Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:47849 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932179AbZJLOBu (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:01:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:59:49 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Joerg Pommnitz Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 802.11: Throughput optimization beyond rate selection Message-ID: <20091012135949.GD27575@tuxdriver.com> References: <487238.22616.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <487238.22616.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:28:07AM -0700, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Hello all, > the throughput achieved over a wireless 802.11 network depends on more than the > rate selection. Other parameters are fragmentation threshold, RTS threshold > and the retry limits. Are you aware of a "unified throughput optimization" algorithm > that tries to optimize the whole parameter set instead of just the data rate? No, do tell...post code as well... :-) -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.