Return-path: Received: from mx51.mymxserver.com ([85.199.173.110]:23683 "EHLO mx51.mymxserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754110Ab0DPGoj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:44:39 -0400 From: Holger Schurig To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: Survey mode volunteers Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:45:01 +0200 Cc: Luis Rodriguez , Anton Puolakka , Benoit PAPILLAULT , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" References: <0290AB2F0A8E124B9FFC144088A1A95609D6029647@EX-MBS04.nbl.local> <201004140911.11459.holgerschurig@gmail.com> <20100414173044.GA2841@tux> In-Reply-To: <20100414173044.GA2841@tux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201004160845.02027.holgerschurig@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Nice, it should be very similar for ath9k ... but please be aware that is is only about 20% of survey. Things that need to be addressed are the reporting of some kind of duty-cycle (how much is this channel occupied) and logic inside scanning to actually trigger this for channels other than the current one. > BTW, one enhancement which we've > been meanint to address but haven't had the time yet is to split noise > floor per channel. This can be seen how its done on the legacy HAL with > the code sprinkled with the ATH_NF_PER_CHAN ifdef. Nice, knowing the noise-per-channel AND the channel occupation would be quite helpful to select the "best" channel. -- http://www.holgerschurig.de