Return-path: Received: from mailguard.fgan.de ([128.7.3.5]:36479 "EHLO mailguard.fgan.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756761AbYEUKXz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 06:23:55 -0400 From: Henning Rogge To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Get adhoc signal strength and bandwith from userspace Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:23:53 +0200 References: <200805211106.42682.rogge@fgan.de> <200805211213.01980.br1@einfach.org> In-Reply-To: <200805211213.01980.br1@einfach.org> Cc: bruno randolf MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-Id: <200805211223.53710.rogge@fgan.de> (sfid-20080521_122416_954053_E0C77791) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Mittwoch 21 Mai 2008 12:13:01 schrieben Sie: > On Wednesday 21 May 2008 11:06:42 Henning Rogge wrote: > i don't think that exists yet, but i'm interrested in something like = that > too, and i guess most people involvend in mesh networking protocols a= nd > metrics. Exactly... a generic interface to this values would be great. > however i think "average signal quality" and "thruput" is a bit much = to ask > for (average over which period of time? weighted average? moving aver= age?) > - how about signal/noise of the last packet, physical rate and bytes = in/out > instead? you can average and calculate bandwidth in userspace. At least the bandwith should be directly available from the bandwith=20 algorithm. Signal strength might be a little bit more tricky, but a=20 value "average signal strength within the last 100 ms/1s" would be much= =20 easier to use than to parse a value for each incoming package. Henning ************************************************* Diplom Informatiker Henning Rogge =46orschungsgesellschaft f=FCr Angewandte Naturwissenschaften e. V. (FGAN)=20 Neuenahrer Str. 20, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany Tel.: 0049 (0)228 9435-961 =46ax: 0049 (0)228 9435-685 E-Mail: rogge@fgan.de Web: www.fgan.de ************************************************ Sitz der Gesellschaft: Bonn Registergericht: Amtsgericht Bonn VR 2530 Vorstand: Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Dornhaus (Vors.), Prof. Dr. Joachim Ender=20 (Stellv.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html