Re: Wireless sensing function is missing?

2006-03-18 Thread Sam Leffler
Kan Cai wrote: On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Bruce M Simpson wrote: On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 02:00:28PM -0800, Kan Cai wrote: I wonder if this is true that sensing function is missing? If yes, is it supposed to be implemented in the driver or net80211 layer? Thanks in advance! It's a function of

Re: Wireless sensing function is missing?

2006-03-17 Thread Kan Cai
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Bruce M Simpson wrote: On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 02:00:28PM -0800, Kan Cai wrote: I wonder if this is true that sensing function is missing? If yes, is it supposed to be implemented in the driver or net80211 layer? Thanks in advance! It's a function of the 802.11 hardwa

Re: Wireless sensing function is missing?

2006-03-17 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 02:00:28PM -0800, Kan Cai wrote: > I wonder if this is true that sensing function is missing? If yes, is it > supposed to be implemented in the driver or net80211 layer? Thanks in > advance! It's a function of the 802.11 hardware. I assume you're describing the CSMA/CA

Wireless sensing function is missing?

2006-03-17 Thread Kan Cai
Greetings all: Sorry if this is reposting, didn't see my first email got through. I have been doing some 802.11 wireless experiments, and the reults seem to suggest that wireless sensing function is missing. In theory, a wireless device should back off when it senses some signals i

Wireless sensing function is missing?

2006-03-17 Thread Kan Cai
Greetings all: I have been doing some 802.11 wireless experiments, and the reults seem to suggest that wireless sensing function is missing. In theory, a wireless device should back off when it senses some signals in the airspace, even if these signals are too weak to capture, just to avoid