as a simple lookup table: 1 Antenna: 0 2

[OpenWrt-Devel] Fix TX power handling

2019-04-25 Thread Vincent Wiemann
Hi, I've stumbled across problems with the transmission output power of OpenWrt routers quite often. E.g. https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1289&pagenum=4 which I still have to look into in greater detail. OpenWrt's handling of TX power, antenna and PA gains needs to be revised