[Olsr-users] 802.11n and Beamforming in order to avoid airtime consumption

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

> There was a thread [2] recently regarding 802.11n adhoc.  In short,
> it's on the todo list.

> [2] - https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/2008-August/000163.html

Hmm, your previous mail gave me some hope, but this doesn't seem
different from what I know.  The thread is about supporting ad-hoc
mode on .11n hardware, not about ad-hoc mode at .11n rates.

>From what I had gathered, .11n hardware does support ad-hoc, but only
at .11g rates.  It was my impression that while block ack might be
supported in ad-hoc, neither MIMO (``beam-forming'') nor fat channels
are supported in ad-hoc mode.

Now block ack is good to take, and should have a significant effect in
mesh networks, but it is not much different from what .11e already offers.

Once again, this is all merely hearsay, and I'd love to be proved wrong.

                                        Juliusz