[Olsr-dev] Maximal LQ less than 1 on Ethernet

[Hannes Gredler]

Henning Rogge wrote:
> I just did a few experiments to discover the reason why the LQ of perfect 
> links (switched ethernet) does not go up to 1.
> 
> The reason seems to be a combination of three points:
> - we use a exponential moving average in the default LQ calculation
> - we save the LQ values directly in the 1 byte network format
> - we use a fixed point math system in the default LQ calculation
> 
> This two points creates a rounding problem that prevent the LQ value to rise 
> above certain values.
> 
> The exponential depends on the following formula, with default alpha as 0.05:
>  
>     new_LQ = old_LQ * (1 - alpha) + measured_lq * alpha
> 
> the second part of this formula seems to get small enough that we cannot store 
> it in a 1 byte value.
> 
> So we have to stop using the exponential average or change the number formats 
> for LQ calculation, but I'm not completely sure about the effects of both 
> sollutions.

what about a simple roundup()

if (measured_lq >= old_LQ) && measured_lq >= 0.999)

/hannes