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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:34:07 +0200
Subject: RE: minimum payload size for FEC
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> Subject: minimum payload size for FEC
>
> So here is my question:
>
> Is there any situation where the payload to the Viterbi FEC
> is less than
> 256 bits (= 32 bytes) ? (ie. a beacon and such stuff?)
>

I guess the ACK packet is shorter than that (14 Bytes), if I
remember correctly. You can have a look in the standard IEEE 802.11.

Regards

Friedrich