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From: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Simon Barber <simon-vp0mx6+5gkqFX2APIN6yfw@public.gmane.org>,
	Richard Sharpe
	<realrichardsharpe-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Guy Harris <guy-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>,
	radiotap-S783fYmB3Ccdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Correct radiotap header for 802.11ad
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:32:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1442507557.2821.5.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55DE44EB.6080603-vp0mx6+5gkqFX2APIN6yfw@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, 2015-08-26 at 15:59 -0700, Simon Barber wrote:
> The HT and VHT fields are missing various bits of phy layer info, and 
> 
> are defined missing enough bits for other fields. I've always thought It 
> would be much simpler if these fields could convey the whole SIGNAL bits 
> from the PLCP header, along with a mask in case it's not all available. 
> The drivers I've seen have the whole PLCP SIGNAL field available.
> 

What drivers have you been looking at? Most I've seen don't actually
have it.

I don't really object to this proposal though - the mask would be very
much needed though and one might have to re-construct the signal field
from available data.

johannes

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-09-17 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-22 19:41 Correct radiotap header for 802.11ad Richard Sharpe
     [not found] ` <CACyXjPzq-ePB1ux6wi_Rv3onPKXomcJcm15XJwA51u0E4W2txw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-22 20:59   ` Guy Harris
     [not found]     ` <38F46E1D-1C4A-48DC-A906-9522006E8474-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-22 22:06       ` Richard Sharpe
     [not found]         ` <CACyXjPx81fh_jeQSUjE-_w8NQ_Jr-ajmnVWSopfzcLPOWoGmGg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-22 22:24           ` Guy Harris
2015-08-22 23:34       ` Guy Harris
     [not found]         ` <1606812C-649C-4C06-ABE0-AE2F4474BCD0-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-24  7:40           ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]             ` <1440402013.3735.1.camel-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-24 16:21               ` Richard Sharpe
     [not found]                 ` <CACyXjPwSZPV+U_=zQpDBpeBnhMntzEFhyJnBOw3-N8qPfyHc1A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-24 16:28                   ` Johannes Berg
2015-08-26 22:59                   ` Simon Barber
     [not found]                     ` <55DE44EB.6080603-vp0mx6+5gkqFX2APIN6yfw@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-27  1:17                       ` Guy Harris
     [not found]                         ` <126B842D-05EA-4510-BC9B-DB1A4AABEC12-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-10 18:25                           ` Guy Harris
     [not found]                             ` <1135A126-6A5A-4C84-A52D-13C0387609CC-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-17 16:37                               ` Johannes Berg
2019-12-10 23:51                                 ` Guy Harris
2019-12-11  8:32                                   ` Johannes Berg
2019-12-11  9:39                                     ` Krishna Chaitanya
2019-12-11 12:57                                       ` Johannes Berg
2019-12-11 13:20                                         ` Krishna Chaitanya
2019-12-20 21:56                                     ` Guy Harris
2015-09-17 16:32                       ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2015-08-26 22:56       ` Simon Barber

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