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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: always pick a basic rate to tx RTS/CTS for
 pre-HT rates
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@gmail.com>
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	Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@rivierawaves.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:16:55 +0200
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On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 13:10 +0200, Karl Beldan wrote:

> > Oh, oops, confused. But then you look at 9.7.6.2 "Rate selection for
> > control frames that initiate a TXOP", which just mandates that you use
> > any rate that the receiver supports, so why bother doing basic rates
> > etc. at all?
> > 
> 
> This chapter precisely, however it reads:
> {
> "If a control frame other than a Basic BlockAckReq or Basic BlockAck is
> carried in a non-HT PPDU, the transmitting STA shall transmit the frame
> using one of the rates in the BSSBasicRateSet parameter or a rate from
> the mandatory rate set of the attached PHY if the BSSBasicRateSet is
> empty."
> }

Oh, right. I'll review the patch again I guess :-)

johannes